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Sidewalks and parks. the plaintiffs lawyer uncovered something stunning. the countys joint office of homeless services used $2 million of taxpayer money to by 22,000 new tents and 70,000 tarps during covid. passed out all of them for no accounting for who would get them and who would be used. they were for an unsheltered homeless population of under 2,000. >> you provide them 22,000 tents and tarps over a couple of years. we believe the likelihood is quite high that most of those tents and tarps...

What they saw in that video. for this community, for family members of tyre nichols, for people who loved him or see their own loved ones in his face, disgust is not enough. they want to see change. here in memphis from the sidewalks to enter states to the park where tyre nichols spent a lot of time skateboarding and taking photos, we are seeing members of this community come together to demand a change. were also hearing it in the pulpit. listen. >> -- tyre still deserves some answers. until th...

Migrants sell \ candy bars in subway to scrape by Story by Georgia Worrell, Melissa Klein • 2h ago January 27,2023 It’s a bittersweet

(PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.) MANILA - These days, a bicycle is no longer just for exercise and recreation. The two-wheeled vehicle has become a necessary means to go around - cheaper, easier to maintain, and can escape heavy traffic. When the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic broke out three years ago and movement was nearly at a standstill, bicycle imports saw a 112 percent increase at 2.1 million in 2020 as against about 1 million units shipped to the country in 2019, accordin...

Arving, living in shipping containers. living in shipping containers. folks getting $9 an hour. you want to verify the california minimum wage? not $9 an hour. no healthcare, no support, no services. but taking care of our health, providing a service to each and every one of us every single day. so this whole thing is just a stacking of issues that come to the fore. but the one common denominator are these dam guns. i got no ideological issue with someone own ago gun responsibly, but what the he...

Folks getting nine bucks an hour verify the california minimum wage not nine dollars an hour. no, healthcare, no support no services. but taking care of our health. providing a service to each and every one of us every single day. so this whole thing is just a stacking. of issues that come to the fore but the one common denominator these -- guns. i got no ideological opposition to someone owning. a gun responsibly but what the hell is wrong with us that we allow these weapons of war and large ca...

0 be here for the families, listen to them, get them whatever they need, and ask them what they need and be here for them, then second is go back to the drawing board, as was mentioned. we do have some of the strongest laws in the country. one third the deaths per capita than other states, but on a deal like this when theres seven people dead, innocent people in our community, it doesnt seem to amount to much. there isnt a right to do that. we need republicans in to act and look at the drawing b...

Wings in the world of science but not before an alarming encounter that captured national attention. cbs bradley blackburn has more. >> reporter: it has red and brown wings with black spots and 9-year-old bobbie wilson can tell you exactly what it is. >> a spider that can fly. >> reporter: last fall she learned about this invasive species in school and wanted to help. >> i mixed water, dish soap, and apple cider vinegar. >> reporter: she was using it outside her new jersey home when a neighbor c...

A three-part series on arbitrary installation of railings, through visits to various spots in the city to find out how these railings are utilised showed they were used for  other reasons than what they were actually installed for

A Republican state senator from Mesa's personal experience with mental illness and homelessness derailed a bid by another GOP lawmaker, this one a former cop, to make sleeping on a sidewalk a state crime. Sen. David Farnsworth's extended comments about his struggles led the chairman of a Senate committee to pull Republican Fountain Hills Sen. John Kavanagh's proposal from consideration during a hearing this past week.