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As far-right rhetoric spikes, gauging what's an actual threat is difficult

4:44pm August 16, 2022

by Odette Yousef

A recent attempted attack on an FBI office has raised concern about violent far-right rhetoric, but assessing the exact nature of the threat presents new challenges.

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Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill., is prepared to help students isolate if they test positive for monkeypox.

How colleges are preparing for a new public health threat: monkeypox

4:44pm August 16, 2022

by Pooja Salhotra

The risk of contracting monkeypox is still low in the U.S., but colleges are already seeing cases.

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A formerly sunken boat sits high and dry along the shoreline of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, on May 10, near Boulder City, Nev.

U.S. says drought-stricken Arizona and Nevada will get less water from Colorado River

4:29pm August 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

U.S. officials announced Tuesday that the two states, which rely on water from the Colorado River, will face more water cuts as they endure extreme drought.

Then-California Rep. TJ Cox speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 17, 2019.

Former California Rep. TJ Cox faces over two dozen federal fraud charges

3:50pm August 16, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The single-term Democrat allegedly participated in multiple fraud schemes, including one involving his 2018 run for Congress.

California's state flag flies in Los Angeles in January 2017.

California becomes the first state to break down Black employee data by lineage

3:45pm August 16, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Employees won't be required to disclose their information, but advocates who support this data collection say it's for the Black community's benefit and will shed light on more hidden disparities.

CHOWCHILLA, CA - MARCH 02: Valley State Prison inmate Will Caldwell cuts the hair of a prison employee during a cosmetology class at Valley State Prison on March 2, 2017 in Chowchilla, California.

What People Really Make (and Spend) Behind Bars

3:05pm August 16, 2022

The Marshall Project asked people in prison to track their earning and spending — and bartering and side hustles — for 30 days. Their accounts reveal a thriving underground economy behind bars.

A$AP Rocky faces 2 felony assault charges from an incident in Hollywood last year

2:37pm August 16, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Rapper A$AP Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, has his arraignment in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday.

The National Basketball Association announced it will not hold any games on November 8 — Election Day for the 2022 midterms — in order to encourage fans to make a plan to vote.

To encourage fans to vote, the NBA won't hold games on Election Day

2:16pm August 16, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The National Basketball Association announced Tuesday that there are no games scheduled for November 8 in an effort to encourage fans to vote in the 2022 midterms.

The Trump Organization's longtime Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, center, departs court, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in New York.

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Sources: Longtime Trump Organization executive is negotiating guilty plea to fraud

1:39pm August 16, 2022

Allen Weisselberg was charged with multiple felonies for an alleged 16-year scheme to avoid paying taxes by compensating Weisselberg with untaxed benefits like a luxury apartment and car.

4moms is recalling more than 2 million MamaRoo and RockaRoo swings and rockers over entanglement and strangulation hazards posed by the straps that hang down.

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More than 2 million baby swings and rockers are recalled after an infant's death

11:48am August 16, 2022

by Wynne Davis

4moms is recalling MamaRoos and RockaRoos due to entanglement hazards from straps that hang down from the rockers and swings when not in use. At least one baby has died as a result of asphyxiation.