His congressional district, which reaches from the eastern Sacramento suburbs across the state and down to Death Valley, has been chopped into six pieces by last year’s Proposition 50.
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David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
22 Jan. 2026
The original floor plan chopped the home into small, dark rooms, typical for the era.
Morales whacked the teen over the head with the rifle and didn’t give the boy his money back, Applegate said.
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City News Service,
Oc Register,
25 Jan. 2026
Dolphins legend says Ireland and Sparano didn’t talk to each unless absolutely necessary for that entire 2011 seasons, until Sparano, who died in 2018, eventually got whacked by Ross with five games left in the season.
Citing preliminary information, police said the driver turned north from Bovet Road onto South El Camino and hit the pedestrian in the north crosswalk of South El Camino Real at 17th Avenue.
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Jason Green,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
The Torreys hit just one of eight shots in the quarter and committed five turnovers, most of them against Parker’s full-court press.
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Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
In doing so, Florida officials have boxed themselves into a constitutional contradiction that is now plainly visible.
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Stephana Ferrell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2026
The marches grew for days, as did the questions after the state said they were boxed out of the investigation, meaning the feds would investigate for themselves.
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Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
The styling team has knocked it out of the park yet again.
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Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
In September 2014, TMZ published a grainy elevator security video that showed Ray Rice, the star running back for the Baltimore Ravens, punching his girlfriend in the face so hard that she was knocked unconscious.
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