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Month: November 2022

Man sentenced up to three years in prison for fatal hit-and-run of ‘Gone Girl’ actress Lisa Banes

By Tavleen Tarrant, CNN Brian Boyd, the 27-year-old man who killed ‘Gone Girl’ actress Lisa Banes in a hit-and-run incident, has been sentenced to up to three years in prison Wednesday, according to Douglas Cohen from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Boyd pleaded guilty in September to manslaughter in the second degree and leaving the

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DOJ wants ‘all’ transcripts and evidence in House January 6 probe, Garland says

By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The Justice Department is seeking access to “all” transcripts and other evidence collected in the House January 6, 2021, investigation, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday. The comments from Garland, in response to a question from CNN’s Evan Perez, nodded to the monthslong effort by the department to

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Twitter must comply with Europe’s platform rules, EU digital chief warns Musk in virtual meeting

By Brian Fung, CNN A top European Union official warned Twitter owner Elon Musk on Wednesday that the social media platform must take significant steps to comply with EU content moderation laws, and that European officials will be monitoring closely for compliance. Twitter has “huge work ahead” to meet its obligations under the Digital Services

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VA has systemically discriminated against Black veterans for decades, lawsuit alleges

By Jalen Brown, CNN The United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) administered disability benefits in a racially discriminatory manner for decades, disproportionately rejecting Black veteran disability claims at a much higher rate than White veterans, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic. The lawsuit filed Monday

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Biden commits to protect Nevada sacred tribal lands as administration moves forward with new national monument

By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday committed to protecting Spirit Mountain and the surrounding area in Nevada, a sacred site for the Fort Mojave and other Native American tribal nations. Biden’s announcement during Wednesday’s White House Tribal Nations Summit is part of an ongoing process to designate the site as a new

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Yale University sued over student mental health policies

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Yale University is being accused of discriminating against students with mental health disabilities, including pressuring some to withdraw from the prestigious institution and then placing “unreasonable burdens” on those who seek to be reinstated. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Connecticut on behalf

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China entering ‘new stage and mission’ for Covid-19 controls, says official, following protests

By Wayne Chang and Xiaofei Xu, CNN China’s most senior official in charge of its Covid response told health officials Wednesday that the country faced a “new stage and mission” in pandemic controls, state media Xinhua reported — potentially indicating an adjustment to Beijing’s “zero-Covid” strategy which has sparked days of nationwide protests. “With the

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Conservative activists ordered to spend 500 hours registering voters for running a 2020 voter suppression campaign

By Devan Cole, CNN A judge in Ohio has ordered conservative activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman to spend 500 hours registering low and middle-income voters in the Washington, DC, area as punishment for carrying out a voter suppression campaign during the 2020 election. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge John Sutula sentenced Wohl and

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Officer’s widow to file claim against LA County District Attorney George Gascón over June shooting death

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — The widow of slain El Monte Police Sgt. Michael Paredes and her attorney are scheduled to announce legal action against L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón and the county Tuesday over the sergeant’s shooting death in June. The D.A. faced criticism

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Manifestantes iraníes celebran la derrota de su equipo en el Mundial; hay temor por la seguridad de los jugadores a su regreso al país

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La derrota de Irán en el Mundial de Fútbol ante Estados Unidos fue recibida con celebraciones en Teherán y otras ciudades iraníes este martes por la noche, mientras los manifestantes festejaban la salida del país del torneo como un golpe al régimen gobernante. La nación fue eliminada del torneo en Qatar

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Public concerned a proposed senior living facility in Santa Cruz could risk monarch butterflies

By Christian Balderas Click here for updates on this story     SANTA CRUZ, California (KSBW) — A proposed plan for a new senior living facility along West Cliff Drive has long been criticized for the potential traffic, noise and risk to neighboring monarch butterflies that shelter down the block in Lighthouse Field during the winter months.

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Deslizamiento de tierra deja al menos dos muertos en Brasil; bomberos estiman que al menos 30 están desaparecidas

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El Gobierno del estado de Paraná confirmó este miércoles que al menos dos personas murieron por un deslizamiento de tierra asociado a las lluvias que afectó la carretera BR-376 en ese estado de Brasil. Un representante del cuerpo de bomberos dijo ante los medios de comunicación que calculan que entre

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