ATLANTA — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a proposed police and firefighter training facility in the Atlanta area …
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Nan Ibarra knows what psychosis looks like and wonders whether politicians do. Not long after her older son became convinced that she was Satan, he took a baseball bat to …
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Column: Voters don’t buy Trump’s political persecution claim
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — After months of legal wrangling, a schedule for former President Trump’s four pending criminal trials is finally taking shape. Last week, federal district Judge Tanya Chutkan set March 4 …
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Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Julia Wick, back in City Land after a brief detour covering the wildfire on Maui. …
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Divisive California child sex trafficking bill clears hurdle
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA proposed law in California to lengthen prison terms for child sex trafficking that ignited public outrage and divided Democrats this summer was changed during a critical vote on Friday …
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How Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows could avoid prosecution
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFormer Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was determinedly bland during his surprise appearance on the witness stand this week, which he took in support of a motion to remove …
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Senators hail federal recommendation to ease restrictions on marijuana
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders hailed it Wednesday as a first …
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Mark Thompson, a veteran news executive who held top jobs at the BBC and the New York Times, will be the new head of CNN with a mandate to accelerate …
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The California Senate will get a new leader after Democrats on Monday tapped a North Coast lawmaker as the next president pro tem of the upper house, marking a transition …
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Pelosi on the Grateful Dead, Dylan, the Stones and post speakership
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSAN FRANCISCO — Bob Weir was cold. It was a partly cloudy July night and temperatures were falling as Dead & Co. played before tens of thousands of fans in San …