As Rose Parade nears, California greets visiting bands

As Rose Parade nears, California greets visiting bands

ANAHEIM, Calif.Β β€”Β  The ebullient thrum of staccato snares, thumping sousaphones, and tramping shoes all acting in unison filled the gray morning air in the parking lot outside Angel Stadium recently. Piles of travel-worn cardboard boxes and pristine instrument cases stood stacked at one end of the cracked asphalt as scores of young performers marched, danced…

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Dana Stubblefield could be released after 2020 rape conviction reversal

Dana Stubblefield could be released after 2020 rape conviction reversal

Days after Dana Stubblefield’s 2020 rape conviction was reversed by an appellate court because of β€œracially discriminatory language” by the prosecution during the trial, an attorney for the former San Francisco 49ers star said he expects Stubblefield to be released from custody within days. Attorney Allen Sawyer told The Times that he and Kenneth Rosenfeld,…

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Business and Trade Committee calls for government to be fined as Post Office victims face ‘second trial’ in struggle for redress | Money News

Business and Trade Committee calls for government to be fined as Post Office victims face ‘second trial’ in struggle for redress | Money News

A committee of MPs has called for the government to be fined if it fails to provide redress quickly enough to victims of the Horizon software scandal, as its report said the Post Office has spent at least Β£136m on legal fees. New legally enforceable time limits for each stage of claim processing should be…

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