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Take ‘Red Flag’ wildfire warnings more seriously, Biden disaster official urges

WASHINGTON — The public needs to respond more seriously to government-issued warnings about possible wildfires, a top federal official said Monday, urging people to treat them with the same urgency as they would news about an approaching hurricane.

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How a suicide in his family pushed a California congressman to fight for gun control

WASHINGTON — Salud Carbajal was 12, in his bedroom with his brother, when he heard a loud pop coming from another room.

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Proud Boys accused of ‘seditious conspiracy’ in US Capitol riot. What is it?

Five leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group have been charged with seditious conspiracy in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Deadbolts, door stops and detours: The CIA shares how to travel like a spy

Staying in a high-rise hotel on vacation this summer? Ask for a room below the top floors, but above the first. Familiarize yourself with the exits. And bring your own door stop.

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‘No presumption of success’: South Carolina Democrats ready to defend early presidential primary date

WASHINGTON — A potential shakeup to the Democratic presidential nominating process could give South Carolina a rare chance to move up the party’s primary calendar and boost its standing with future White House candidates.

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‘We don’t trust him’: Gun control advocates look past McConnell for action

WASHINGTON — Advocates seeking new restrictions on the ability to buy guns were inherently skeptical of Mitch McConnell’s initial step to greenlight the bipartisan brainstorming of solutions.

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How Kamala Harris took down Corinthian Colleges as California’s attorney general, in her words

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ decade-long “journey for justice” on behalf of Corinthian Colleges students will soon come to a close as the Biden administration promises to relieve borrowers of their remaining federal student loans.

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‘Confronting the trauma of our history.’ Booker campaign video invokes lynching with noose

A striking new digital video by Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker uses a noose around his own neck to highlight Sen. Rand Paul’s temporary blockage of an anti-lynching law.

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How does Paxlovid work? Here’s what to know about the COVID antiviral medication

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was prescribed Paxlovid after he tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, his office announced.

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This blue Central Valley Congressional seat could be GOP’s easiest pickup in California

This newly drawn San Joaquin Valley district would have voted for President Joe Biden in 2020 by a margin of 11%.

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’Devin Nunes’ cow’ roams beyond Twitter, forms PAC to back Democratic candidates, issues

In 2019, then-California Congressman Devin Nunes waged a legal war against the anonymous Twitter writer who heckles him as a fake cow online.

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Canada fugitive ‘Johnny Williams’ was a honeybee-loving philanthropist. Then his arrest in Puerto Rico revealed a dark past

Johnny Williams carried himself through the countryside of Puerto Rico like a wealthy but down-to-earth “gringo” with a generous heart. In the run-up to Christmas, he would organize toy drives for children of the barrio, which earned him the respect of everyone in his neighborhood in the town of Canóvanas.

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The perfect conservative? This California Republican congressman gets the highest rating

WASHINGTON — Rep. Tom McClintock is officially the perfect conservative.

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Exclusive: Local law enforcement officials urge Senate to confirm Biden’s ATF director

WASHINGTON — A group of more than 100 law enforcement leaders on Tuesday endorsed President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the White House said, bolstering the nominee less than a week after his Senate confirmation hearing.

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‘Too early to tell’ if monkeypox can be contained in US, health officials say

Public health officials hoping to cut off transmission of monkeypox in the United States say the virus is likely spreading within communities across the country and could become difficult to contain.

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‘Words simply fail’: McConnell offers solace, avoids solutions after Texas shooting

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell recounted the still emerging details of how the horror transpired. He solemnly described the characteristics of the 10-year-old victims. And he invoked a Bible verse to offer comfort to the brokenhearted families.

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US engages a Lebanese general for help freeing Austin Tice in Syria

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials have asked a Lebanese general for help securing the freedom of Austin Tice, a journalist missing in Syria since 2012, as well as five other Americans held in the Middle East, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

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‘Maybe it’s time to try something else’: Democrats backing diverse Senate candidates

WASHINGTON — Two weeks ago, Democratic voters in three states nominated a trio of attention-grabbing Senate candidates: a Black man who disavows moderate policies, a towering, tattooed lieutenant governor who insists on wearing shorts, and a Black woman who spent her career in the judiciary.

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Rep. Madison Cawthorn under ethics probe for staffer relationship and insider trading allegations

WASHINGTON — Rep. Madison Cawthorn is now under investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Ethics over two questions: whether he engaged in insider trading and whether he had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer.

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Rep. Madison Cawthorn under ethics probe for staffer relationship and insider trading allegations

WASHINGTON — Rep. Madison Cawthorn is now under investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Ethics over two questions: whether he engaged in insider trading and twhether he had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer, his scheduler, who also is his second cousin.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others have been investigating a multistate outbreak of salmonella senftenberg infections and they are linked to a product so many of us enjoy daily.

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NC’s Madison Cawthorn calls for darker political group to defeat ‘weak’ Republicans

WASHINGTON — Two days after U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn lost his reelection campaign, the first-term North Carolina Republican called on a political movement to put a more vengeful Donald Trump back in power and seek revenge on his enemies.

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NC’s Madison Cawthorn calls for darker political group to defeat ‘weak’ Republicans

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Deadlocked Oz and McCormick could bruise Republican unity in Pennsylvania Senate race

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell may believe he dodged a Kathy Barnette bullet in Pennsylvania’s Senate race.

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It’s officially Charles Booker vs. Rand Paul in the fall for Kentucky’s US Senate seat

WASHINGTON — Charles Booker became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky on Tuesday, setting up his long-shot challenge to Sen. Rand Paul in November.

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