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Month: June 2025

Big Bear eaglet takes flight from nest

KCAL, KCBS, FRIENDS OF BIG BEAR VALLEY (FOBBV), CNN By Julie Sharp, Austin Turner Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — Big Bear’s famed bald eagle parents, Jackie and Shadow, are getting closer to being empty-nesters as one of their two eaglets took flight from the comforts of the nest on

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Newark mayor sues New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor after arrest at immigration detention site

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor on Tuesday over his arrest on a trespassing charge at a federal immigration detention facility, saying the Trump-appointed attorney had pursued the case out of political spite. Baraka, who leads New Jersey’s biggest city, is a

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A US consulting firm has canceled its contract with the controversial US and Israel-backed aid organization

US consulting group terminates contract with controversial US-backed Gaza aid organization

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — A US consulting firm has canceled its contract with the controversial US and Israel-backed aid organization set up to distribute food and humanitarian supplies as famine conditions worsen in war-ravaged Gaza, a spokesperson for Boston Consulting Group told CNN. “Unapproved follow-on work relating to Gaza lacked buy-in from multilateral

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Harrison Ford wants the Operation Smile award honoring his friend to inspire others to give more

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Harrison Ford will receive an award for his philanthropy Tuesday night from the global surgery and training nonprofit Operation Smile. But the star of the “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” film franchises, as well as this year’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” says all the attention should go to

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`This House’ makes world premiere, exploring Black history through a family’s legacy in Harlem

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Near the end of “This House,” a heart-wrenching opera given its world premiere last weekend, the matriarch Ida poignantly intones messages to her family on stage and to the audience. “History’s the only thing to survive,” soprano Adrienne Danrich sings before adding: “You may have left

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`This House’ makes world premiere, exploring Black history through a family’s legacy in Harlem

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Near the end of “This House,” a heart-wrenching opera given its world premiere last weekend, the matriarch Ida poignantly intones messages to her family on stage and to the audience. “History’s the only thing to survive,” soprano Adrienne Danrich sings before adding: “You may have left

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Florida has enacted Senate Bill 150

Florida law inspired by abandoned dog aims to protect pets during disasters

By Gail Paschall-Brown Click here for updates on this story     SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Florida has enacted Senate Bill 150, known as “Trooper’s Law,” to protect pets from abandonment during natural disasters, inspired by Trooper, a Bull Terrier rescued from floodwaters during Hurricane Milton last October. The law, a third-degree felony, carries penalties of

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