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California politicians spiral over sex trafficking bill: ‘Pick pedophiles or children’
The California state Legislature twisted itself into an extra-salty pretzel this week over a bill that claims to combat child sex trafficking. On Tuesday, Democratic members of the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee initially shelved Senate Bill 14, the child sex trafficking bill in question, which was written and proposed by one of the state Senate’s most conservative members.
Californians are smoking less: Why that’s a problem for some early childhood services
For 25 years, some of California’s best-known early childhood services have been funded by an almost ironic source: Taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
How Extreme Heat, Smoke, and Flooding Threaten Our Health
The Southwest and West face a second week of extreme temperatures that have already claimed more than a dozen lives. Approximately one in three Americans received excessive heat warnings, watches or advisories last weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Sexual Assault on Minor
On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at 09:53 a.m., deputies assigned to the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to a residence in the city Moreno Valley, regarding a sexual assault of a minor.
The Health Divide: Top hospital faces federal probe on treatment of Black moms; plus racism’s link to childhood obesity
One of the nation’s top hospitals is undergoing a federal civil rights investigation stemming from the 2016 postpartum death of a Black woman in its care, report Deena Zaru and Brittany Gaddy at ABC News.
