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    News EXPLAINER: California EV requirements face some obstacles

    California will require all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to run on electricity or hydrogen by 2035 in an ambitious move away from gasoline-powered vehicles and the pollution they emit. The requirements come in phases starting in 2026, and it will take 13 years for them become...
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    News DeSantis pushes back on Biden Administration cutting student loan debt

    On college campuses across South Florida, students on the verge of entering the workforce are making new calculations about their financial future. “Rent is a couple thousand, and all that, plus all the materials, driving, gas, keeping my car maintained,” said Jordan Wood. “I feel bad for...
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    News Sylvester Stallone's wife files for divorce after 25 years

    Sylvester Stallone's wife Jennifer Flavin Stallone has filed for divorce after 25 years of marriage. The petition was filed last week in a court in Palm Beach County, Florida, where the couple owns a home. She is seeking exclusive use of their home in Florida — they own another in California —...
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    News Facebook parent culls large Proud Boys network from sites

    Facebook parent Meta says it has removed a network of accounts linked to the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group it banned in 2018. Meta said on Thursday that it recently uncovered and removed about 480 Facebook and Instagram accounts, pages and groups linked to the Proud Boys. That brought...
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    News Deputy elections clerk in Colorado to testify against boss

    A woman has struck a plea deal to testify against her boss, a Colorado clerk who became a hero to election conspiracy theorists after she was charged with breaking into her county’s voting system. Belinda Knisley, who has long been on administrative leave from her role as chief deputy to Mesa...
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    News Labor board files complaint against Starbucks over pay offer

    A regional office of the National Labor Relations Board says Starbucks is violating U.S. labor law by withholding pay hikes and other benefits from stores that have voted to unionize. The labor board’s Seattle office filed the complaint late Wednesday against Starbucks. The complaint is based...
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    News Biden to attend groundbreaking of Intel's $20B Ohio plants

    Intel Corp. will break ground Sept. 9 on its planned $20 billion Ohio semiconductor facilities with President Joe Biden in attendance, the company and the the White House said Thursday. When the company's two factories, known as fabs, open in 2025, the facility will employ 3,000 people with an...
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    News Michigan panel recommends abortion proposal for ballot

    Michigan’s Bureau of Elections recommended Thursday that the state’s election board give final approval to a potential ballot initiative seeking to enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution. The Bureau of Elections said in a staff report that after examining petition sheets and a...
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    News Chauvin moved to Arizona federal pen in George Floyd killing

    Derek Chauvin has been moved from a Minnesota state prison where he was often held in solitary confinement to a medium-security federal prison in Arizona, where the former police officer convicted in George Floyd's killing may be held under less restrictive conditions. Chauvin was taken...
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    News Doctor says cases of monkeypox continue to rise among students, young adults

    Community leaders are holding a rally on the campus of Florida International University in hopes of raising awareness about monkeypox among students. “Young adults are seeing most of the impacts while Hispanics and African Americans are disproportionately affected by monkeypox,” Dr. Saint...
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    News 1 airlifted after tractor-trailer, dump truck collide in Hialeah Gardens

    One person was airlifted to a trauma center after a tractor-trailer and dump truck collided in Hialeah Gardens Thursday afternoon. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, the crash happened just after 3 p.m. at the intersection of Northwest 138th Street and West Okeechobee Road. An MDFR...
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    News With Iranian drones, Russia complicates nuclear deal talks

    Russia has obtained hundreds of Iranian drones capable of being used in its war against Ukraine despite U.S. warnings to Tehran not to ship them, according to Western intelligence officials. It's unclear whether Russia has begun flying the drones against Ukrainian targets, but the drones appear...
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    News Store clerk arrested for allegedly firing gun at customer he accused of stealing candy

    Police in Miami-Dade County arrested a convenience store clerk after they said he fired a gun at a customer. It happened late Wednesday night at the Dolphin Food Market on Northwest 46th Street in Miami. According to authorities, the victim told police that the store clerk, identified as...
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    News Voting machine tampering points to concern for fall election

    On the last day of voting in Colorado’s June primary, a poll worker sent to wipe down a voting machine found a concerning error message on its screen: “USB device change detected.” The machine, used to mark ballots electronically, was taken out of use and an investigation launched. The message...
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    News Man pleads guilty to smuggling more than 1,700 animals into U.S.

    A California man pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for illegally bringing more than 1,700 wild animals into the United States at the U.S.- Mexico border. Jose Manuel Perez, 30, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two counts of smuggling goods into the United States and one count of wildlife...
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    News Student loan crisis awaits new generation despite Biden plan

    For millions of Americans, President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation offers a life-changing chance to escape the burden of debt. But for future generations of students, it doesn't fix the underlying reason for the crisis: the rising cost of college. The specter of heavy debt will still...
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    News Grieving father who survived crash killing son is grateful, hopeful about prothetics

    Carlos Hunter embodies resilience. He survived the June crash that killed his 11-year-old son Carlos in Hallandale Beach, but he was injured so severely that he lost both of his legs. While he has been unable to work, the community turned out to help and donated $76,000 after Local 10 News...
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    News City of Miami Beach offering free flu shots for youth residents at public schools

    The City of Miami Beach will offer free flu shots for youth residents at Miami Beach Public Schools from Tuesday, Sept. 13 through Thursday, Sept. 15. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “a yearly flu vaccination is the most important step in preventing influenza...
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    News Climate change alters life at Fed's Jackson Hole conference

    When officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City sought a location for an annual economic symposium in 1981, they chose Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for a simple reason: It had fly-fishing. Paul Volcker, the Fed chairman at the time, was known to enjoy the pastime, and it was hoped that the...
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    News Letter: School shooter fixated with guns, dreamed of killing

    Four years before Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people at a Florida high school, therapists at another school wrote a letter to his psychiatrist saying he was fixated on guns and dreamed of killing others and being covered in blood, testimony at his penalty trial showed Thursday. Dr. Brett Negin...
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