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Nebraska declara el 19 de mayo como Día de Malcolm X

LINCOLN, Nebraska, EE.UU. (AP) — La Legislatura de Nebraska aprobó el jueves un proyecto de ley para reconocer al ícono de los derechos civiles Malcolm X cada 19 de mayo, el día en que nació, después de años de ser rechazado por ser demasiado controvertido para ser honrado. La legislación no llega a declarar el día como feriado estatal, como …

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Mountain lion kills 1, injures another in California

GEORGETOWN, Calif. (AP) — A mountain lion in Northern California killed one man and injured another while the two were out hunting for shed antlers, authorities said Saturday. An 18-year-old male called the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Saturday afternoon, reporting that he and his 21-year-old brother were attacked by a mountain lion in a remote part of the county, …

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Museum, historical group launch search for wreckage of ace pilot Richard Bong’s crashed plane

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical preservation group in a search for the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong’s plane in the South Pacific. The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior and the nonprofit World War II historical preservation group Pacific Wrecks announced the search on Friday, Minnesota Public Radio …

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1 of the few remaining survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor has died at 102

HONOLULU (AP) — Richard C. “Dick” Higgins, one of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died, a family member said Wednesday. He was 102. Higgins died at home in Bend, Oregon, on Tuesday of natural causes, granddaughter Angela Norton said. Higgins was a radioman assigned to a patrol squadron of seaplanes based at the …

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Lawmakers hope bill package will ease Rhode Island’s housing crisis

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi is pushing a package of more than a dozen bills aimed at addressing the state’s ongoing housing crisis One proposal would give homeowners the right to develop accessory dwelling units for family members with a disability or on any lot larger than 20,000 square feet (1,858 square meters), provided the …

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