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Month: April 2022

Ashton woman helps active-duty military with paperback books

Jennifer Cecil an Ashton resident was looking for a way to serve members of her community when she came across operationpaperback.org. As she found more out about the project she felt it would be the perfect match for her “I come from a military background with military family members. I’m an avid reader, and what they do is they collect gently used paperback books from all 50 states, and they mail them overseas to active military members, to military members in the United States, to VA hospitals and the Wounded Warrior Project.” Cecil says.

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3 California police officers who restrained a man who died in their custody will not face criminal charges

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The Alameda County district attorney will not file criminal charges against three police officers who restrained a Northern California man who died in their custody last year. The county coroner’s office had classified the death of Mario Gonzalez Arenales as a homicide and pointed to the toxic effects of methamphetamine as

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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter

By Chris Isidore and Mark Thompson, CNN Business Elon Musk has made an offer to buy Twitter and take it private, saying he believes the company needs to be “transformed.” According to an SEC filing, Musk has offered to acquire all the shares in Twitter he does not own for $54.20 per share, valuing the

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Austria’s leader says his face-to-face meeting with Putin was ‘not a friendly visit’

By Nadine Schmidt, Nic Robertson and Rob Picheta, CNN Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he raised alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine during a “tough” and unfriendly meeting Monday with Vladimir Putin — the first Western sit-down with the Russian President since he launched his invasion in February. “This is not a friendly visit. I have

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Hunter harvest stats show slight drop in elk and mule deer harvested in 2021, significant drop in white-tailed deer due to disease outbreak

Despite deer and elk harvest numbers dropping across the board, numbers have shown to be relatively on track with historic 10-year averages for mule deer and elk. White-tailed deer, however, didn’t fare as well in 2021. As anticipated, the number of white-tailed deer dropped significantly, a decline attributed to a late-summer disease outbreak.

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Iowa judge rules Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer can’t appear on Democratic primary ballot

By Dan Merica and Ethan Cohen, CNN A judge in Iowa ruled on Sunday that Democratic Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer cannot appear on the state’s June 7 primary ballot, dealing a significant blow to her already long-shot hopes of unseating Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. Finkenauer pledged Monday to “challenge this deeply partisan decision to the

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ANÁLISIS | El caótico confinamiento en Shanghái por covid-19 deja en vilo a otras ciudades de China

urielblanco Hong Kong (CNN) — A medida que el confinamiento en Shanghái por covid-19 deja a sus residentes en aprietos para conseguir alimentos o recibir atención médica, los ciudadanos de otras partes de China temen que medidas estrictas similares los puedan llegar a afectar. Incuso, mientras los funcionarios tratan de asegurarle al público que están

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Deaf dog learns sign language

By Trevor Sochocki and James Paxson Click here for updates on this story     BEAVERTON, Michigan (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan woman taught her dog sign language with help from a book. “And we do this one for Cage, this means stop and this means bad,” said Beaverton resident, Joanne Sparkman. Joanne Sparkman had to teach 14-year-old

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Windy snow and rain through the day

Winter weather advisories for counties along the I-15 corridor into mountain areas.  Rain/snow will continue into this afternoon and early evening. Snow bursts possible with whiteout conditions as a cold front pushes through the valley later today and tonight. You may end up with an inch or more in valley locations and more in benches. Highs in

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France’s Societe Generale sells Russian bank to oligarch Vladimir Potanin

By Reuters Societe Generale said on Monday it had agreed to sell its stake in Rosbank and the Russian lender’s insurance subsidiaries to Interros Capital, a firm linked to billionaire Vladimir Potanin. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered financial sanctions from the United States, Europe and Britain, prompting Western companies to sell their Russian assets.

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Manchester City and Liverpool write thrilling new English ‘Clasico’ chapter in friendliest of rivalries between managers

By Matias Grez, CNN Football rivalries are often difficult to define. This is, in large part, due to the numerous complex historical, sometimes political, reasons that shape decades-long feuds between two opposing sets of supporters. In recent seasons, Liverpool and Manchester City have provided fans of English football with some of the most thrilling battles

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