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- UN holds hearing on escalating violence against Palestinians in Occupied West Bank, official says it’s “advancing de-facto annexation”;
- House Dem leader Jeffries calls for closure of Delaney Hall immigrant detention center, blasts “violent mass deportation machine”;
- Food banks, immigrants, activists in Sacramento blast federal food aid cuts, urge state action for immigrants and vulnerable residents;
- 3 CA lakes – Clear Lake, Tahoe, and Salton Sea – in trouble from natural and human sources;
- 3 states – Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma – are set to hold executions on the same day, a first in the US since 2010;
- Lebanon becomes first country in Middle East and Arab world to ban capital punishment
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