- Supreme court fails to act to block restrictive abortion law
- ‘It is unbelievable that Texas politicians have gotten away with this’
- Capitol attack inquiry to investigate Trump White House’s role
Firefighters battling a ferocious wildfire in the Lake Tahoe Basin are facing critical hours as they work to prevent the flames from reaching a resort city at the southern tip of the lake.
Crews gained ground on the behemoth blaze raging on the California-Nevada border, officials said Wednesday, despite dry gusty conditions and difficult terrain.
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Los Angeles has seen volatile protests almost every weekend this summer over trans rights, political opposition to masks and vaccines, and the recall of the Democratic governor. At least seven journalists have been physically assaulted while covering these rallies, six of them by rightwing demonstrators.
Attacks on the press are just one part of escalating rightwing street violence in the city, which has included multiple stabbings, people being sprayed in the face with bear Mace, an assault on a breast cancer patient outside a clinic, and repeated physical brawls with leftwing protesters in the streets. In another sign of growing tensions, protesters rallying against vaccine mandates showed up at the homes of two Los Angeles city council members on Sunday.
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