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• Department of Homeland Security Warns of 'Heightened Threat Environment,' Potential Attacks at 'Public Gatherings, Faith-Based Institutions, Schools'

  07-06-2022 23:55
  
  The Department of Homeland Security warned Tuesday that the nation “remains in a heightened threat environment” and could become more dynamic in the following months, with foreign actors working to undermine American society and the risk of more violence against individuals and institutions nationwide.
  “In the coming months, we expect the threat environment to become more dynamic,” the DHS said in its Tuesday National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin. In the months ahea
  
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• Why the DOJ gave Trump lackey Mark Meadows a pass

  07-06-2022 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Why Trump lackey Mark Meadows escaped January 6 prosecution (unlike Peter Navarro). And what DOJ should do next to close those legal loopholes.
  
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• Country Music Star Jimmie Allen Credits Christian Music with Saving His Life

  07-06-2022 23:41
  
  Many big names in music found their start in local church choirs, using praise and worship as an outlet for their God-given talent before entering the more secular world of music.
  Jimmie Allen is one of those artists, getting his start in a Delaware church where he discovered his passion for music, according to Our Stage.
  He was so enamored with music that he taught himself how to play the piano, the guitar and the drums and spent much of his high school participating in musical theater.
  While h
  
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• Complete Coincidence? At Least 7 Large Farm Fires Occur in US in Last 10 Days

  07-06-2022 23:41
  
  There were seven major farm fires in the United States over a recent 10-day period.
  In the big picture, they were for the most part relatively small-scale events. But with reports of so many fires at food production facilities, you can’t help but notice.
  Coincidence? It could be. But it does get your attention.
  A barn in Hanover Township, Ohio, burned Monday. Officials initially were concerned that a person was in the burning structure but found no people or animals inside, according to th
  
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• WATCH: Real-Life Cowboy Lassoes Cow Running Loose on Oklahoma Highway

  07-06-2022 23:33
  
  The spirit of the American West is alive.
  A loose cow was causing havoc on an Oklahoma City highway on Monday.
  Two utility vehicles tried to block the heifer away from the road, only for the cow to slip through the improvised barricade.
  When modern technology failed to solve the problem, two real-life cowboys stepped in, apprehending the loose animal.
  The cowboys used lassoes to trap the confused animal before it could hurt itself or cause an accident.
  The horsemen showed their incredible equest
  
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• Abortion Activists Take Credit for 'Firebombing' Pro-Life Pregnancy Center - Firefighters Injured Battling Blaze

  07-06-2022 23:28
  
  Radical pro-abortion activists carried out a pyro-terrorist attack Tuesday morning against a Buffalo, New York, pro-life pregnancy center.
  Arsonists firebombed pro-life health care organization CompassCare’s facility, breaking windows in the reception room and the nurse’s office and burning the facility’s interiors, according to a news release from CompassCare.
  The vandals smeared the facility’s walls with graffiti, spraying the trademark phrase “Jane Was Here&rdquo
  
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• Top House Republican Introduces Bill That Proposes a Radically Different Solution to Gun Safety

  07-06-2022 23:15
  
  House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, the third-ranking member in the GOP leadership, is introducing legislation to promote gun training and safety following several mass shootings throughout the U.S.
  Republican Reps. Richard Hudson of North Carolina and Carol Miller from West Virginia are joining Stefanik in introducing the “Firearm Proficiency and Training Act,” Fox News reported.
  This legislation is meant to still promote gun safety, but counter Democratic proposa
  
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• He was killed at Pearl Harbor when he was 20. More than 80 years later, this sailor has been laid to rest.

  07-06-2022 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  George Gilbert, a sailor killed in the Pearl Harbor attack who remained unidentified for decades, was laid to rest Monday -- more than 80 years after his death, officials said.
  
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• The stock market could soon see a massive change to how it functions

  07-06-2022 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  The agency that oversees Wall Street is weighing major changes to the way millions of everyday investors buy and sell stocks. That could be bad news for so-called free-trading apps like Robinhood as well as the lesser known firms that underpin their business models.
  
