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Durham's HEART program, which sends unarmed mental-health and peer responders to certain 911 calls, is profiled as a model that has expanded citywide and drawn research suggesting increased calls and fewer arrests. The piece traces its launch after George Floyd's killing and how police came to accept it as a fourth arm of emergency response.
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The article argues that Americans living in the UK vote at very low rates and urges them to use federal absentee voting procedures ahead of the 2026 US midterms. It notes that overseas voting rights are protected by federal law and pushes back on tax-related myths, while warning that Trump administration efforts to restrict mail-in voting could discourage participation.
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The White House launched a 24/7 YouTube stream called Trump TV after banning reporters from CNN, Politico, and MS NOW. The three outlets sued over access and First Amendment rights, while critics including Gavin Newsom condemned the move as state-run media and autocratic behavior.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is removing immigrants with final deportation orders from its online detainee locator, leaving families and attorneys unable to find them. The article reports on the consequences of this practice for those trying to locate detained individuals.
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The UK government set out who will be entitled to up to two weeks' unpaid bereavement leave from April next year, extending the right to step, half, adoptive, foster and kinship relatives, and pregnancy loss. Charities welcomed the move, while business group the CBI said it would work on practical details and some campaigners called for the leave to be paid.
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A federal judge declined to block a Trump administration land swap that would give SpaceX more than 700 acres of Texas wildlife refuge land. Environmental groups vowed to continue their lawsuit, while the judge cited weak evidence of immediate environmental harm and potential hardship to SpaceX.
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CNN, MS NOW, and Politico sued President Trump over the White House banning them, saying the ban violates the First Amendment. The report is brief and centers on the press-freedom dispute.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing the Trump administration over removal of White House access, calling it a First Amendment assault. After CNN was removed from the TV pool, the pool declined to provide a replacement for Trump’s UN General Assembly trip.
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A man shot by an immigration officer in Austin says he was discharged from a hospital with a bullet still lodged near his spine and taken into ICE custody within hours. The article recounts his account of the shooting and detention, though most of the piece is behind a paywall.
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The FAA briefly issued ground stops at several major East Coast airports due to an equipment failure. Paramount settled antitrust objections with a dozen states over its Warner Bros. Discovery buyout. A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in Austin is being held in detention with a bullet still lodged in his back.
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A federal appeals court ruled in favor of Missouri's new Trump-backed Republican-drawn congressional map for the November election, but delayed its order and the US Supreme Court has already twice blocked the map. The ruling has no immediate effect, and Missouri is currently set to use its prior congressional districts.
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Mifepristone and a similar drug are approved and used to treat conditions beyond abortion, including uterine fibroids and endometriosis. The segment examines how efforts by anti-abortion groups to further restrict these drugs can affect treatment for those other conditions.