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China warns against Japanese militarism at massacre memorial

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China warned against a return of Japanese militarism at a memorial ceremony Saturday honoring victims of a wartime massacre, while refraining from directly criticizing Japan’s leader amid escalating tensions between the two nations.

Speaking at a ceremony in Nanjing, Politburo member Shi Taifeng recounted the violence of the Japanese capture ...Read more

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Brown University gunman at large after shooting leaves two dead

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A shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island has left two people dead and nine injured, with a manhunt underway for the attacker.

The shooting occurred in a classroom on the second day of final exams for the fall semester at the Ivy League institution, which has a student population of about 11,000. The male suspect was dressed in...Read more

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Two dead, eight injured in shooting at Brown University

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Two people were killed and eight were injured in a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said Saturday. The attacker was still at large.

The shooting occurred on the second day of final exams for the fall semester at the Ivy League institution, which has a student population of about 11,000.

“The ...Read more

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NYPD deploying more cops to NYC universities after Brown U. mass shooting

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NEW YORK — The New York Police Department announced Saturday that it’s deploying extra cops to local universities in response to the deadly mass shooting at Brown University.

The Police Department said there was no known threat or connection to the Big Apple from the shooting that occurred shortly after 4 p.m. at the Ivy league college’s ...Read more

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Feds link two SoCal men to Sinaloa cartel: One heads to prison, the other is missing

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LOS ANGELES — Two men linked to a Downey residence that authorities say was a smuggling hub for Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel faced sentencing this year before a federal judge.

One appeared last week in a Sacramento courtroom to learn his fate.

The other has been missing for months.

Julio Cesar Nevarez-Erunez, 24, was sentenced to nearly six...Read more

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Notorious 'winter vomiting bug' rising in California. A new norovirus strain could make it worse

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LOS ANGELES — The dreaded norovirus — the "vomiting bug" that often causes stomach flu symptoms — is climbing again in California, and doctors warn that a new subvariant could make even more people sick this season.

In L.A. County, concentrations of norovirus are already on the rise in wastewater, indicating increased circulation of the ...Read more

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Hungary protest against child abuse raises pressure on Orban

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Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets on Saturday as a video depicting abuse at a state-run juvenile facility added to pressure on Prime Minister Viktor Orban four months before elections.

Protesters marched from downtown Pest across the Danube to Buda castle where Orban and his ally President Tamas Sulyok have their offices. ...Read more

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South Bay households to receive more air purifiers as sewage crisis persists

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SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District’s (APCD) governing board voted unanimously Thursday to expand its air purifier distribution program for South County residents affected by cross-border pollution from the Tijuana River sewage crisis.

The board approved up to an additional $1 million for the Air Improvement ...Read more

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ICE agents visit Minnesota coffee shop, arrest cook after ruse to get him outside

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MINNEAPOLIS — An Ecuadorian man was arrested Friday at a coffee shop in Brooklyn Park after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents summoned him to the parking lot in a ruse to get him outside.

The man was a cook at Crumbs & Coffee on Zane Avenue N.; his employer didn’t want to reveal his name.

Crumbs & Coffee co-owner Charles Spies ...Read more

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3 dead in LA crash after driver speeds through red light

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LOS ANGELES — Three people were pronounced dead on the scene after a Plymouth minivan sped through a red light in Panorama City, crashing into a Ford Mustang and a Honda Civic on Friday night, the Los Angeles police said.

The 30-year-old man driving a gray minivan was speeding while traveling westbound on Terra Bella Street at about 9:35pm, ...Read more

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A young musician was gunned down in Northridge, California. Did childhood friends set her up?

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LOS ANGELES — Around 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday last month, two masked men approached a black Cadillac Escalade idling outside a Northridge apartment building.

One held a shotgun, the other a handgun. A surveillance system captured the sounds of what happened next: A gang challenge, confusion, a demand for property.

Then six shots and sounds of...Read more

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Raided Chicago building's tenants move out after judge denies pleas for more time

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CHICAGO — The gate around 7500 South Shore Drive sat open Thursday, the buzzer system needed to access the building unnecessary. The front door was open, plexiglass falling out of the metal frame, the only brace against the cold.

In Apartment 506, water stands on the wood floorboards. Tenant Alex Manning said it stems from the faulty radiator...Read more

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'Causing fear': ICE present at Boise Airport, Canyon County Courthouse

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BOISE, Idaho — Immigration and Customs Enforcement waited at the Boise Airport to pick someone up, two local lawyers told the Idaho Statesman. For two days this week, ICE agents were present at the Canyon County Courthouse, the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. And Meridian Police helped an arm of ICE with a car chase earlier this ...Read more

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LA City Councilman John Lee violated gift laws on lavish Vegas jaunt, judge says

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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Councilman John Lee repeatedly violated the city's gift laws in 2016 and 2017, accepting freebies during a lavish trip to Las Vegas and at multiple restaurants in L.A., a judge said in a filing released Friday.

In a 59-page proposed decision, Administrative Law Judge Ji-Lan Zang concluded that Lee committed two ...Read more

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As ICE activity intensifies, some Somali students lower their profile

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MINNEAPOLIS — Somali American college students are carrying passports and IDs to class as fear spreads across Twin Cities campuses amid intensified ICE activity and inflammatory political rhetoric.

While some colleges have issued guidance, others have stayed largely silent, leaving students to navigate safety through group chats, word-of-...Read more

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Australia to ban supermarket price gouging in sweeping competition reforms

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Australia will ban supermarket price gouging from July 1 under a new law the government says would protect shoppers from excessive grocery prices charged by major retailers.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Minister for Competition Andrew Leigh said the changes would make it illegal for “very large” grocery chains to charge prices ...Read more

2 dead, 8 wounded in Brown University shooting in Rhode Island

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BOSTON — Two are dead and another eight are wounded following a mass shooting at the engineering building at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The university’s chief of police says it remains “a fluid situation” as authorities search for the suspect.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley confirmed in a press conference a little ...Read more

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ICE arrests in Minnesota include decades-old deportation orders

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MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration authorities say they have arrested more than 400 people in Minnesota this month, including several with long-standing deportation orders that were never carried out.

Some men arrested recently were ordered removed as far back as 2000 but continued living in the state for decades, according to a Department of ...Read more

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United flight to Tokyo returns to Dulles after engine fails

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A Tokyo-bound United Airlines Inc. flight carrying 275 passengers and 15 crew returned to Washington’s Dulles International Airport after an engine lost power shortly after takeoff, according to the airline.

No injuries were reported.

United Flight 803, a Boeing 777-200ER, returned safely to Dulles at about 1:20 p.m. Saturday after ...Read more

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Times Investigation: Ex-Trump DOJ lawyers say 'fraudulent' UC antisemitism probes led them to quit

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LOS ANGELES — Nine former Department of Justice attorneys assigned to investigate alleged antisemitism at the University of California described chaotic and rushed directives from the Trump administration and told the Los Angeles Times they felt pressured to conclude that campuses had violated the civil rights of Jewish students and staff.

In...Read more