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• Florida mother charged with manslaughter after her 2-year-old son fatally shot his father

  07-06-2022 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  A Florida mother of three has been charged with manslaughter after her 2-year-old son got hold of an unlocked handgun and fatally shot his father in their home, authorities said.
  
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• Kyle Rittenhouse Releases Video of Him Firing Automatic Gun, Ends with 8-Word Message for Biden

  07-06-2022 20:26
  
  Kyle Rittenhouse knows firsthand how important the Second Amendment is, having used a semiautomatic rifle in self-defense during the Black Lives Matter riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020.
  In a new video posted to his Twitter account, Rittenhouse made a powerful statement about it to President Joe Biden.
  In the video, the 19-year-old can be seen firing an automatic gun with appropriate supervision. Afterward, he delivered a clear, eight-word message to Biden:
  “Joe Biden, you’
  
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• On Same Day Elon Calls Out Missing Epstein Client List, Reporter Reveals the Forces That Are Keeping It All Secret

  07-06-2022 20:15
  
  Elon Musk isn’t the only one who has some questions about the client list that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell accumulated — and it turns out there are a lot of forces at play in keeping it secret.
  In a Twitter thread last week, NPR and New Yorker journalist Adam Davidson wrote that, “ALL the people who spent real time with Epstein were–at best!–witnesses to the almost certain rape of children” and that while “courts can presume innocence,” t
  
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• 9-Year-Old Girl Prays as Cougar Attacks Her at Camp: 'She Knew That He Was Going to Save Her'

  07-06-2022 19:51
  
  Lily Kryzhanivskyy, a 9-year-old girl, was camping with family, doing things that kids do, when a wild animal attacked and nearly killed her.
  The girl and her family were at a camp in Stevens County, Washington, but around 11:00 a.m. on May 28, everything went downhill.
  Lily had been playing hide-and-seek with friends in the woods adjacent to the campground when she jumped out of hiding “to surprise her friends,” the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement
  
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• DeSantis Announces Plan to Take on George Soros 'On His Own Turf' in Bid to Stop Election Manipulation

  07-06-2022 19:43
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on the warpath against billionaire George Soros.
  Soros, a liberal donor and activist, just helped fund a left-wing radio network targeting Hispanic-Americans, Fox News reported.
  DeSantis said in a statement to the outlet that the Hungarian-born businessman is trying to “manipulate” the media landscape in his state and push a “Marxist agenda on voters.”
  So the Republican governor’s re-election campaign is hitting back at Soros.
  By buying
  
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• Police Bust Animal Rescue CEO after Neighbor Complains about 'Smell of Death' Coming from Property

  07-06-2022 19:27
  
  Cases of animal hoarding and abuse are sad enough no matter where they crop up — but when that person is also known as a local animal rescuer, the case is even more perplexing and maddening.
  That appears to be the case in one South Carolina animal rescue community as Caroline Dawn Pennington, 47, the CEO and director of registered non-profit rescue “GROWL” has been charged with over two dozen counts of ill-treatment of animals. She also worked for the Kershaw County Humane Soci
  
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• Former Disney Actor Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Child Sex Crime

  07-06-2022 19:23
  
  Former Disney actor Stoney Westmoreland received a sentence of two years imprisonment for sex crimes involving minors, officials said Monday.
  The 52-year-old actor had starred in the Disney Channel sitcom “Andi Mack,” where he played the 13-year-old protagonist Andi’s grandfather, Ham Mack, before being fired by Disney for trying to liaison with a minor.
  Westmoreland was arrested in December 2018 after he interacted with a police detective pretending to be a 13-year-old near th
  
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• Remember That Huge Jobs Report Biden Bragged On? Looks Like It's Going to End in Utter Devastation for American Workers

