LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | American billionaire Elon Musk announced Tuesday that he would move the headquarters of SpaceX and X out of California, one day after the state’s Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that bans school rules requiring staff to disclose children’s gender identity changes to their parents. …
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SACRAMENTO, the United States | Xinhua | A U.S. federal judge has ruled that California can’t enforce a law requiring people to undergo background checks before buying ammunition, saying it violates the constitutional right to bear arms. Roger Benitez, a senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A criminal complaint was filed on Wednesday bringing against a man from California federal charges of attempted murder of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt of Maryland Wednesday afternoon. …
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Los Angeles, USA | Xinhua | A class action lawsuit was filed late Monday against a U.S. company over the massive oil spill off the coast of Southern California, demanding monetary damages for the “environmental catastrophe.” In a 13-page document filed in a Los Angeles federal court, the Houston-based Amplify …
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Los Angeles, US | Xinhua | California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said Friday that the most populous U.S. state will continue to require that masks be worn in school settings in the coming new term. The CDPH announced this decision hours after Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …
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San Francisco, US | XINHUA | As the United States struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread protests against racism, U.S. President Donald Trump’s support among California voters is eroding even in conservative areas of the state, according to a new poll released Tuesday by the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) …
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Los Angeles, United States | AFP | The wildfire season in the western United States is shaping up to be even more challenging this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced firefighters to rethink how they respond to disaster while also protecting themselves. “We’re focused on COVID-19, we’re focused …
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Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump threatened once again Sunday to withhold federal aid from California after its Democratic governor criticized his environmental policies. Over the past two weeks, fires have ravaged nearly 100,000 acres (40,000 hectares) in the sprawling western state, where firefighters on Sunday were …
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Paradise, United States | AFP | Five people were declared dead and 150,000 evacuated Friday as fierce wildfires raged across the western US state of California, with one rapidly spreading blaze threatening the famed resort of Malibu. The victims died in their vehicles trying to escape a massive late-season inferno …
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Los Angeles, United States | AFP | A California high school teacher is facing charges for punching a pupil who had hurled racial slurs at him, in an incident that many students and staff say was justified. Music teacher Marston Riley, 64, is seen in video footage confronting a 14-year-old …
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