Trump Sues California Over Ballots, Charlotte Police Racist Text Scandal, UMG Cuts Jobs

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In February of 2024, celebrated illustrator and children's book author Petra Mathers and her husband Michael mailed letters to dozens of friends and family members to let them know they had died by suicide.

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The Trump administration is suing California over thousands of ballots just weeks before the midterms.

When you actually check into it, their data is just garbage.

And a racist police group chat could cost several officers their job and raises questions about past arrests.

That they were making comments about attempting to see who could pull over the most Black drivers. That's going to be problematic when looking at this as well.

And some of the biggest names in music are cutting jobs, despite bringing in billions of