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The New York Times, citing a police source, reported that Heifler was a member of a branch of the Jewish Defense League, which the FBI has deemed a terrorist organization.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

At direct stake is whether the state may protect children from licensed adults who use the authority of therapy to offer “identity-changing” treatment that medicine itself has deemed fraudulent.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

Proposition 65 requires businesses to place warnings on products—including many toys, clothing items and electronics—if they contain trace amounts of chemicals that the state has deemed potentially carcinogenic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

"We should have a similar campaign with tanning bed usage. The World Health Organization has deemed tanning beds to be the same level of carcinogen as smoking and asbestos. It's a class one carcinogen."

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

“I believe fate has deemed that I am meant to do so, and so I will.”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray