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California Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into L.A. Eaton Fire Response

The state’s attorney general will examine whether emergency responders failed to adequately warn the residents of West Altadena, a Black middle-class neighborhood that was devastated in a 2025 blaze.

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Some residents used their own hoses to try to extinguish homes during the Eaton fire in Altadena last year.
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Trump’s Actions Test the Fragile World of Air Travel

Last minute announcements and abrupt changes by the Trump administration have caused confusion in an already strained U.S. aviation system.

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A nearly deserted security checkpoint at the El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday, after the Federal Aviation Administration announced a 10-day ban on flights over the city.
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Brooklyn Diocese Agrees to Mediation to Settle Over 1,000 Abuse Claims

The diocese, which also includes Queens, also said it would set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to settle accusations of child sexual abuse.

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The claims are part of “the church’s shameful history of sexual abuse of our young people,” Bishop Robert Brennan of Brooklyn wrote in a letter announcing the mediation on Thursday.
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Trump Repeals Key Greenhouse Gas Finding, Erasing EPA’s Power to Fight Climate Change

The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the bedrock scientific finding that says greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.

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Rigorous scientific findings since 2009 have showed that greenhouse gases and global warming are harming public health.
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What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation

The Trump administration has repealed the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change.

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E.P.A. administrator Lee Zeldin has claimed that previous administrations used the endangerment finding to justify “trillions of dollars” in regulations on polluting industries and its reversal will help the economy.
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Europe Worries Trump Poses Threat to Its Financial and Tech Sovereignty

European leaders have been compelled to address the possibility of once-remote risks to the financial networks and technology that undergird their economies.

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The European Commission’s headquarters in Brussels. The Trump administration’s embrace of cryptocurrency has ratcheted up European concerns about control of the euro.
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Crypto Super PAC Targets Al Green, a Texas Democrat Who Voiced Concerns

A crypto-backed super PAC plans to spend $1.5 million against Mr. Green, a member of the House Financial Services Committee who has expressed concerns about cryptocurrency.

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Representative Al Green of Texas, whose Houston-area district was upended by redistricting, is running against Representative Christian Menefee, a fellow Democrat who won a special election late last month.
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N.Y.C. Officials Condemn Stonewall Pride Flag Removal Ahead of Rally

Activists and officials plan to re-raise the flag on Thursday, setting up a defiant response to the Trump administration’s assault on diversity initiatives.

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“The most Stonewall thing that we could possibly do is put that flag back up ourselves instead of waiting for the president,” Councilman Chi Ossé said on Thursday.
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Senate Questions Health Care Firm for Profiting Off Program Meant for Poor

The program was meant to help hospitals provide for poor patients by offering drug savings. But critics say a Texas company has turned it into a big business, driving up costs for patients and insurers.

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The offices of Apexus in Irving, Texas. The company, a subsidiary of Vizient, negotiates drug discounts.
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Youngstown, Ohio, Has Been Freezing Because of a Broken Utility

An insolvent, broken utility left downtown buildings in Youngstown freezing in recent weeks. Gov. Mike DeWine has attributed the problems to an archaic system.

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Only one of three mobile boilers was operational on the edge of downtown Youngstown, Ohio, where dozens of buildings were without heat as temperatures dropped on Monday.
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