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Landlord NRM faces health code violations, judgments and now a rent strike ([link removed]) — Members of the NRM Tenant Union have taken their concerns to the company, as well as local officials and tenant advocacy organizations. The union is now a month into a rolling rent strike.


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Monroeville library Pride Month display puts regional fight over LGBTQ+ books back in focus ([link removed]) — The dispute follows a series of high-profile regional clashes since 2021 over books, displays and library policies. Here’s where a half dozen book battles stand today.


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→ ‘Remarkable leadership’: Tree of Life’s Rabbi Jeffrey Myers bids farewell to Pittsburgh ([link removed]) (TribLIVE)

→ Shapiro joins suit that says Trump uses homeland security funds to 'coerce' election changes ([link removed]) (WESA)

→ How to keep an ancient text interesting to students? Make it a summer blockbuster ([link removed]) (NPR)


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Today is July 25.

16 years ago, 2010: The online whistleblower WikiLeaks posted some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records that amounted to a blow-by-blow account of the Afghanistan War, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings as well as covert operations against Taliban figures. (AP)

70 years ago, 1956: The Pirates beat the Cubs at Forbes Field, 9-8, when Roberto Clemente hit a game-winning inside-the-park grand slam in the ninth inning. (AP)

160 years ago, 1866: Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank. (AP)


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