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Opinion

O.J. still reflects racial divides

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For many people old enough to remember O.J. Simpson's murder trial, his 1995 exoneration was a defining moment in their understanding of race, policing and justice. Nearly three decades later, it still reflects the different realities of white and Black Americans. Some people recall watching ...

Never seems to improve

Editorials

Barb From Mary Fleming, Iron Mountain: I love the U.P., but I guess not everyone “loves where they live.” It’s disheartening to witness the never-ending dumping of trash along roadsides ruining the natural habitat. In this case, tires along with lots of other trash were dumped in a ...

O.J. Simpson dies

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend in a trial that mesmerized the public and exposed divisions on race and policing in America, has died. He was 76. The family announced on Simpson's official X ...

Reactions to the death of O.J. Simpson

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Reaction to the death of O.J. Simpson after prostate cancer. He was 76. Simpson’s family announced the news on his X account. Relatives said he died Wednesday. ___ “I feel that the system failed Nicole Brown Simpson and failed battered women everywhere. I don’t mourn for O.J. Simpson. I ...

A ban on freelance work

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The Labor Department just imposed 300 pages of new regulations to reclassify many individual contractors as payroll employees. CNBC claims this could help freelancers “recover lost wages.” That’s just nonsense. The new rules will make it harder for some freelancers to support a ...

Biden administration to require more gun background checks

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration rule that will soon go into effect. The rule aims to close a loophole ...