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A Time to Think: Gun Ownership and Responsibility in America - The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

By John Rydell, The Afro Recently, my ever-patient real estate agent picked me up on a Saturday morning to show me yet another house during my exhaustive search for the perfect home. When we arrived at the single-family house in Reisterstown, there was no “for sale” sign in the front yard. I thought that was […]

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One Sunday afternoon in January the sunlight shone brightly off of the headstones in Chubb Cemetery. The most recent burial had been a month earlier and the headstone of Maccie Chubb Gibson was pristine in its simplicity. The clean grey upright model notified visitors that she had passed away

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Two Republican lawmakers are the first members of Congress to be fined for violating the new security measures off of the House floor since the fines were instated earlier this week, CNN has learned. Republicans Reps. Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Louie Gohmert of Texas have both been fined $5,000

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Face masks required on Votran buses and in facilities – Daytona Times

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4 guards kill farm worker

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