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At Least 5 Injured In Shooting At California High School; Suspect In Custody
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says the suspect in the shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita “is in custody and being treated at a local hospital.”
Animal Cruelty As A Federal Crime: Trump Is Expected To Sign Bill Passed By Congress
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The PACT Act would be the first national law making severe animal cruelty and torture illegal. An earlier law only banned videos of such acts.
U.S. Income Inequality Worsens, Widening To A New Gap
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The gap between the richest and the poorest U.S. households is now the largest it’s been in the past 50 years, the U.S. Census Bureau says.
‘This Is All Wrong,’ Greta Thunberg Tells World Leaders At U.N. Climate Session
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“This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school, on the other side of the ocean,” activist Greta Thunberg tells leaders at a U.N. climate conference.
EPA Makes Rollback Of Clean Water Rules Official, Repealing 2015 Protections
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The change ends an “egregious power grab,” Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler says.
How To Help Hurricane Dorian Survivors In The Bahamas
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“Cash is king. For us to rebuild these communities, we need funds,” the president of Rotary International says. The Bahamas’ government has also posted a list of desperately needed items.
Navy SEAL Demoted In Rank For Taking Photo With Corpse Of ISIS Fighter
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Earlier Wednesday, President Trump had congratulated Edward Gallagher and his family on the end of his legal ordeal. In response, they wrote, “Thank you Mr. President for all you have done.”
Bump Stock Ban Takes Effect As Gun Rights Groups Ask Supreme Court For Delay
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Anyone selling or owning bump stocks could face up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000. The devices are now classified as machine guns.
Pentagon Takes $1 Billion From Military Personnel Account To Build Border Fence
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The money nearly doubles the $1.3 billion Congress authorized for border wall funding — a move made possible after President Trump declared a national emergency.
Otto Warmbier’s Parents Dispute Trump’s Seeming Absolution Of Kim Jong Un
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“Now we must speak out,” Fred and Cindy Warmbier said after President Trump said he believes that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not have anything to do with Otto Warmbier’s death.