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Flu season arriving early in US, amid warning of a fast-spreading 'super flu' variant
Britain, Australia and Japan have already reported spikes, in what has turned out to be an early flu season
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Crew walks off set of movie listing Sean Penn, Eric Swalwell as executive producers
"I urge the production team to seek a fair outcome for the crew. Should that not be achieved, I will remove my name from the film’s screen credits," Swalwell says
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IG special agent recounts case of Virginia doctor imprisoned for performing unneeded surgeries
The investigation was sparked by an anonymous nurse's tip in 2018 about unnecessary surgeries on Medicaid patients.
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Mean speech not protected at public universities, appeals courts rule
USC takes seven months to decide that calling anti-Israel activists "ignorant" and telling them "Hamas are murderers" is not discrimination, harassment or "unsafe environment," Jewish professor subject to probe says.
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U.S. drivers killed fewer pedestrians in 2023, except in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania drivers bucked the national trend, killing 192 pedestrians in 2023.
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Oklahoma's immigration law halted; AG Drummond says he will appeal
The United States Department of Justice, Padres Unidos de Tulsa and several individuals sued to stop the law.
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California paid $4 billion for 400,974 'ghost' TK-12 students last year
At a statewide level, “ghost” student funding accounted for 6.2% of total state formula aid to school districts.
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Hawaii's climate change lawsuit settlement poses fiscal and regulatory challenges
"To pay for this settlement, taxes will have to be raised or services and benefits will have to be cut," said the CEO of Truth in Accounting.
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U.S. Rep. Roy seeks to oust Biden via 25th amendment
Calls to invoke the 25th Amendment were made in February by multiple members of Congress after Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report cited examples of Biden’s mental lapses, describing him as an “elderly man with poor memory,” The Center Square reported.
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Two pandas from China safely arrive at the San Diego Zoo as part of conservation project
The San Diego alliance said the two bears, named Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, will need to spend the coming weeks away from the public while they acclimate to their new home.
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New Jersey regulators to review liquor license renewals at two Trump golf courses
The hearing is to evaluate whether Trump's conviction violates the state's law that prohibits anyone who is convicted of a crime involving “moral turpitude," from holding a liquor license.
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Florida authorities shut down a fentanyl trafficking ring, 64 people arrested
A multi-agency operation has crippled another fentanyl trafficking ring, this time in Lakeland, Florida. They seized enough fentanyl to kill 371,000 Floridians.
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IRS says Illinois loses $10 billion in income as more people are moving out of state than moving in
Last year’s IRS migration report found 105,000 fewer individuals, taking with them $10.6 billion. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has denied the state’s population decline, saying the Census is getting it wrong.