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Liberal California mayors are backing this ballot measure that could lock up repeat retail thieves
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed supports the proposal to reform Prop 47. Mandatory Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images via CNN Newsource
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House panel unanimously approves bill that could ban TikTok
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Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, the youngest Republican woman elected to the US Senate, criticized President Joe Biden and his administration over the border, the state of the US economy and crime and safety issues as she delivered the GOP’s rebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union address.
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As deadly fighting between Israel and Hamas continues, so too does a dire humanitarian crisis in the area.
