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Buffalo City Sues Firearms Makers, Claiming They Are Fueling Violence

December 21, 2022
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The city of Buffalo, New York, has filed a lawsuit in state court against firearms manufacturers and distributors, as well as ghost firearms companies, for their alleged fueling of violence. Mayor Byron Brown announced the lawsuit on Dec. 20, which he said was the first of its kind. It was filed in state Supreme Court. “Members of…

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Ex-Texas Police Officer Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Shooting Death of Atatiana Jefferson

December 20, 2022
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Former Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Aaron Dean was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years, 10 months, and 12 days in prison for the killing of Atatiana Jefferson. A Tarrant County jury deliberated about a day and a half before reaching a unanimous decision in the sentencing phase of the 38-year-old former officer. On Thursday, after…

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Orange County Supervisors Terminate RSV Health Emergency

December 20, 2022
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Dec. 20 to terminate the local health emergency that was extended late last month, for the respiratory virus known as RSV. The emergency allows the county to access federal and state resources for assistance and seek mutual aid from neighboring counties. The emergency declaration was initiated on…

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B-2 Stealth Bomber Will Miss Rose Parade, but B-1s Ready to Step In

December 20, 2022
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PASADENA, Calif.—Spectators at the upcoming Rose Parade won’t be getting a glimpse of the B-2 stealth bomber this year. A flyover by the impressive bomber has opened the floral procession along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena in recent years. But officials at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri said they have temporarily grounded their B-2 bomber…

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California Judge Rejects New Murder Trial for Scott Peterson

December 20, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A California judge on Tuesday rejected a new murder trial for Scott Peterson, nearly 20 years after he was charged with dumping the bodies of his pregnant wife, Laci, and the unborn child they planned to name Conner into San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve 2002. Peterson, 50, alleged the resulting trial that gripped…

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Why Most Children in California Can’t Read: Frank Xu

December 20, 2022
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Frank Xu, who lost his campaign for a seat on the Palomar Community College Board in the Nov. 8 election, said the state’s failing school systems will lead to California’s next generation’s inability to write, read, and understand math creating a decline of overall competence, which he said would be a “disaster” for the entire…

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Claremont Unified School Board to Replace President After Alleged Inappropriate Party for Students

December 20, 2022
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Claremont Unified School District’s board will replace its former president, Steven Llanusa, who resigned earlier this month after parents claimed he exposed high school choir members to alcohol, shirtless adult male performers, and a “dirty Santa” at his private Christmas party. The education board unanimously approved a timeline to replace Llanusa—a teacher and Area 4…

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No-Burn Order Extended Through Wednesday

December 20, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The South Coast Air Quality Management District Dec. 20 extended a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland through Dec. 28 due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect until at least 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. It affects…

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Former New York Teacher Sentenced to Community Service for Illegally Vaccinating Teen

December 20, 2022
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The former New York teacher who was accused of illegally injecting her son’s 17-year-old friend with a COVID-19 vaccine on New Year’s Eve has avoided jail time, according to reports. Laura Russo, then a science teacher at Herricks High School, was arrested on Jan. 1 at her Sea Cliff home, where the illegal injection took…

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Woman Killed in Crash on I-8 in El Cajon Identified

December 20, 2022
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EL CAJON, Calif.—Coroner’s officials Dec. 20 released the name of a Lemon Grove woman who died on Interstate 8 after her car struck a tree and then another vehicle. Nancy Annette Lisa Benson, 32, died from blunt force injuries, including to her head, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. The collision happened…

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