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Brazilian military panel dismisses allegations of fraud in July 1 presidential election
Brazil military finds no fraud in election, but refuses to rule it out A military panel investigating the July 1 election of president Dilma Rousseff has dismissed allegations of fraud by her chief of...
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The Car Was Stopped by a Man
Owner of car buried at Bay Area mansion had reported it stolen, collected $87,000 insurance payout. Car owner’s name used to sell car in San Jose used to own it Two days before the...
europe
The fate of America will depend on how we answer that question
Woke goes to die over education at the ballot box When it comes to education, this election is going to determine America's future and not just as a country. The nation has to decide...
national
Photographing a Woman Holding a Baby
Review: Christina Fernandez's photographs, on view in Riverside, are a major pivot in Chicano art. Fernandez, 33 year-old, was raised in a household in which both she and her father were both creative. “I...
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Mike Davis: A Free Man
What Mike Davis' family put into his ofrenda, and what he offered them in return. Mike Davis is a free man. After spending three years in solitary confinement, the former president of the United...
health
The Mercury’s Politics and the News
Letters to the Editor: How we the people are letting Trump destroy our democracy by Kevin Spera When I first joined The Mercury, I was surprised and disappointed by how much we focused on...
world
Afrobeats: The New Grammys Category
The Grammys are considering adding an Afrobeats category to the nomination mix. That, of course, would be welcome news in a year when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave Grammy voters...
national
Los Angeles Times to Close Printing
The Times' downtown L.A. printing facility will shut down in 2024, ending more than 40 years of operations at the once-proud newsroom of the nation's most influential newspaper. The Los Angeles Times said Friday...
europe
Joe Biden warns about the impact of the Trump administration’s energy policy
Biden's energy policies hurting US, Europe: Here's the fix In a new op-ed at the Financial Times, former vice-president Joe Biden warns about the impact of the Trump administration’s energy policy, which he says...
health
The New Year Is Not a New Year’s Resolution
Column: Campaigns flood us with reductive racial rhetoric. How can we push back? The new year is an opportunity to begin with a clean slate and to embrace a new year of good health....