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1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at Trader Joe's parking lot in LA area

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LOS ANGELES — One person was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of a Trader Joe’s store in the San Fernando Valley, police said.

The incident occurred around 3:45 p.m. in the parking lot of Fallbrook Center, a retail complex that is also home to a Target, Home Depot and Walmart. Los ...Read more

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1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at Trader Joe's parking lot in LA area

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LOS ANGELES — One person was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon at the parking lot of a Trader Joe’s store in the San Fernando Valley, police said.

Few details were available, but Los Angeles police and fire officials were responding to the store in the 6750 block of Fallbrook Avenue in West Hills and two ...Read more

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1 dead, others wounded in shooting at Trader Joe's parking lot in LA area

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LOS ANGELES — A shooting Saturday afternoon left one person dead and others hurt at the parking lot of a Trader Joe’s store in the San Fernando Valley.

Few details were available, but police and fire officials were responding to the store in the 6750 block of Fallbrook Avenue in West Hills.

The incident occurred around 3:45 p.m. in the ...Read more

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Scuffle at pro-Trump rally in Huntington Beach leaves 2 injured

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On Saturday — two days after a grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump, securing his place in history as the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges — a small group of supporters gathered in Orange County, California, to protest the indictment.

During the gathering near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday afternoon,...Read more

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Biden's landmark climate bill lures China's clean energy giants

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China’s leading renewables companies are joining the rush to open factories in the U.S. after Washington passed a landmark climate bill that supports local clean energy manufacturing.

Some of the nation’s top solar panel makers are involved in setting up American plants, while the Chinese company that makes the world’s largest wind ...Read more

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IMF board approves $5.4 billion Argentina loan disbursement

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The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved a $5.4 billion disbursement to Argentina, a key step forward in the government’s program that has faced setbacks amid a worsening economic outlook.

Downside risks to the country’s economic outlook have increased, warranting a need for more central-bank rate increases “in the ...Read more

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New York plans to close key streets for Trump's arraignment

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NEW YORK — New York City officials plan to close key streets in lower Manhattan as a security measure when former President Donald Trump appears in court on Tuesday to be arraigned, said a person familiar with the situation.

Several streets surrounding the Manhattan courthouse, including Centre Street and Baxter Street, are expected to be ...Read more

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Massachusetts reaches $40 million settlement with minority police officers over civil-service suit

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BOSTON — The Massachusetts state attorney general has reached a $40 million settlement with the hundreds of minority police officers the state has ruled the civil-service promotional exam discriminated against, drawing to a close a long-running case that has wide-ranging repercussions.

Assistant Attorney General Kate Isley of AG Andrea ...Read more

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Australia's government strengthens grip with by-election win

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won a historic victory at a by-election in the state of Victoria, becoming the first government in more than 100 years to take a district off the opposition outside a national vote.

The ruling Labor party’s candidate Mary Doyle was set to win the district of Aston in eastern Melbourne, according to ...Read more

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After loss in 'crazy' auction, bidder for NYC icon wants a redo

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NEW YORK — Jeffrey Gural spent years battling over the future of Manhattan’s Flatiron Building, only for his bid of almost $190 million at an auction to be topped by a relatively unknown figure.

Then, the winning bidder, Jacob Garlick, failed to pay his deposit. That’s left Gural, who runs GFP Real Estate, and the other investors in his ...Read more

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Series of small earthquakes rattle Oakland hills, East Bay

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A series of three earthquakes — registering between a magnitude of 2.7 and 3.0 — struck Saturday morning in the Oakland hills, beneath the Oakland Zoo, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The temblors began at 9:24 a.m. Saturday, with the first one, a magnitude 3.0, occurring at a depth of about 4.3 miles ...Read more

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Officials confirm tornado hit just before deadly roof collapse at Illinois rock concert

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CHICAGO — A tornado on a 28-mile rampage with wind gusts from 90-100 miles per hour tore through Belvidere Friday night, officials confirmed Saturday evening.

The EF-1 twister left a 50-year-old man dead and 40 other adults injured at the Apollo Theatre, Dan Zaccard, director of Boone County emergency management, told the Tribune.

“The ...Read more

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US lawmakers to meet with Taiwan's Tsai, Tim Cook, Bob Iger

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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is taking their concerns about China to California next week where they plan to meet with top technology and entertainment executives, as well as with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.

The trip, led by Mike Gallagher, a Wisconsin Republican who chairs a new House panel focused on China, is aimed...Read more

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Tennessee drag ban put on hold by Trump-appointed judge

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A new Tennessee law restricting drag performances in public was temporarily blocked by a federal judge who ruled the politically charged statute may have “missed the mark.”

The law, which had been set to take effect Saturday, was put on hold for at least two weeks in a ruling late Friday by U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Parker in Memphis, ...Read more

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Trump weighs bid to shift NY criminal case to Staten Island

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NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team is considering asking to move his criminal case from Manhattan to the more conservative New York borough of Staten Island out of concern that he won’t be able to get a fair trial, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The lawyers haven’t made a final decision and are ...Read more

Minnesota digs out after heavy snow, with another storm likely next week

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Heavy snow overnight ended around daybreak Saturday in the Twin Cities area and much of Minnesota, leaving slippery roads and tens of thousands of people without power. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport recorded 8.5 inches of snow.

Xcel Energy reported around 35,000 outages through the metro area and parts of southern Minnesota and ...Read more

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Sharpton invokes Donald Trump's call for death penalty in the Central Park Five wrongful conviction

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NEW YORK — In a fiery Saturday address, the Rev. Al Sharpton invoked ex-President Donald Trump’s call for the death penalty in the Central Park Five case — noting the Manhattan mogul will appear in the same courthouse where the exonerated defendants were found guilty.

Sharpton connected the dots between Trump, the 1989 arrests and the ...Read more

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FDNY chief who oversaw fireboat involved in fatal crash forced to retire, lawsuit contends

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NEW YORK — A New York City Fire Department chief who oversaw a fireboat involved in a fatal East River crash last year has been forced to turn in his retirement papers, court papers reveal.

Chief Richard Blatus was FDNY’s acting chief of operations at the time of the June 17, 2022, incident that took the life of Johnny Beernaert, a Belgian ...Read more

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On the heels of his criminal indictment, former President Trump's supporters protest in Orange County

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On Saturday — two days after a grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump, securing his place in history as the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges — a small group of supporters gathered in Orange County, California, to protest the indictment.

During the gathering near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday afternoon,...Read more

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Texas judge orders LGBTQ books removed from public libraries to be returned within 24 hours

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A federal judge in Texas ruled that at least 12 books, which were previously removed from public libraries, must be returned to their shelves.

The books were initially pulled after Llano County officials voiced their disagreement with certain LGBTQ and racial content, reports CNN.

But after seven residents sued county officials in April 2022, ...Read more