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Trump offers no new ideas to end government shutdown on '60 Minutes'

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President Donald Trump offered no new ideas to end the government shutdown and shrugged off demands by Democrats to address skyrocketing Obamacare insurance premiums in an interview on CBS News’ “60 Minutes.”

Echoing Republican talking points, Trump said he “won’t be extorted” by the opposition party into negotiations to reopen the...Read more

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Trump's military threat doesn't reflect reality of violence in Nigeria

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Nigeria reeled on Monday from U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim over the weekend that Christians are being systematically killed in the West African country, with blanket coverage across local media.

“They’re killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers,” Trump said in comments while traveling on Air Force One on ...Read more

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Months after fire in Altadena, determination turns to despair

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LOS ANGELES — Before anyone received an official alert about the Eaton fire, a message lit up a pickleball group chat.

"Everyone look up, there's a vegetation fire on Canyon Close," the message read. "If you're anywhere near Eaton Canyon, I'd evacuate."

Over the next several days, the chat of about 50 people who met regularly at the ...Read more

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End of fraud-plagued Minn. housing program could leave those in need scrambling

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After 10 years living on the streets of Duluth, Travis Johnson finally found a small apartment to call home.

Thanks to a state program called Housing Stabilization Services (HSS), which helped him make appointments, pick up medication and pay his rent on time, he’s been able to keep it.

“Four years ago, five years ago, I was starting to ...Read more

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Families pay thousands for an unproven autism treatment. Researchers say we need ethical guidelines for marketing the tech

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LOS ANGELES — Over the last decade, clinics have popped up across Southern California and beyond advertising something called magnetic e-resonance therapy, or MERT, as a therapy for autism.

Developed by the Newport Beach-based company Wave Neuroscience, MERT is based on transcranial magnetic stimulation, a type of brain stimulation that's ...Read more

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Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget pitch blames 'Trump Deficit,' but Chicago's money woes found elsewhere

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The opening salvo in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s third budget cycle was directed clearly and unequivocally at President Donald Trump, but it also carried a pointed message to aldermen.

Employing dark imagery of federal troops waiting to touch down in Chicago and immigration agents snatching mothers outside schools, the freshman chief executive’...Read more

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As feds' new stance against Canadian-sourced wolves throws wrench in Colorado's plans, what's next?

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The recent roadblock thrown in front of Colorado’s voter-mandated wolf reintroduction by the Trump administration may force state wildlife officials to find a new source of wolves, just months before the next planned releases this winter.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife had contracted again with Canada for wolves to bring to the state after ...Read more