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Monterey County Food Bank gears up for a busy holiday season
MONTEREY – There will be several options available this week for families looking for ingredients and meal kits this holiday season. The Food Bank for Monterey County plans to hand out 50,000 meal kits for families this week. They donated thousands of kits to 75 other nonprofit organizations and congregations in hopes of reaching families…
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Special Report: Carmel Unified, A District Divided — Part 1
It has been a rough year for the Carmel Unified School District, with leaders being forced out, unexpected resignations and a growing list of lawsuits. Three of those lawsuits were filed in the last few months, two of which have allegations of sexual harassment at their core.
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Supreme Court rejects appeal of former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd
The Supreme Court has rejected former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s appeal of his conviction for second-degree murder in the killing of George Floyd
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2024 presidential debate schedule, locations released
By Ethan Cohen | CNN The first presidential debate is set for mid-September 2024, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday, setting up the earliest ever start to the presidential debate schedule. The bipartisan commission, which has sponsored every general election presidential debate since its founding in 1987, will host three next year, with the…
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Federal appeals court deals blow to Voting Rights Act
By Christina A. Cassidy and Ayanna Alexander | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act, a decision voting rights advocates say could further erode…
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Rosalynn Carter’s hometown mourns a much-beloved global icon
By Bill Barrow | Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. — Linda Campbell decorated the Lions Club Christmas tree in her small hometown just as she would any other Thanksgiving week, but this was no ordinary Monday in late November. All around the town of Plains, neighbors mourned the death of their matriarch, former U.S. first lady…
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How do you safely deep fry a turkey? Here are some tips
Cooking-related fires are one of the most common situations fire departments respond to during the holiday season.
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Biting nails? Pulling out hair or picking skin? Try these tips
Some habits are harder to quit than others. That’s particularly true for body-focused repetitive behaviors, also called BFRBs. But most of us know them as nail biting, skin picking and even hair pulling.
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NOAA reports over 1 million pieces of trash collected along Monterey Bay shoreline over 4 years
Food wrappers. Plastic bottle caps. Cigarette butts – 231,735 cigarette butts, to be precise. These are just a few of the more than 1 million items collected by over 37,000 volunteers along the shores of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary between 2017 and 2021, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association report released…
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A$AP Rocky must stand trial on allegations he fired gun at former friend, judge rules
A Los Angeles judge found Monday that there is enough evidence for A$AP Rocky to stand trial for allegations that he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator outside a Hollywood hotel in 2021.
