Seeking to combat the crack-cocaine trade that ran rampant in cities across America, the two bills caused a tidal wave in African-American communities—creating a crack-cocaine sentencing disparity, skyrocketing mass incarceration, and disappearing a generation of people—all because of crack.
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Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
6 Dec. 2024
Then one day in 2019, her son Huxley disappeared from videos altogether, prompting a tidal wave of questions from fans and eventually sparking a scandal that ended her career online entirely.
The legal battle will have sweeping implications for the government’s environmental permitting process, influencing major construction projects across the country, including those aimed at building infrastructure to meet the ongoing surge in electricity demand.
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Mary Steurer,
ProPublica,
24 Jan. 2025
However, if there's a surge of bookings from the teams' home cities once the lineup is finalized, that could change.
To the west, smoke billows from the chimney of an army-run distillery.
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By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
Smoke billows as fire burns while powerful winds fueling devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area force people to evacuate, at the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S. January 8, 2025.
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