#California mall shooting leaves one wounded

#California mall shooting leaves one wounded

“#California mall shooting leaves one wounded” A gunman is being sought after opening fire at a California shopping mall Saturday evening, wounding one man and sending panicked customers to run for cover, authorities said. Officers responded to the Great Mall in Milpitas around 5:20 p.m. on reports of a shooting outside an Old Navy store,…

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#California fines Uber M in sexual assault data dispute

#California fines Uber $59M in sexual assault data dispute

“#California fines Uber $59M in sexual assault data dispute” California regulators fined Uber $59 million and threatened to suspend its operating license in the state after it refused to fork over details about sexual assaults that occurred on its trips. An administrative law judge ordered the ride-hailing giant to comply with the California Public Utilities…

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#Monarch butterfly may be added to endangered species list

#Monarch butterfly may be added to endangered species list

“#Monarch butterfly may be added to endangered species list” The beloved monarch butterfly is being considered — again — for federal designation as an endangered species. Environmentalists are urging the Trump administration to grant the orange-and-black butterflies protection under the Endangered Species Act in light of a rapid decline in their numbers. Conservation group Xerces…

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#California wildfire explodes to nearly 2,000 acres

#California wildfire explodes to nearly 2,000 acres

“#California wildfire explodes to nearly 2,000 acres” A wildfire in Riverside County, California has burned through nearly 2,000 acres Sunday as roughly 130 firefighters work to contain its spread. The blaze, dubbed the Sanderson Fire, erupted at around 1 a.m. near La Borde Canyon Road and Jack Rabbit Trail.  Firefighters were able to stop the forward spread of the flames…

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#LA Times columnist urges senator Dianne Feinstein to resign

#LA Times columnist urges senator Dianne Feinstein to resign

“#LA Times columnist urges senator Dianne Feinstein to resign” Los Angeles Times columnist Erika Smith is urging Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to resign so that California Gov. Gavin Newsom can appoint a “Black or Latino” Democrat in her place.  Feinstein was hit with a damning report from The New Yorker that alleged accusations of her “cognitive decline,” which followed…

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#Hunter Biden ripe for special counsel and other commentary

#Hunter Biden ripe for special counsel and other commentary

“#Hunter Biden ripe for special counsel and other commentary” Ex-Prosecutor: Hunter Ripe for Special Counsel One reason the Hunter Biden probe became public may be that prosecutors now realize their “primary suspect” is the son of the incoming president, who’ll be running the Justice Department “through his own appointees,” suggests former Assistant US Attorney Andrew…

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#Suspected California DUI crash kills two parents

#Suspected California DUI crash kills two parents

“#Suspected California DUI crash kills two parents” A 22-year-old California driver with a prior impaired-driving arrest was being held Tuesday night following a suspected DUI crash in Newport Beach that left a young couple dead and their three young children critically injured, according to reports. Authorities said the suspect, Grace Elizabeth Coleman, 22, of Newport…

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#How to stand up to China and other commentary

#How to stand up to China and other commentary

“#How to stand up to China and other commentary” Foreign desk: How To Stand Up to China Beijing’s neighbors took grim note last month when China issued 14 trade demands to Australia, writes Robert A. Manning at The National Interest, because the list seems “a very conscious reprise” of imperial Japan’s “now-infamous Twenty-One Demands” to…

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