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San Diego County settles long-running lawsuit’s claims over mental health care in jail – San Diego Union-Tribune
Lawyers representing people in San Diego County jails have reached a settlement in a key part of a long-running class-action lawsuit that will require Sheriff Kelly Martinez to improve the level of mental health care provided in the county’s jails. The agreement, which was filed in San Diego federal court late Thursday, calls for the Sheriff’s Office to do more…
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2 cow slaughter accused injured in police encounter in UP’s Sahranpur
Saharanpur: Two men accused of cow slaughter were injured in a police encounter in the Gangoh area here, and a calf, firearms and slaughtering tools were recovered from their possession, police said on Friday. Circle Officer of Gangoh, Ashok Sisodia, said the district police have been conducting intensive checking drives to curb crime. On the intervening night of Thursday and…
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8 Best New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend (Feb. 13-15)
Disney+, Amazon’s Prime Video and AMC+ all have popular TV shows returning with new seasons this week, while Netflix and Hulu, for their parts, are on deck to unveil two wildly different but equally promising shows. The week’s other noteworthy streaming premieres include the VOD debut of an underrated 2025 dramedy, a popular British comedy making its U.S debut and…
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EPA revokes a key legal underpinning in fighting climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the Republican president to roll back climate regulations. The rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government declaration known as the…
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NATO allies say Hegseth “missing a good party” as they meet, adjust to slimmed down U.S. role under Trump
Brussels — European allies at NATO on Thursday brushed aside concerns that the United States has stepped back from its leadership role of the world’s biggest security organization, leaving them and Canada to do the lion’s share of defending Europe. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not attend Thursday’s gathering of defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels. His no-show came…
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Gulf countries halted visas for Pakistanis over begging mafia: Khawaja Asif
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has admitted that the Gulf countries have stopped issuing visas to Pakistanis as mafia groups continue to export “beggars” to these nations. Sharing a video on social media that revealed how beggars in Pakistan earn enough money to purchase houses through organised networks, Asif highlighted that this has prompted the Gulf nations to stop…
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India beat Namibia by 93 runs
New Delhi: Sanju Samson disappointed again, Ishan Kishan dazzled, and his mentor Hardik Pandya entertained, but India’s 93-run victory over Namibia here on Thursday, February 12, wasn’t exactly the Box Office hit one expected ahead of a tense T20 World Cup face-off against Pakistan. The victory felt less like an assurance and more like the calm before the cricketing tempest…
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10 Movies From 1995 That Are Now Considered Classics
1995 was a bit of a crossroads for movie-making. It was a year where old Hollywood craft, serious ’70s-style filmmaking, and a newly confident independent cinema all overlapped. Studios were still willing to bankroll challenging mid-budget films aimed at adults, while quirky auteur voices were being absorbed into the mainstream rather than pushed to the margins. The result was a…
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President Trump and Administrator Zeldin Deliver Single Largest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History
Trump Admin Eliminates Obama-Era Endangerment Finding, off-cycle credits, start-stop feature February 12, 2026 WASHINGTON – Alongside President Trump in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history. In this final rule, EPA is saving American taxpayers over $1.3 trillion, eliminating both the Obama-era 2009 Greenhouse Gas (GHG)…
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Israel Is Quietly Annexing the West Bank
There is no shortage of volatility in the Middle East. In the wake of protests in Iran, Washington has threatened to strike; violence in Gaza continues despite a cease-fire; Hezbollah is rearming in Lebanon; and factional rivalries are destabilizing Syria. But the next front to explode may be one that policymakers keep treating as an afterthought—the West Bank. Since Hamas’s…
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