California court faces push to fund interpreters for all cases
Sepideh Saeedi, 33, struggles through a divorce in Redwood City due to limited English. Legal advocates note many civil litigants lack qualified interpreters, relying on friends, family, or the opposing side. The state plans to extend free interpretation to all cases by 2017 under pressure from the DOJ, though costs and logistics loom large amid funding cuts and a vast, diverse state court system.
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Julian Bond dies at 75 former NAACP chairman and activist
Julian Bond longtime civil rights leader and founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center died Saturday in Fort Walton Beach Florida after a brief illness at 75 Ambassador Andrew Young called him a lifetime struggler Bond helped form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and served as its communications director before joining politics He was elected to the Georgia House in 1965 and later led NAACP efforts through decades of activism
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Army skydiver dies after Chicago air show collision
U S Army specialist Corey Hood from Cincinnati died after a midair collision during a bomb burst stunt at the Chicago Air and Water Show. Hood, 32, had served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He logged more than 200 free fall jumps and 75 military static line jumps. The collision involved the Army Golden Knights and Navy Leap Frogs parachute teams during a red smoke broadcast.
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Midair collision kills at least four near Brown Field San Diego
Two planes a Sabreliner twin engine and a Cessna 172 collided near Brown Field Municipal Airport in Otay Mesa San Diego County. Four people died as wreckage spread across a quarter mile and brush fires burned near the wildlife refuge. FAA and NTSB will investigate.
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