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California senator removed after criticizing late lawmaker
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker was removed from the state Senate floor Thursday after refusing to stop delivering a speech criticizing late state Sen. Tom Hayden for his leadership role in the anti-Vietnam War movement of the 1960s.
Couple with Down Syndrome to Celebrate 22nd Anniversary: 'I've Never Seen Love Like It'
Defying criticism, a couple with Down syndrome has been married for nearly 22 years.
Trump reverses Obama ban on private prisons
Trump's new attorney general, Jeff Sessions, officially rescinded the Barack Obama administration's move last August to phase out the management of prisons by private companies, which Obama's justice department had said proved to be inadequate, more dangerous and not cheaper than government-run prisons. The Obama move had only affected a small portion of the US prison system: 13 privately run prisons housing just over 22,000 people, or about 11 percent of the federal prison population.
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