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NYC Firefighters, Police, Teachers Ask Supreme Court to Halt Vaccination Mandate

November 3, 2022
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New York City firefighters, police officers, and other government employees who were fired after the city refused their request to be exempted on religious grounds from the city’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court late on Nov. 2 asking for the mandate to be halted. It’s unfair that unvaccinated adult…

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Bomb Threat Prompts Search of Santa Monica High School; Nothing Found

November 3, 2022
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SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Authorities searched the campus of Santa Monica High School Nov. 3 in response to a telephoned bomb threat that prompted a lockdown, but no devices or suspicious items were found. “At approximately 11:42 a.m., the switchboard operator received a phoned-in bomb threat, alleging the bomb was set to go off within five minutes,”…

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VP Harris, Hillary Clinton Campaign for Gov. Hochul in New York

November 3, 2022
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will hold a “Get Out the Vote” rally in Manhattan on Nov. 3. Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are expected to join the event. The rally will be held at Barnard College at 5 p.m. ET and is hosted by the Columbia University Democrats. The race for…

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DeSantis Calls Out Chinese Firm’s Purchase of Florida Land for Primate Breeding Facility

November 3, 2022
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Gov. Ron DeSantis raised concern over the Chinese Communist Party’s growing influence in Florida amid scrutiny of a Chinese firm’s purchase of 1,400 acres of land in the state in the hopes of building a primate breeding facility. JOINN Laboratories CA Inc. purchased the land in Levy County, Florida, for about $5.5 million in July,…

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EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis Calls Out Chinese Firm’s Purchase of Florida Land for Primate Breeding Facility

November 3, 2022
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Gov. Ron DeSantis raised concern over the Chinese Communist Party’s growing influence in Florida amid scrutiny of a Chinese firm’s purchase of 1,400 acres of land in the state in the hopes of building a primate breeding facility. JOINN Laboratories CA Inc. purchased the land in Levy County, Florida, for about $5.5 million in July,…

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Crime, Homelessness, Schools: Perspective on California’s Nov. 8 Elections

November 3, 2022
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Commentary Just as in the June primary, I thought I might provide an overview of the upcoming Nov. 8 election and its meaning for California. Although California politicians exaggerate when they boast California now is “the world’s fifth largest economy,” it still is by far America’s biggest economy and most influential state. One only need…

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Michigan’s $1 Billion EV Project With China Unlikely to Succeed: Journalist

November 3, 2022
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The Michigan legislature approved a $1 billion spending plan on Oct. 5, with $846 million going to a Chinese company specializing in EV batteries, but it would be more beneficial to use these funds for local infrastructure, according to Charlie LeDuff, a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist. LeDuff characterized the deal as corporate socialism, which he said…

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Doctor Who Performed Young Girl’s Abortion Sues Indiana Attorney General

November 3, 2022
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The doctor who performed an abortion for a 10-year-old girl sued Indiana’s attorney general on Nov. 3, alleging violated state law when he started investigating her. Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an assistant professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Indiana University, performed the abortion in June for a 10-year-old who was raped by an illegal immigrant….

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Newsom Pauses $1 Billion State Grant for Homelessness

November 3, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Nov. 3 he is pausing the third round of grants to local jurisdictions from a $1 billion state program addressing homelessness, saying current housing plans across the state are “failing” to adequately address the crisis. Newsom plans to convene local leaders later this month to review the state’s “collective” approach…

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Wisconsin Election Official Fired for Allegedly Sending Fake Military Ballots to State Lawmaker

November 3, 2022
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An election official in Wisconsin’s most populous city has been fired after sending fake military ballots to a state lawmaker, the city’s mayor announced on Nov. 3. Kimberly Zapata, deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, was removed, according to Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson. Zapata “apparently sought fictitious military ballots from a state elections website” and…

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