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Month: October 2019

Sheriff’s Office will no longer house ICE detainees starting in December

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WTVF) — The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office will no longer house Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees starting December 1. The sheriff’s office is ending the contract with ICE following meetings with local advocacy groups, Mayor John Cooper, Metro Council members and internal stakeholders. “The continued confusion

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DeSantis’ Key Proposals Face Early Obstacles in Capitol

Click here for updates on this story     Tallahassee (Danielle Ivanov and Molly Chepenik ) — Ambitious proposals by Gov. Ron DeSantis to raise minimum teacher salaries and require employers to verify the lawful immigration status for workers collided Tuesday with early concerns from Florida’s lawmakers. The chilly reception in the Republican-controlled Legislature signals difficult policy

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Bankrupt Forever 21 is closing 200 stores

As part of its restructuring after filing for bankruptcy last month, Forever 21 will close 200 stores, leaving the fast-fashion chain with a smaller footprint to help it emerge from Chapter 11. Burdened by expensive store leases, unprofitable markets and continuing disruption from online shopping, the teenage clothing emporium became the latest casualty in a

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Sessions eyes return to US Senate

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions might be interested in jumping into the race for his old Senate seat, but some Republicans are throwing cold water on the idea. Sessions, who represented Alabama in the US Senate from 1997 until he became President Donald Trump’s first attorney general in 2017, is giving the race a look,

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Joe Biden ally formally launches super PAC

An ally of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has formally launched an outside group to help the former vice president navigate the primary and defend against attacks from President Donald Trump. Larry Rasky, a former campaign aide to Biden, is listed as treasurer of the newly renamed super PAC, dubbed Unite the Country, according to

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School Canceled Again Tuesday Amid Teachers’ Strike, Advocate Suggests New Idea To Help Student Athletes

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Tuesday will mark the ninth day of missed class for Chicago Public Schools students. CPS announced on its website Monday afternoon that classes would again be canceled on Tuesday. As negotiations between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union continued, new sticking

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Documents show women predicted their own murders

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — The two women killed in two cases of domestic violence predicted their own deaths when talking with investigators, according to documents obtained by the News4 Investigates team. It’s chilling now to read what Mayra Garcia and Temptress Peebles wrote just days before their murders.

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Giuliani associate can be questioned under oath about Republican money transfers, judge says

Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, can be questioned under oath in the coming weeks about financial transfers he made to Republican political campaigns, a federal judge in Florida ordered Tuesday. The court order comes as questions swirl around Parnas’ close ties to Giuliani, efforts to insert himself into Ukrainian interests and Republican

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Read: House impeachment resolution

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday the House would vote on Thursday to formalize the procedures of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and Ukraine, in what will be the first time the House will go on the record on the proceedings. The House Rules Committee released a version of the resolution Tuesday. Read

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