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Trump seizes on one block of a Colorado city to warn of migrant crime threat, even as crime dips

Associated Press AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The city of Aurora is roughly the size of pre-evacuation Tampa, Florida. With 400,000 people spread over 164 square miles, it has swank subdivisions, working-class neighborhoods and the high-end resort where Donald Trump will hold a rally Friday to highlight a city turned into “a war zone” by immigrants,

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Federal appeals court is skeptical of DACA but could narrow the ruling striking it down

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court appeared unlikely to fully reverse a judge’s ruling that would end the immigration program known as DACA, which protects undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as minors. However, at a hearing Thursday in New Orleans, judges on the conservative 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals

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TD Bank to pay $3 billion in historic money-laundering settlement with the Justice Department

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who said Thursday that the financial institution’s lax practices allowed significant money laundering over multiple years. Canada-based TD Bank pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, the largest bank in U.S. history to do so,

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A $20K reward is offered after a sea lion was found with a fatal gunshot wound on a California beach

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials have offered a $20,000 reward for information about the fatal shooting of a sea lion in Southern California. Authorities say the wounded male sea lion was discovered Aug. 7 at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Orange County. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the sea lion was

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FCC chair denounces Trump’s calls for CBS to ‘lose its license’ over Harris’ ‘60 Minutes’ interview

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel denounced former President Donald Trump’s “threats against free speech” Thursday after he attacked CBS and called for the network to “lose its license” over a recent “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. In recent days, the former president has lambasted the Harris interview, accusing CBS News of editing the sit-down with correspondent

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Environmental groups sue to block old-growth logging project in Oregon’s Coast Range

By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit to stop the logging of centuries-old trees on the Oregon coast. The Bureau of Land Management is moving forward with the Blue and Gold logging project to cut down rare old-growth forests in the state’s coastal range. Grace Brahler, wildlands director with Cascadia

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Wyden backs bill to build homes for working families, introduces bill to ban lavish gifts to Supreme Court justices

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) —  Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday he is cosponsoring legislation that would provide tax credits to generate incentives for new investments and additional resources for single-family home construction and renovations for working families in Oregon and nationwide. Senator Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., who led the New Homes Tax Credit Act, released a report on housing supply

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