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ER visits from foreign-born patients fell drastically during ICE raids, study finds

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LOS ANGELES — Last summer's Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations left many foreign-born residents of Los Angeles afraid to venture outdoors, even when their health depended on it.

A new study from USC finds that emergency room visits from patients born outside of the U.S. fell by more than 20% in the first four weeks after arrests ...Read more

Dennis Hastert, speaker disgraced by sex abuse, dies at 84

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Dennis Hastert, whose rise to U.S. House speaker in 1999 was as unexpected as the criminal conviction that sullied his reputation and sent him to prison years later, has died. He was 84.

He died at his home in Illinois over the weekend of natural causes, CBS News reported, citing Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell.

Once among America’s ...Read more

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Hurricane center gives high chance Gulf system could become tropical depression or storm

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased the odds a system that formed in the Gulf could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, a surface trough of low pressure had formed along the coast of Mexico in the southwestern Gulf producing disorganized ...Read more

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Backlash to Trump hasn't bolstered Florida Democrats' voter registrations

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MIAMI — Florida Democrats grew their party more than Republicans last month, but data show they’re facing their worst voter registration gap in decades ahead of the November midterms.

Even amid sinking approval ratings for President Donald Trump, backlash in Miami to his mass deportation agenda and Democratic establishment investment in ...Read more

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Employee question could stall Senate college sports bill at midfield in House

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WASHINGTON — A key player in crafting and pushing bipartisan legislation aimed at building guardrails around college sports through the Senate said last week outreach to House members had begun. But it is unclear whether President Donald Trump will help reconcile differences as he focuses on the midterms and other priorities.

The Senate on ...Read more

After states sue, Trump administration walks away from disability rights enforcement

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A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advocates have feared for months.

At the end of August, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services joined the handful of conservative-led states...Read more

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Analysis: Trump calls it a war, then a 'military conflict.' Why the Iran fighting keeps changing names

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WASHINGTON — Late September in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump declared, "Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. We're gonna win that war very soon."

It wasn't the first time he's described the hostilities as "war."

On Feb. 28, the day U.S. and Israeli began bombarding Iran, he warned that "the lives of courageous American heroes ...Read more

California adoptees continue push in Legislature for original birth certificates

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s been a little over a month since the bill he’s longed to see pass suffered a stinging defeat. But Paul Kimball was back in California’s legislative office building Wednesday hoping 2027 will be the year it is finally signed into law.

In the office of Assemblymember Gail Pellerin, D-Santa Cruz, Kimball made a ...Read more

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Spain's Sánchez calls snap election after housing plan fails

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early election for Nov. 29 after parliament rejected a housing plan last week that his government had hoped would quell mounting social protests.

“It’s time you, the Spanish people, decide which future you want for yourselves and for the country.” Sánchez, 54, said in an address Monday in ...Read more

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Trio share Medicine Nobel for brain-mapping breakthroughs

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Three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that opened up a new era in neuroscience, allowing the mapping of the brain by controlling nerve signals with light.

Karl Deisseroth of the U.S., and Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel of Germany will share the 12 million-krona ($1.2 million) award for “their ...Read more

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FlyDubai hijacking turns into flashpoint in Israeli election

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to seize the opportunity to associate himself with the heroics of Israelis who helped stop a FlyDubai co-pilot from crashing a plane bound for Tel Aviv.

As more details emerge about the dramatic events aboard Flight FZ1073 from Dubai, the incident risks backfiring on him as it becomes a key ...Read more

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Iran's oil minister resigns as exports dry up under US pressure

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Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad resigned citing personal reasons, as the Islamic Republic tries to sustain its oil industry under a tightening U.S. blockade.

President Masoud Pezeshkian accepted Paknejad’s resignation letter on Sunday after rejecting several earlier requests by the oil official to step down, the state-run Islamic ...Read more

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States OK solar panels for balconies. Safety guidelines haven't caught up

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Over the past year and a half, a dozen states have embraced a new vision for solar power: small, cheap panels that can be hung from a balcony or porch, be plugged into a standard wall outlet and take a dent out of residents’ utility bills.

These systems, known as balcony solar or plug-in solar, are attractive because they can be installed ...Read more

This Pittsburgh man with a rare form of muscular dystrophy is bucking the odds with a clinical trial drug

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In an infusion bay at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Billy Ellsworth twists the plastic top off of a bottle of Gatorade. “That was kind of tough, to be honest,” he said. “I wasn’t sure I was going to get it.”

Billy has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disease that causes progressive muscle weakness and affects about ...Read more

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The US Supreme Court will open its term with the Boulder climate lawsuit. Here's how it could affect other similar complaints

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The U.S. Supreme Court will open its latest term Monday morning by hearing arguments over whether Boulder can sue two oil and gas companies for their roles in climate change in a case that is garnering national attention because the decision could affect the outcome of other climate cases pending in the United States.

Suncor Energy and ...Read more

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These 100 nursing homes face perilous flood risk. Minnesota shows what can happen

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NEW RICHLAND, Minn. — Floodwater seeped through the nursing home’s front door just before sunrise.

Inside the New Richland Care Center, staff members rushed to move 36 residents out of the building on Sept. 19 while they still could. They pushed elderly residents in wheelchairs through 4-inch-deep water to buses waiting in the parking lot, ...Read more

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India seeks bigger role in effort to end the Russia-Ukraine war

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India is taking a more direct role in efforts to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, engaging both sides on issues including shipping and reducing hostilities, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said.

Speaking at a security conference over the weekend, Jaishankar said India in recent months has become “a little bit more involved...Read more

Protests in Seattle, across WA call for pause on AI data center boom

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As a steady stream of vehicles passed beneath Seattle's John Lewis Memorial Bridge on Sunday afternoon, Faith Mathison stood with a gaggle of protesters holding oversized signs that read: Stop Data Centers" and "Moratorium Now."

A 26-year-old Seattleite who cleans glass at the Space Needle, Mathison said she worries about data centers using too...Read more

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Bolsonaro vaults to lead over Lula as Brazil swings right

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Flávio Bolsonaro unexpectedly finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election while conservative allies dominated downballot, setting the nation up for a sharp shift to the right.

Bolsonaro earned 47.2% to the leftist Lula’s 44.7% with about 97% of votes counted, according to ...Read more

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Bolsonaro takes surprise lead over Lula before Brazil runoff

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Right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro surged to a surprise lead over incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round of Brazil’s presidential race, a result that if confirmed in final counts would rally markets and position him as the favorite in a runoff later this month.

Bolsonaro led Sunday’s first round election with about 49.6% ...Read more