Just three months after being elected to the Huntington Beach City Council, its new conservative majority voted to bar the rainbow flag from flying over City Hall each spring in …
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SARASOTA, Fla. — A Florida school board on Tuesday voted to recommend the resignation of one of its members because she is embroiled in the fallout of a sexual assault investigation …
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Biden takes a tougher stance on Israel’s ‘indiscriminate bombing’ of Gaza
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — President Biden on Tuesday warned that Israel was losing international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza, speaking out in unusually strong language as the United Nations neared …
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I spent a week in Montana coal country. Here’s what surprised me
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThere was a lump of coal waiting for me at the hotel in Montana. Technically it was a stress ball, designed to resemble the fossil fuel that gives the rural …
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Supreme Court is asked to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to …
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It’s not necessarily sinister for a prosecutor to go from offering an attractive plea deal to a defendant to throwing the book at him. Plenty of defendants have seen that …
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Texas woman seeking abortion leaves state for procedure, attorneys say
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAUSTIN, Texas — A pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. has left the …
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Column: On immigration, no GOP contender can look cruel than Trump
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesDonald Trump’s leading opponents for the Republican presidential nomination are engaged in a tragic, ill-fated contest to out-Trump Trump. At the fourth Republican presidential debate, which took place Wednesday, they …
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As far back as 9,000 years ago, the Acjachemen and Tongva people hunted, fished and foraged for nuts and berries at Bolsa Chica Mesa. This is where they gathered herbs …
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Opinion: Read Liz Cheney’s book and weep. America’s democracy hangs on the details.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesYou don’t read a book like former Wyoming U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney’s tell-all looking for literary pearls. You read it to find out what was going on behind the scenes …