The five-member Board of Supervisors is charged with approving settlements with the families of people who die or are injured in county jails.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 July 2026
Attorneys from South Florida didn’t let their plaintiff client’s death keep them from putting his name on lawsuit settlements and collecting money from the defendants, according to the state Supreme Court.
The Interior Department began clearing homeless encampments and removing graffiti from federal property.
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Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
3 July 2026
Roden-Reynolds, the epidemiologist Lea Hamner, and Virginia Barbatti, the executive director of a nonprofit called Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard, were hunched over their laptops at locations around the island, scrutinizing a map of enemy encampments.
The beginnings of modern Miami Early American settlers attempted to establish plantations along the Miami River, though many failed to prosper.
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Hank Tester,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Starting in the seventeenth century, Spanish colonists enslaved Africans and brought them to the coffee and cocoa plantations that were concentrated in the area.
While some roads, lodges, and campgrounds will be closed in winter, other areas like Hurricane Ridge are open for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
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Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2026
Persons recreating outdoors, or in campgrounds, should consider seeking sturdy shelter until this storm passes.
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