Meth worth nearly $6 million found in fake watermelon, celery shipments in California 22 Aug | [Read Online]( Keeping Up With America [Pelosi says âIsrael has a right to defend itselfâ after protesters interrupt live interview with Stephen Colbert:](Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was interrupted twice by pro-Palestinian protesters during a live interview on CBS' âThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertâ in Chicago on Tuesday night. [Meth worth nearly $6 million found in fake watermelon, celery shipments in California:]( Officers recently found and seized almost $6 million worth of methamphetamine in less than two weeks at the United States-Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced. Officials said the drug hauls were discovered in two separate incidents, hidden inside a shipment of celery and wrapped in packaging designed to resemble watermelons. [Tap water in LAâs Watts neighborhood is contaminated with lead, report finds:]([Â](A new report has found elevated lead levels in tap water across Watts, a south Los Angeles community that has faced decades of environmental racism, including in the drinking water of multiple public housing developments. [Abortion rights ballot measures to go before voters in Montana and Arizona:]( Voters in Arizona and Montana will be able to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in their state constitutions. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that abortion rights advocates used to collect signatures for a ballot measure is valid, clearing the way for the issue to remain on the ballot. [DNC protest ends with arrests after demonstrators refuse to disperse:](Protests on the second night of the Democratic National Convention ended in arrests after a pro-Palestinian group led several hundred demonstrators on an improvised path through the streets of downtown Chicago after police tried to block them. Do you support including abortion rights in state constitutions in Montana and Arizona? [Yes](
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