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Barrington, RI

Rhode Island Current

If it’s not in writing, you can’t enforce it. So ruled Rhode Island Associate Justice Kristen Rodgers in an Aug. 9 decision, affirming a Barrington couple’s argument that they should not have to maintain a public access walkway along a seawall at the edge of their property because the public access permit wasn’t included in […]

Superior Court judge upholds Barrington property owners’ right to block public access to seawall

California State

Fox News

California attorney Lisa Bloom, her husband, and their firm agreed to a settlement following allegations of misuse of COVID-19 relief funds.

California attorney Lisa Bloom, husband, settle over misuse of COVID relief fund allegations

Mississippi State

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Lowndes County, MS

Mississippi News Group

Ashley Waddell, a Mississippi woman has been charged with five separate crimes, including DUI, after crashing into the back of a bus with her vehicle on Tuesday afternoon in Lowndes County.

Mississippi Woman Crashes into Bus, Charged with DUI

The Marijuana Herald

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information
California’s Senate has now passed legislation to legalize marijuana cafés through its third and final reading, just a day after it was approved through its second reading. Assembly Bill 1775 successfully completed its third reading in the Senate yesterday by a vote of 30 to 7. The bill had previously cleared the full Assembly in … 
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Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A man out on probation for drug charges less than a year ago and a woman from Douglas were recently arrested following a search at a local apartment. On August 7, 2024, at around 1:00 PM, Detectives from the Coffee County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit were conducting a proactive narcotics patrol in Douglas. During their patrol, a detective spotted 30-year-old Christopher Lamar Hawkins, who had outstanding warrants for fleeing police and methamphetamine possession, driving a white 2021 Kia Sorento. Hawkins was stopped in front of apartment 203/204 on N Wheeler Ave, where two detectives approached him. Breanna Henderson, 33, then came out of apartment 203 to "investigate what was going on with Hawkins" and appeared to whisper with Hawkins during his arrest. The report states that Henderson, who temporarily lived with Hawkins, began whispering with him "presumably about nefarious activities due to Hawkins's previous history with drug distribution and evading law enforcement."

Douglas Man and Woman Arrested Following Drug Bust and Search at Apartment

A new bill to protect performers from unauthorized AI is now headed to the California governor to consider signing into law. The use of artificial intelligence to create digital replicas is a major concern in the entertainment industry, and AI use was a point of contention during last year’s Hollywood strike. Other national proposals offering AI protections to all Americans are also in the works.

A bill to protect performers from unauthorized AI heads to California governor

Maine State

Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

WashingtonExaminer

California Democrats continue to prioritize illegal immigrants over their own citizens, even if they don’t have the money to do so. The California State Senate is pushing forward a bill that would let illegal immigrants apply for the state’s first-time homebuyer program, which would give them access to up to $150,000 each for home down […]

California prioritizes illegal immigrants over its own citizens

Georgia State

According to officials with the Southern District of Georgia, two recently unsealed federal indictments have charged 23 defendants in a series of broad conspiracies involving the use of drones to smuggle methamphetamine, marijuana, and cell phones into state prisons in Georgia.

23 Defendants Charged in Federal Indictments for Drone-Smuggling Drug Operation in Georgia

Independent Drivers Face Uncertain Future as OOIDA Continues Appeal. [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.]. The California Trucking Association is ending its yearslong legal battle against the state’s controversial AB 5 worker reclassification law, which the group has long maintained forces independent truck drivers to become motor carrier employees.

California Trucking Association Ends AB 5 Legal Fight

Coffee County, GA

On August 18, 2024, at approximately 8:07 p.m., deputies from the Coffee County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of an assault at 1974 Palmetto Road. While en route, dispatch informed officers that one of the suspects was discharging a firearm.

Coffee County Man Arrested After Allegedly Hitting Deputy and More

Denver, CO

David Heitz

Angry Aurorans and Denverites on social media poked fun at the news media Friday as more information came out about Venezuelan gangs on the Front Range. Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman posted on Facebook that the city will use court orders to shut down additional apartment complexes that have been infiltrated by the gangs. It seemed to contradict comments made by Gov. Jared Polis, who said the gang problem was a figment of Aurora council member Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.

Migrant gang crisis underrated: Denver media criticized

Wyoming State

WyoFile

Wyoming’s U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Harriet Hageman handily staved off Republican challengers in Tuesday’s primary election. The Associated Press called the race at 8 p.m.

Barrasso, Hageman handily defeat Republican challengers

The California Legislature passed a bipartisan bill known as the California School Food Safety Act to ban six harmful chemicals in school food.

Landmark bill banning some dyes in California school food passes

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The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Washington State

(CN) — An appeals panel ruled 2-1 Friday that a federal court wrongfully ruled in 2022 that Uber had no duty to protect a Washington state driver who was murdered on the job. The estate of Uber driver Cherno Ceesay sued the rideshare company for negligence and wrongful death...

Ninth Circuit rules Uber had duty to protect Washington driver murdered by passengers

The Lantern

One man is dead after a five-hour standoff with police Sunday morning near Ohio State’s South campus. Credit: Lantern File Photo. One man is dead after an over-five-hour-long barricade standoff with the Columbus Division of Police Sunday morning.

One dead after five-hour standoff with police in the University District Sunday morning

California legislators may decide on a bill this week that would ban public schools from offering foods that contain six synthetic dyes as well as titanium dioxide. If passed, the bill would outlaw schools from serving drinks, foods and snacks made with blue No. 1, blue No. 2, green No. 3, red No. 40, yellow No. 5 and yellow No. 6.

California lawmakers might ban public schools from serving food with artificial dyes

Florida State

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said he will consider more DUI patrols if voters legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida. Voters will consider Amendment 3 in November. It would allow adults 21 or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical purposes.

More DUI patrols possible if marijuana issue passes

Cheyenne, WY

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

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Judge denies motion to dismiss Brown Act lawsuit against City of Fresno

A Fresno Superior Court judge denied the City of Fresno’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the city council’s budget committee violated state transparency law since...

Judge denies motion to dismiss Brown Act lawsuit against City of Fresno

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