Thousands of Belarusians convicted on politically-driven charges amid sweeping crackdown on dissent

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s major proposal to overhaul his state’s mental health system would strip over $700 million from annual services provided by county governments and reallocate some of that money toward housing the homeless, according to a new assessment by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO). Newsom and state lawmakers are pushing large-scale changes […]

Federal prosecutors kicked off the trial against Paul Pelosi’s alleged attacker Thursday by arguing David DePape believed former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was “evil.”  Addressing a Northern District of California courtroom in San Francisco, government lawyers detailed how DePape allegedly “broke into the home of Nancy Pelosi and used this hammer to shatter glass” […]