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Some Las Vegas Valley homeowners resort to illegal short-term rentals as license process gets delayed

By Jaclyn Schultz Click here for updates on this story     LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — Some homeowners are risking hefty fines to operate short-term rentals and list their properties online, as the process to issue licenses in unincorporated Clark County faces some delays. Homeowners told FOX5, they are missing out on the busy summer travel

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Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH

By GARY FIELDS, CLAIRE SAVAGE and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971, the organization announced Friday. “Reverend Jesse Jackson is officially pivoting from his role as president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition. His

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George Clooney says entertainment industry is at an ‘inflection point,’ as actors like Jason Sudeikis join picket lines

By Dan Heching, Cheri Mossburg and Chloe Melas, CNN (CNN) — Oscar winner George Clooney has joined the chorus of artists calling for change as actors hit the picket lines in their first strike against film and television studios since 1980. “This is an inflection point in our industry,” Clooney told CNN in a statement

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5 leaving cemetery after funeral wounded by gunfire from another vehicle, Maryland police say

BLADENSBURG, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland say five people leaving a cemetery after a funeral were wounded by gunfire after someone shot into their car from another vehicle. The shooting happened shortly after miday Friday in Bladensburg, a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital. Detectives haven’t determined a motive or made any arrests. Bladensburg

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Security Council gives UN chief 30 days to come up with options on how to fight Haiti’s armed gangs

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has asked the secretary-general to come up within 30 days with options to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs and restore security in the conflict-torn nation. He said they should include a non-U.N. multinational force, a possible U.N. peacekeeping force, training the

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