  07-06-2022 19:03
  
  President Joe Biden has been proudly touting May’s better than expected jobs report. He seems to see it as proof of his administration strengthening the economy, but underneath the surface, the job market may actually be showing signs of slowing down, and inflation has not abated.
  The Labor Department’s report for May showed that 390,000 jobs were added to economy and unemployment held steady at 3.6 percent.
  The number of jobs added was higher than predicted, and the unemploymen
  
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• Kim Kardashian's Perverse Comments on Eating Poop Show How Sick Hollywood Life Really Is

  07-06-2022 18:51
  
  Reality television star Kim Kardashian has always put an undue emphasis on her physical appearance. In a recent interview, she made it clear how far she is willing to go to achieve physical beauty.
  Speaking to The New York Times to promote her new skincare brand, SKKN by Kim, she said there are virtually no boundaries she would not cross to make herself look good.
  “I’ll try anything,” Kardashian said. “If you told me that I literally had to eat poop every single day and I
  
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• Gun Control Costs Lives: Dozens Butchered at Church Where Guns Were Completely Outlawed

  07-06-2022 18:49
  
  A horrific massacre occurred at a Nigerian church on Sunday morning. Armed terrorists killed at least 50 parishioners and injured dozens more after they opened fire at St. Francis Catholic Church, where worshippers had gathered to celebrate Pentecost. The church is located in the southwestern town of Owo in Ondo State.
  Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday night, CNN’s David McKenzie said gunmen arrived on motorcycles, tossed explosive devices into the “packed pews,&rd
  
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• 'Brutal reality' is not much more can be done on gas prices, Commerce secretary says

  07-06-2022 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo conceded Tuesday that there is not much more the White House can do to tackle record high gas prices for Americans, casting blame on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Tyrannical, Eh?

  07-06-2022 18:24
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Tyrannical, Eh? appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Ex-Clinton Aide with Epstein Connection Dies in Strange 'Suicide,' Family Sues to Keep Details from Public

  07-06-2022 18:12
  
  Former Bill Clinton adviser Mark Middleton’s family recently filed for an injunction, urging a judge to prevent the release of key details and images from the scene of the Clinton aide’s unnatural death under the Freedom of Information Act.
  The 59-year-old businessman from Little Rock, Arkansas, was found dead on May 7, about 30 miles away from his home.
  According to the digital media company MEAWW, the Perry County, Arkansas, Sheriff’s Office reported Middleton was discovered
  
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• Illegal Immigrant Acquitted of Murdering Kate Steinle Sentenced on Federal Weapons Charges

  07-06-2022 17:43
  
  The illegal immigrant involved in the shooting death of Kate Steinle in 2015 was sentenced to time already served on Monday in connection with federal charges against him.
  Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate was acquitted of murder in the death of Steinle, who was struck down by a bullet while walking on a San Francisco pier with her family.
  Although a state court convicted him of being a felon illegally in possession of a weapon in the same trial in which he was acquitted of murder,  federal weapons c
  
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• New CNN Boss Considers Axing Big Names as He Seeks to Change Network's Direction: Report

  07-06-2022 17:19
  
  The new attitude at CNN comes down to a simple truth for big names whose stock-in-trade became Trump-bashing: Walk the line, or walk the plank.
  A report in Axios said that as he tries to revive the brand of journalism for which CNN was once famous, CNN CEO Chris Licht is evaluating whether on-air figures who are polarizing in their politics can adapt.
  Those who fail the test could pay the price by losing their current roles, Axios said, citing “three sources familiar with the matter.&rdquo
  
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• At-home abortion pill startups gain interest and funding as laws increasingly target access

  07-06-2022 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  As the future of safe, legal abortion access in the United States has been thrust into doubt, a number of at-home abortion pill startups are positioning themselves to fill some of the void.
  
