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California voters rejected Proposition 40, the billionaire tax, which had divided Democrats with opponents saying it would drive the wealthy from the state.
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A woman walks past empty refrigerators at an Intermarché supermarket in Névez, western France, on Oct. 12, following a cyberattack affecting the French supermarket chains Intermarché and Cooperative U that caused their refrigerators to defrost.
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In September, Texas landowners filed a separate lawsuit over the federal government's border barrier plans in the Big Bend area, claiming their constitutional rights are being violated.
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Supreme Court says border wall construction can continue in west Texas
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