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Prep Football: Pike County football coach Fred Holland resigns

Dothan Eagle 05 Nov 2021

The Pike County Board of Education accepted the resignation during a special called meeting late Wednesday afternoon, said Bazzell ... A former Bulldog star athlete in the mid-1980s, Holland had a 70-45 record at the Brundidge school after taking over in the middle of the 2011 season following the resignation of Rodney Dollar.

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LA County prosecutor who described police as ‘barbarians’ picked as interim victims bureau chief

LA Daily News 05 Nov 2021

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has named a former public defender who once described police as “barbarians” as the interim director of the Bureau of Victim Services, drawing criticism from a law enforcement union and a former top prosecutor.

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New grand jury seated as Trump criminal probe continues

The Spokesman-Review 05 Nov 2021

NEW YORK — New York prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump’s business dealings have convened a new grand jury to hear evidence in the probe as the previous panel’s term was set to run out, a person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press Thursday ... led a multiyear fight to get access to the Republican’s tax records.

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Ex-Arkansas senator seeks retrial of corruption conviction

Log Cabin Democrat 05 Nov 2021

Woods was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison on 15 counts of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering for a bribery scheme in which prosecutors said he and another state legislator were taking kickbacks from state grants meant to be directed to nonprofit ...

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Latest Covid cases; Stratford wastewater update

Otago Daily Times 05 Nov 2021

As the small Taranaki town of Stratford digests the fact Delta has been detected in its wastewater, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson and director of public health Dr Caroline McElnay are about to release the latest Covid-19 information ... .

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Heartless! Artists says NYC tribute removed in permit snafu

Lima Ohio 05 Nov 2021

NEW YORK — Have a heart, New York! ... Furnari conceded he did not have a permit to place the heart in the park but considered a $4,000 grant he received from New York City’s government to be his permit for the temporary installation ... a life-size sculpture of a health care worker kneeling with arms stretched to the sky.

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Former Washington State coach appeals firing over vaccine

Hastings Tribune 05 Nov 2021

The letter says Chun overturned a decision by the university's Human Resource Services to grant Rolovich a religious exemption to the vaccination mandate ... Fahling has said Rolovich intends to file a lawsuit over his firing ... A university spokesman said the school would have no comment on the letter.

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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Fear is the great unspoken engine of American history

News & Record 05 Nov 2021

Leo Glaze seems to think so, based on a tweet I chanced upon last week ... In so saying, he provided a voice, albeit by proxy, to the one group that's been largely missing from the nation's rancorous and ongoing debate over the teaching of African American history ... And one can make a case that fear is the great unspoken engine of American history.

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State says disabled not entitled to reasonable accommodation

The Argus Press 05 Nov 2021

The Rays’ child was denied a service.” ... The Rays later filed a discrimination complaint with the state, but Division of Human Relations Director Romona Fullman recommended that the commission dismiss the complaint because it failed to state claim on which relief could be granted.

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Public safety fears due to taxi driver shortage

BBC News 05 Nov 2021

"This is a real national problem that affects everywhere," said Steve Wright, Chairman of the LPCHA ... A backlog in costly licensing and registration of vehicles, as well as criminal and medical checks for drivers have led to what the LPCHA have called "a perfect storm." ... A spokesperson from the Department for Transport responded.

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Georgia state Senate map debate focuses on voting rights

Hastings Tribune 05 Nov 2021

“This is not a voting-rights protected district,” Cowsert said ... Janet Grant, vice chair of Fair Districts GA, urged Republicans to consider a plan less stacked against Democrats, as well as more districts where both parties would be competitive and at least one more district with enough minority voters to influence outcomes.

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KUWTT: No tax evasion vs Marcos – CA | Nov. 5, 2021

The Manila Times 05 Nov 2021

on tax evasion charges, but cited him for failure to file income tax (ITR) returns, which carries just a fine ... Over to business, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd has emphasized the significance of a "blended strategy," or the sustainable orchestration of grants, investments, and subsidies to make climate finance work for its beneficiaries.

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Migrant Oregon weed workers face threats amid illegal boom

The Spokesman-Review 05 Nov 2021

A draft document cites “rampant violations of county codes, state water laws and criminal laws.” They previously wrote a letter to Oregon’s senate president saying the county is experiencing “a tragic surge in narco-slavery.” ... Lily Morgan, a Republican from the small city of Grants Pass, the county seat of Josephine County.

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Grants Pass Early Entries, Tuesday November 9th, 2021

Eagle-Tribune 05 Nov 2021

1st-$6,500, Claiming $2,500-$2,500, 3-Year-Olds & Up Fillies and Mares, Five and One Half FurlongsPPHorse (Med Code), Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds. 1Timberlake Gage (BL), 126T. Smith6-5-3Teri Beckner. 2Jupiter S. (BL), 126J ... 3Salty Nugget (BL), 126D ... 3Raised a Redhead (BL), 121H ... Grants Pass Mile StakesPPHorse (Med Code), Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds ... .

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AED 4.8 bn of weeklong real estate transactions recorded in Dubai

Urdu Point 04 Nov 2021

DUBAI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 04th Nov, 2021) A total of 1,966 real estate and properties transactions were valued at AED 4.8 billion in total during the week ending 04 November, 2021, according to the Dubai Land Department (DLD) ... 91 properties were granted between first-degree relatives worth AED 294 million.