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• In New York, Washington DC, Pro-Abortion Forces Engage in All-Out Intimidation Tactics Against Pro-Lifers

  07-06-2022 16:54
  
  As the Supreme Court gets closer to releasing an abortion ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade and return the issue to the states, pro-abortion forces are getting more brazen in intimidating pro-lifers — particularly in New York City and Washington, D.C.
  In New York, peaceful pro-life protesters were mobbed by pro-abortion forces during a monthly “Witness for Life” procession on Saturday, with reports indicating several pro-life marchers were pushed to the ground. Meanwhile,
  
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• Here are the key House primaries to watch beyond California

  07-06-2022 16:08 via cnn.com
  
  It's Election Day in New Jersey, Mississippi, South Dakota, Iowa, New Mexico, Montana and California, as the 2022 primary season picks back up in earnest following a one-week break for Memorial Day.
  
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• Biden Receives Avalanche of Criticism for His 'Afterthought' D-Day Commemoration

  07-06-2022 15:59
  
  President Joe Biden came in for harsh criticism Monday after waiting until night fell to commemorate the anniversary of D-Day and relegating its observance to a five-line tweet.
  “Today, we mark 78 years since D-Day and honor those who answered duty’s call on the beaches of Normandy. We must never forget their service and sacrifice in defense of freedom, and we must strive every day to live up to the ideals they fought to defend,” Biden’s official presidential account twee
  
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• Two Longtime House Democrats Locked in Heated Clash After Redistricting Efforts Backfire

  07-06-2022 15:49
  
  Two of New York’s longest-serving members of Congress have turned from allies to rivals after a court redrew the state’s congressional maps, scrambling the favorable landscape Democrats hoped to set for themselves this election year.
  Rep. Jerry Nadler, a major figure in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a champion of 9/11 rescue and recovery workers, are now running against each other in a Democratic primary to represent a reconfigured
  
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• CEOs are enjoying huge paydays while their workers struggle to pay bills

  07-06-2022 15:43 via cnn.com
  
  Despite all the buzz about the "Great Resignation" and a renaissance for the working classes in America, a new report finds the gap between executive and worker pay is only widening.
  
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• Officers responding to a disturbance call didn't enter water to reach a drowning man, officials say

  07-06-2022 15:27 via cnn.com
  
  State and local agencies will investigate the death of a man in Tempe, Arizona, last month who drowned after police officers responding to a disturbance call did not enter the water to reach the man, city and state officials announced Monday.
  
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• DeSantis Vindicated of COVID Cover-up After Media Darling, 'Whistleblower' Ends Up in Complete Disgrace

  07-06-2022 15:23
  
  What a surprise: Rebekah Jones, once hailed as a “whistleblower” for claiming Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis had fudged the state’s COVID-19 numbers, has been revealed as a complete fraud.
  A report released last week by the Florida Department of Health Office of Inspector General exonerated DeSantis on the allegations and found nothing to back up Jones’ allegations that she’d been pressured to alter COVID-19 case and death counts. In fact, the people the inspector ge
  
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• DHS bulletin warns US could see more volatile threats fueled by election misinformation and upcoming Supreme Court abortion ruling

  07-06-2022 15:01 via cnn.com
  
  The Department of Homeland Security is warning that threats in the US could become even more volatile throughout the summer and midterm election season, fueled by election year misinformation and potential violence surrounding an upcoming Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights.
  
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• Hospitals grapple with shortage of crucial component for medical imaging tests

  07-06-2022 14:51 via cnn.com
  
  A shortage of a key component for some crucial imaging tests such as CT scans is leading to rationing within hospitals, patient backlogs and doctors across the United States making do with less-than-ideal alternatives ​across the United States.
  
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• Illegal Ballot Harvesting: Dem AZ Ex-Mayor Finally Caught Red-Handed

  07-06-2022 14:11
  
  The Democratic former mayor of an Arizona city pleaded guilty last week to engaging in illegal ballot harvesting during the 2020 primary election, adding credence to claims the same conduct occurred during the general election.
  According to The Associated Press, Guillermina Fuentes, 66, operated a “sophisticated operation” in San Luis, a border city of approximately 33,000 people located in Yuma County.
  “Fuentes and a second woman were indicted in December 2020 on one coun
  
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• British man sentenced to 15 years in Iraq for smuggling artifacts

  07-06-2022 11:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  A British citizen was sentenced Monday by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison after being convicted of attempting to smuggle artifacts out of the country.
  
