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11-07-2024 11:10 am • PDX and SEA Weather
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Michael Corey Jenkins and his mother Mary Jenkins (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Daniel Opdyke was sentenced Wednesday to 17.5 years in federal prison. Two other former deputies, Hunter Elward and Jeffrey Middleton, were sentenced Tuesday. The other fired officers will learn their punishment later Wednesday and Thursday.
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This $418 million settlement, expected to go into effect by July pending judicial approval, marks a significant shift in loosening the powerful trade group’s grip on America’s housing market.
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All six of the former officers pleaded guilty to several federal charges in August. They admitted subjecting Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to numerous acts of racist torture last year. Elward admitted to shoving a gun into Jenkins’ mouth and firing in a “mock execution” that went awry.
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The justices seemed broadly skeptical Monday during nearly two hours of arguments that a lawyer for Louisiana, Missouri and other parties presented accusing officials in the Democratic administration of leaning on the social media platforms to unconstitutionally squelch conservative points of view. The court’s decision in this and other social media cases could set standards for free speech in the digital age.
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The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute between Republican-led states and the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security
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Vice President Kamala Harris at the Munich Security Conference. (Photo: @WhiteHouse / Instagram),
Families participating in the Childcare & Development Block Grant program will now face a cap on co-payments, limiting them to no more than 7% of their income.
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Biden says he's grateful for Fudge's “contributions toward a housing system that works for all Americans.”
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The call comes in response to a new state policy preventing institutions from utilizing government funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
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The United States is leading an effort to get aid to Gaza by sea, with plans to build a temporary pier to deliver the supplies. An army vessel is on the way to the Mediteranean, but the first ship which wll test that new corridor is still waiting in Cyprus with 200 tons of food. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are going hungry after five months of war. The push for aid comes as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins Monday in much of the world READ MORE
Andra Day (Perry Knotts/Getty Image)
"The problem is not a general lack of historical knowledge but its disparity along racial lines. Black students do know this history, or at least more of it than their white peers. It's my belief that schools fail all students when they omit the difficult parts of U.S. history. Teaching Black history can create understanding and spark rare discussions on challenging topics across racial lines."
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