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—The brother of Ashli Babbit, fatally shot by Capitol police on January 6, 2021, is being charged with a hate crime and battery after yelling slurs at and assaulting a Latino traffic controller in San Diego. [NBC]
—A reported surge of Ukrainians and Russians at the Tijuana border is leading to increased attention on the Biden administration's embrace of Title 42, the process initially invoked by Trump to mass-expel migrants from the U.S. [MSN]
—Starucks employees in Long Beach and Lakewood are seeking to unionize, part of a growing nationwide movement. [LBP]
—Oscar-winning actor William Hurt is dead at age 71. [THR]