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More people can be held against their will under new California law taking effect Jan. 1

Imagine standing on a street corner and trying to decide whether someone has a severe, moderate or mild substance use disorder, whether their medical condition is serious and likely to deteriorate, or whether their personal safety is so compromised that they are likely to die if they are not detained. Such weighty decisions are usually the domain of trained medical professionals, but starting …
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There’s only one winner in the battle between Maga and Silicon Valley

How’s this for irony? Never in American political history has the business class – or more accurately, one noisy part of it – jumped so enthusiastically on to a presidential bandwagon. But never has a president needed them less. Trump’s core Maga vote is strongly anti-globalisation. This year his campaign acquired the support of wealthy supporters …
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Jaiswal dismissed as third umpire sees ‘conclusive evidence’ to overturn not-out decision

There was no murmur on Snicko, but third umpire Sharfuddoula saw a big deflection on normal replays and made up his mind
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Analysis: Jimmy Carter never appointed a Supreme Court justice, but he left a remarkable judicial legacy

Jimmy Carter, who served a single full presidential term without the chance to appoint a Supreme Court justice, nonetheless left behind an incomparable judicial legacy.
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Germany calls for new sanctions on Russia’s dark fleet that is ‘damaging major undersea cables’ nearly every month

Finland said last week it detained a ship that may be from Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers as part of a probe into a damaged undersea cable.
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Trump Says H-1B Visas Are ‘Great.’ That’s Good News for Amazon, Tesla, and Google Stocks.

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What’s Trending: 2024 Top Google Trends

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Google reveals northeast Wisconsin’s top searches of 2024

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Year in Review: What Made the News in America in 2024

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Elon Musk backtracks on defending skilled migrant visas to calm Maga Republicans

Elon Musk has rowed back on his defence of skilled worker visas in an apparent bid to patch up divisions in the Republican Party. The Tesla billionaire admitted that H1-B visas are “broken” and proposed potential reform, as he sought to quell a brewing civil war with Donald Trump’s Maga base over the immigration scheme which permits highly-educated…