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• Los Angeles and San Francisco voters may rebuke left in primaries

  07-06-2022 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two of America’s most famously progressive cities may take right turns Tuesday, when California and six other states hold primary elections.
  
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• Alibaba and JD.com stocks rally on hopes tech crackdown may be over

  07-06-2022 10:37 via cnn.com
  
  Shares in Chinese tech companies have surged this week on hopes that Beijing is close to ending a yearlong regulatory crackdown on the industry.
  
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• There's a new national hotline for mental health. How will we pay for it?

  07-06-2022 10:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The new national phone number for mental health emergencies, 988, debuts in July. But the states haven’t allocated the money to fund it.
  
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• Arizona investigators are reviewing officer conduct after a man drowned in a reservoir during a domestic dispute call

  07-06-2022 09:40 via cnn.com
  
  State and local agencies will investigate the death of a man in Tempe, Arizona, last month who drowned after police officers responding to a disturbance call did not enter the water to reach the man, city and state officials announced Monday.
  
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• Estate of man fatally shot by North Carolina deputies reaches $3 million settlement with county

  07-06-2022 08:16 via cnn.com
  
  The estate of Andrew Brown, Jr. has settled its lawsuit against a North Carolina county sheriff's office over his shooting death during an arrest last year, according to an attorney for the estate.
  
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• Cabinet minister in Dominican Republic slain in his office

  07-06-2022 07:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  was shot to death in his office by
  
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• Judge rules Oklahoma's lethal injection method is constitutional

  07-06-2022 07:09 via cnn.com
  
  Oklahoma's use of a three-drug lethal injection method is constitutional, a federal judge ruled Monday following a lawsuit from nearly 30 people on death row challenging the protocol.
  
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• Florida mom charged with manslaughter after 2-year-old son shoots dad in back

  07-06-2022 06:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Florida mother was charged in the death of her husband after their 2-year-old son appeared to fatally shoot him in the back, authorities said Monday.
  
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• One person dead, two in critical condition after multiple rescues on California mountain

  07-06-2022 06:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two people were rescued from a Northern California mountain in critical condition Monday and a third person died amid “tough” conditions, authorities and a
  
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• Ousted board of Philippine casino sues Japanese tycoon Okada after resort seized

  07-06-2022 06:19 via cnn.com
  
  The ousted board of the Philippines' biggest casino said on Monday it is suing Japanese tycoon Kazuo Okada and his partners, accusing them of coercion and other misconduct in what it said was a "violent and illegal" seizure of the gambling resort last week.
  
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• 2 arrested after Philadelphia shooting left 3 people dead and 11 wounded, officials say

  07-06-2022 04:57 via cnn.com
  
  A night of revelry on Philadelphia's South Street turned chaotic Saturday as gunmen opened fire into a crowd, leaving two people and a suspect dead and 11 wounded in one of at least 13 weekend mass shootings across the United States.
  
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• Court docs: Former Wisconsin judge killed in a 'targeted attack' had sentenced the suspect to prison more than 15 years ago

  07-06-2022 04:24 via cnn.com
  
  Douglas K. Uhde, the man accused of shooting and killing former Juneau County Circuit Court Judge John Roemer, had been sentenced to prison by the judge more than 15 years ago, court documents show.
  
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• Court docs: Former judge killed in a 'targeted attack' had sentenced the suspect to prison years earlier

  07-06-2022 04:24 via cnn.com
  
  Douglas K. Uhde, the man accused of shooting and killing former Juneau County Circuit Court Judge John Roemer, had been sentenced to prison by the judge more than 15 years ago, court documents show.
  
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• Louisiana enacts anti-trans sports ban after its Democratic governor declines to take action

  07-06-2022 04:21 via cnn.com
  
  Louisiana banned transgender women and girls from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender at all public and some private elementary and secondary schools and colleges on Monday after the state's Democratic governor declined to take executive action on the controversial measure.
  
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