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Graham says he will ask Mueller to testify before Senate panel - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Graham's comments follow an op-ed by Mueller published Saturday in The Washington Post, in which the former special counsel defended his office's prosecution of Roger Stone and wrote that he is still a convicted felon and "rightly so" in light of President Donald Trump's commutation of
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'Zootie' calls and dating apps: Couples share how they found matches during the pandemic - L.A. Focus Newspaper
When coronavirus first hit in March, the freelance production manager paid about $30 for a three-month premium subscription on the dating app Hinge -- and he figured he'd just keep swiping until that
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Teen surfer dies in suspected shark attack in Australia - L.A. Focus Newspaper
"Witnesses have told police a shark attacked the teenager while he was surfing at Wilsons Headland at Wooli Beach, near Grafton," New South Wales police said in
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How Florida prepped for a hurricane in the middle of a pandemic - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Member of Florida House of Representatives Vance Aloupis (center) puts sand bags in a resident's car trunk in Palmetto Bay near Miami, on Friday as Floridians prepare for Hurricane Isaias. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty

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Goya's galling affront to Latinos - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Along with strong café con leche, 1970s salsa records, and a dark brown fedora someone gave me for my birthday 15 years ago, I signal my ethnic identity with Caribbean cooking. I had never really liked how Goya monopolized the shelves of my grocery store, crowding out other brands that I had
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USC to remove John Wayne exhibit after actor's racist comments resurfaced - L.A. Focus Newspaper
"Conversations about systemic racism in our cultural institutions along with the recent global, civil uprising by the Black Lives Matter Movement require that we consider the role our School can play as a change maker in promoting antiracist cultural values and experiences," Assistant Dean of
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Amazon tells employees to remove TikTok from their devices immediately - L.A. Focus Newspaper
In an email sent to employees Friday morning and obtained by CNN, Amazon (AMZN) said that due to "security risks, the TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon
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Analysis: Texas is a swing state in 2020, new polls reveal - L.A. Focus Newspaper
But it's the third state, Texas, where the eye popping result comes from. It's Trump 46% to Biden's 45%, a result well within any margin of
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Enhanced jobless benefits expired overnight: Here's where Congress' negotiations stand - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Talks will continue this morning with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi set to host a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer at 9 a.m. ET in the Speaker's office with the lead negotiators for the Trump administration, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven

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Authorities in Hong Kong warn of potential exponential growth in coronavirus cases just weeks after loosening restrictions - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Since Sunday, 65 new patients have been diagnosed, including 31 locally transmitted cases in what has been dubbed a "third wave" of the pandemic in the global financial
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Supreme Court rules federal execution of Wesley Purkey can proceed - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The court's order grants the government's request to lift an injunction that had blocked Purkey's execution, originally scheduled for Wednesday evening. Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan dissented in the
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13-ton shipment of human hair, likely from Chinese prisoners, seized - L.A. Focus Newspaper
According to the CPB, the shipment originated in Xinjiang, China, signaling potential human rights abuses of forced labor and imprisonment. The products were worth over
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Customer leaves restaurant staff $1,000 tip to thank them for working through the pandemic - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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This president says his country is battling two pandemics - L.A. Focus Newspaper
In June, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country is battling dual pandemics: coronavirus and gender-based violence. In 2019, there were nearly 180,000 violent crimes against women and almost 3,000 murders. CNN's David McKenzie
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New York Times: Internal CDC documents warn full reopening of schools is 'highest risk' for coronavirus spread - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The 69-page document obtained by the Times marked "For Internal Use Only" was among materials for federal public health response teams deployed to coronavirus hotspots to help local public health officials handle the outbreak, the newspaper
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At least 24 states pause reopening as cases hit 3 million across US - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Expert warns the US is approaching 'one of the most unstable times in the history of our country' - L.A. Focus Newspaper
"We will have hospitals overwhelmed and not only in terms of ICU beds and hospitals -- and that's bad -- but exhausted hospital staff and hospital staff that's getting ill themselves," Dr. Peter Hotez, the dean of tropical medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, told CNN Friday night. "So, we
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California Black Newspapers Win Hundreds of Thousands in Facebook Grants – Voice and Viewpoint
Facebook announced May 7 that it is awarding nearly $10.3 million to 144 local newsrooms through the company’s COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant
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'Never Trump' movement returns for Act II, armed with President's own words - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The most blistering voices in the campaign to defeat Trump are so far not coming from Democrats, but rather from Republicans -- and, in some cases, former Republicans -- who are delivering a dizzying stream of ads to needle the President and castigate his
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Analysis: Trump hits historic low on handling coronavirus - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Of the about 350 polls on the subject, this is the highest percentage of Americans who disapprove of Trump's handling of the coronavirus
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Your guide to Melania Trump's Rose Garden renovations - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Construction has already begun on the space, seen by many as the most recognizable and important outdoor arena in American politics.

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A 33-year-old tech CEO was found dismembered in a NY apartment, police say - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The New York Police Department confirmed a man had been found dead Tuesday in an apartment in Manhattan's Lower East Side. The source identified the man as tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, a venture capitalist and CEO of Gokada, Nigeria's motorcycle ride-hail
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An Arizona man in a coma from coronavirus woke up paralyzed - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The virus sent him into a medically induced coma, he told CNN's Anderson Cooper Wednesday. And when he woke up, he was
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As the pandemic rages, the Trump administration appears to be actively trying to discredit the disease expert who publicly disagreed with the President - L.A. Focus Newspaper
In a statement Saturday, a White House official told CNN that "several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things." The official went on to provide a lengthy list of examples, citing Fauci's comments early in the pandemic and linking to past
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Hong Kong was a 'safe harbor' for tech companies shut out of China. Not anymore - L.A. Focus Newspaper
But a new law that gives Hong Kong authorities sweeping powers to regulate online content could put those companies on a collision course with that censorship mechanism, known as the Great Firewall — and potentially force them out of Hong Kong
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Trump vs. virus experts: The President clashes with health officials as pandemic rages - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The result, people at those agencies say, is a new sense of demoralization as they continue their attempts to fight a once-in-a-generation health crisis while simultaneously navigating the whims of a President who has shown little interest or understanding of their
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The 'Squad' plays defense as Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar face primary challengers - L.A. Focus Newspaper

But plans for a larger and more robust "squad" hinge on securing its foundation -- and defending the seats they first won in 2018.

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Opinion: Naya Rivera's disappearance is a hard reminder - L.A. Focus Newspaper
She was 33 and leaves behind a 4-year-old son. Her presumed death is being considered
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Tucker Carlson's top writer resigns after secretly posting racist and sexist remarks - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Hong Kong security law was only supposed to affect a handful of people. Now China says says 600,000 people may have broken it - L.A. Focus Newspaper
More than 600,000 people took part in the vote over the weekend, designed to narrow down the number of pro-democracy candidates in September elections to the city's legislature. Similar efforts have been tried in previous years, but this was the most organized yet, as the opposition aims to seize
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