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Leslie Van Houten attends her parole hearing at the California Institution for Women Sept. 6, 2017 in Corona, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday, July 7, 2023, that he will not fight a state appeals court decision that Van Houten should be let out on parole. (Stan Lim/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

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Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, is one big step closer to freedom
By ROBERT JABLON - Associated Press
Fri,07/07/23-7:15PM , 168 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s governor announced Friday that he won’t ask the state Supreme Court to block parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, paving the way for her release after serving 53 years in prison for two infamous murders.
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Capitol rioter linked to Proud Boys gets 5 years in prison for pepper-spraying police
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press
Fri,07/07/23-2:34PM , 60 Reads
A Florida man prosecutors say is affiliated with the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison for attacking police officers with pepper spray as they tried to defend the U.S. Capitol against supporters of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.
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The Texas gunman in the 2019 Walmart shooting is sentenced. AP correspondent Shelley Adler reports.

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Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may still face death penalty
By MORGAN LEE AND PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press
Thu,07/06/23-11:32PM , 466 Reads
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in a Texas border city was sentenced Friday to 90 consecutive life sentences but could still face more punishment, including the dea
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Ashley Cheng poses for a photo at her father's restaurant, Chinatown, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Cheng, the founding president of Asian Texans for Justice, recalls discovering her mother was not listed in the voter rolls when she tried to help her vote in 2018. They never found out why she wasn’t properly registered. Advocates say this highlights flaws in the system and illustrates how volunteers are essential to overcoming them. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Asian Americans feel particularly targeted by new laws criminalizing those who assist voters
By AYANNA ALEXANDER - Associated Press
Thu,07/06/23-11:05PM , 108 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — For a century, the League of Women Voters in Florida formed bonds with marginalized residents by helping them register to vote — and, in recent years, those efforts have extended to the growing Asian American and Asian immigrant communities.
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