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Dolores Huerta, California labor leader and civil rights champion, dies aged 96
<p>Huerta co-founded United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, improving pay and conditions for farm workers</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&utm_campaign=BN22326&utm_content=signup&utm_term=standfirst&utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email</a></p></li></ul><p>Dolores Huerta, an iconic 1960s labor union leader and civil rights activist, died on Wednesday in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a> at the age of 96, her family said.</p><p>Huerta was co-founder with Cesar Chavez, another veteran unionist and political activist, of the United Farm Workers union (UFW), which was credited with improving pay and conditions for agricultural workers through a series strikes, boycotts and protests in the 1960s and 1970s.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/dolores-huerta-dead-california">Continue reading...</a>
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Three plead guilty in $9m romance fraud scam targeting elderly Americans
<p>Twin brothers, 22, from Ghana and a 53-year-old American woman targeted older adults in 25 US states, officials say</p><p>Three people have pleaded guilty in a $9m romance fraud scam that targeted elderly Americans.</p><p>On Monday, the US attorney’s office in the northern district of Ohio <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/three-plead-guilty-roles-9m-romance-fraud-scams-targeting-older-americans">announced</a> that twin brothers from Ghana and an American woman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/three-plead-guilty-romance-scam-elderly-americans">Continue reading...</a>
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Guardian and ITN have ‘duty to public and sources’ to publish sexual allegations against well-known figure, court hears
<p>Individual known in court as PPT is seeking a permanent injunction, with lawyers citing his risk of suicide</p><p>Two news organisations have a duty to the public and their sources to publish allegations of exploitative sexual behaviour by a well-known figure despite claims he is “highly likely” to attempt suicide, the high court has heard.</p><p>The anonymous individual, known in court simply as PPT, is seeking an injunction against the Guardian and ITN to stop them publishing the allegations, which he denies.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/28/guardian-itn-duty-to-public-and-sources-publish-sexual-allegations-against-well-known-figure-court-hears">Continue reading...</a>
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