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Why media representation of bipolar disorder matters
Read More: Why media representation of bipolar disorder mattersCityscape | Twin Cities urban geographer Bill Lindeke weighs in on city life, transportation, planning and more in his column delivered to your inbox weekly. Editor’s Note: This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s 2024 Op-Ed Workshop for high school youth in partnership with Sahan Journal and the Minnesota Star Tribune. ThreeSixty is a…
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Hegseth treads water as scrutiny over nomination continues
Read More: Hegseth treads water as scrutiny over nomination continuesWASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth told reporters Thursday that he still has Donald Trump’s full support to be defense secretary, but he was not able to tamp down concerns among key GOP senators this week that he deserves the job. Often accompanied by his wife Jennifer and former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, Hegseth made the rounds…
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There’s little momentum for turnstiles at Twin Cities LRT stations
Read More: There’s little momentum for turnstiles at Twin Cities LRT stationsFaced with growing community concerns about crime and fare evasion, last fall Metro Transit began a study on installing turnstiles at four of its light-rail stations. This past July, they learned how much that would cost: $14 million, according to a report prepared by a consultant and obtained through a data practices request. The agency…
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In 2024, books by and about Southern California Latinas shined
Read More: In 2024, books by and about Southern California Latinas shinedMy home office looks like a Jenga game of nonfiction books I read about Southern California Latino life this past year — and almost none were duds. They ranged from a history of gangs in East L.A. to a gorgeous coffee table tome about the cult classic “Blood In Blood Out” to a delightful children’s…
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Navy man killed in Pearl Harbor to be buried in California
Read More: Navy man killed in Pearl Harbor to be buried in CaliforniaKathie Svoboda has never met her Uncle William, but a new relationship has been forged 83 years after his death. The Navy serviceman, killed in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, was identified decades later. Through the military’s process of returning lost loved ones to their families, Svoboda said, she’d learned much about him. “It’s…
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California voters wanted tough on crime. What happens now for reforms?
Read More: California voters wanted tough on crime. What happens now for reforms?Criminal justice reform advocates spent the summer warning that efforts to oust California’s progressive district attorneys and undo sentencing reforms would undermine a decade of work aimed at reducing mass incarceration, prioritizing rehabilitation and holding police accountable for excessive force. Come November, voters didn’t listen. In Los Angeles County, Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor…
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Newsom touts California efforts on fentanyl. Will it matter to Trump?
Read More: Newsom touts California efforts on fentanyl. Will it matter to Trump?Each day, thousands of people drive or walk into the U.S. from Tijuana at Otay Mesa, a port of entry that is one of the most fortified and closely watched border checkpoints in the world. And yet one way or another, fentanyl keeps pouring through. In recent years, the crossing and another at San Ysidro…
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Former SoCal candidate is accused of registering cartoon cats to vote.
Read More: Former SoCal candidate is accused of registering cartoon cats to vote.Donning his signature Stetson hat, Bruce Boyer proclaims himself to be a cowboy, a businessman, a perennial political candidate and a dancer. The Ventura County resident is also a critic of the state elections process. In the last year, during several Ventura County Board of Supervisor meetings, Boyer, 63, has aired grievances about the ease…
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Los Angeles OB-GYN accused of offering to pay patient for sex
Read More: Los Angeles OB-GYN accused of offering to pay patient for sexA Los Angeles obstetrician-gynecologist has been accused by state regulators of sexually harassing a patient, including by offering to pay her for sex and be her “sugar daddy.” The Medical Board of California accused Dr. Arjang Naim of making unwelcome sexual advances in 2021 to a patient who had sought a second opinion on test…
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The future of the West L.A. VA campus is unclear. This is its history
Read More: The future of the West L.A. VA campus is unclear. This is its historyIsn’t this just a classic Los Angeles story? Fighting over land — who had it, who has it now, who’ll get it? Right now it’s a fight in a courtroom, over who should have the right and the duty to decide the destiny of the hundreds of acres of the federal Veterans Affairs department’s West…
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Blake Lively accuses director, co-star of “It Ends with Us” of sexual harassment, smear campaign
Actress Blake Lively accused “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexually harassing her and seeking to smear her reputation after she spoke out about a “hostile work environment” that nearly derailed the film. In a legal complaint filed this week, Lively alleges she raised concerns about inappropriate behavior by Baldoni, who…
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Sacramento deputies arrest man on suspicion of beheading baby son
A Sacramento County father has been arrested on suspicion of beheading his 1-year-old son, sheriff’s officials said. Andrey Demskiy, 28, was arrested and booked Friday on felony charges of murder, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, and corporal injury on a spouse in connection with the child’s death, according to…
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