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Hundreds flee homes amid slew of wildfires in Southern California
"The Mountain Fire is spreading rapidly throughout Ventura County," the governor's office posted on X." Those in impacted areas should heed warnings and evacuation orders from local authorities."
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Seattle police arrest five protesters during election night anti-Israel demonstration
The five arrested allegedly tagged property with graffiti that read "Kill Cops," "ACAB [All Cops Are Bad]," "Free Palestine," and more.
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Markets blast off on Trump victory, also spurs crypto 'frenzy' including Musk's favorite
Bitcoin obliterates previous record by crossing $75,000, and even joke currency dogecoin jumps 18%.
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Forward-thinking New Mexico goes from legal marijuana to taxpayer-subsidized weed
The New Mexico Economic Development Department is providing $90,000 from the Local Economic Development Act job-creation fund to a cannabis manufacturing business called Vana LLC.
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Faceoff in Olympia over felon rights versus victim rights
A Republican lawmaker says Democratic leaders are refusing to consider legislation that would could address community concerns.
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Iowa bill banning punishment for teachers who don't use pronouns advances
Melissa Peterson of the Iowa Education Association said the bill is a solution in search of a problem and is unnecessary legislation.
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Proposed AZ legislation would require parents to know child's pronoun changes, hearing Wednesday
In addition, the proposed legislation would make sure schools cannot force staffers, whether they're employees or independent contractors, to use a student's preferred pronouns different from their sex assigned at birth if they have "religious or moral convictions" against doing so.
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$250,000 'Woke Kindergarten' program adopted at failing California school
Other teachers questioned why the school opted to use $250,000 in limited federal funding meant to be used on improving educational outcomes for the nation’s worst-performing public schools on science-based math and reading interventions that are proven to work.
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US adult film actress visits Iran where porn carries death penalty
Wright posted pictures of herself following the mandatory Islamic dress code as she visited the former U.S. Embassy.
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Taylor Swift becomes first artist to win Grammy album of the year four times
Swift announced her 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department," would be released in April.
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Patrick Mahomes' father arrested on DWI charge days before Super Bowl
The charge could carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Abbott, 13 governors declare states can secure border, have right to self-defense
Texas governor was joined by governors of Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Tennessee, and Utah.
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Former Trump administration official Mike Gill dies after being shot in DC carjacking spree
Mike Gill was sitting in his car when a suspect shot him last week.