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Month: September 2023

Warnock calls on Atlanta officials to be more transparent about ‘Stop Cop City’ referendum

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has urged Atlanta’s mayor to be more transparent in how city officials handle a petition drive led by opponents of a proposed police and firefighter training center. Warnock’s letter Friday comes after weeks of calls from “Stop Cop City” activists who were furious

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¿Por qué algunos decían que Botero pintaba figuras “gordas” y qué respondía el artista sobre su estilo?

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El pintor y escultor colombiano Fernando Botero, quien falleció este viernes a los 91 años, fue uno de los artistas más célebres del mundo y era conocido por las figuras voluminosas que protagonizaban sus obras. El legado de Fernando Botero: así lo recuerda una amiga del artista 4:05 Fernando Botero, el

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North Carolina officials reverse course to allow Christmas parade after girl’s death last year

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina officials will allow a Christmas parade in the capital city after a truck towing a float had struck and killed a girl during last year’s event. The city of Raleigh reversed course late Friday after initially denying the Greater Raleigh Merchants Association’s request for a permit for the Raleigh

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New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry firearms to focus on parks, playgrounds

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday narrowed an order that broadly suspended the right to carry firearms in and around Albuquerque to apply only to public parks and playgrounds where children and their families gather. The governor’s announcement came days after a federal

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Biden to meet with Netanyahu at UN General Assembly for first face-to-face meeting since Israeli PM returned to office

By Donald Judd (CNN) — President Joe Biden next week will hold his first face-to-face meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the Israeli leader came back into office. Biden will meet Netanyahu on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, before hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington later in the week.

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