Sewage seeps into California beach city from Mexico, upending residents’ lives: “Akin to being trapped in a portable toilet”

[ad_1] California resident Shannon Johnson lives a few blocks from Imperial Beach’s turquoise water and waves of “perfect little curls” — but Johnson and her two young children haven’t stepped foot on the sand in a year. “Every time we go by the beach they’re asking, ‘Is it going to be clean? When are they…

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U.S. halts avocado and mango inspections in a Mexican state after 2 USDA employees attacked, detained

[ad_1] The United States has halted inspections of avocados and mangoes in Mexico‘s Michoacán state following the attack and detainment of two U.S. Department of Agriculture employees, according to U.S. officials. The workers with the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service were recently attacked while carrying out their work inspecting avocados, and have since…

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As Canada delays medically assisted dying in mental illness cases, some find relief, others fear consequences

[ad_1] When Savannah Meadows had lunch last October with her mother, Sharon Turcott, Meadows was “all smiles,” the mother told CBS News.  “Maybe she’s turned a corner,” Turcott recalled thinking about her daughter, who had been struggling with serious mental illness. The next morning, she received a scheduled email: “Mom, if you’re reading this, I’m…

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Police apologize at grave of Japanese businessman who was wrongfully arrested and died after long detention

[ad_1] Japan’s top law enforcement officials apologized to the family of a businessman who was wrongfully arrested and died after a months-long detention. Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery firm Ohkawara Kakohki, was one of three company executives illegally held in pretrial detention for months on charges that were later dropped. Human rights campaigners…

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