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Seeking to avert L.A. teachers' strike, district and union work to hammer out deal

The union of 30,000 members serving a district of 600,000 students has said it will strike as early as Thursday.

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Lead accuser of Rep. Jim Jordan over Ohio State wrestling allegations is jailed

Former university wrestler Mike DiSabato was jailed Monday after missing a court hearing Friday. He is due back in court Tuesday.

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PG&E, facing wildfire claims, sees its stock price fall over 20 percent Monday

The utility is facing lawsuits connected to California's deadliest-ever wildfire, the Camp Fire, which killed 86 people in November.

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'Surviving R. Kelly' series followed by surge in assault hotline calls

"We often see the types of callers we get" follow a news cycle, the hotline network's head said. With the R. Kelly show, more people called "about childhood abuse."

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Euroviews. Golden Globes disappoint with upsets like 'Green Book.' Here's the silver lining | View

Wins in the Globes' major movie categories can sometimes act as litmus tests for the ceremonies that follow.

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Man charged for murder in Malibu campground shooting spree

Anthony Rauda, 42, was also charged with 10 counts of attempted murder and five second-degree burglary in what authorities describe as a two-year crime spree.

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Wall Street big wigs plan new exchange to challenge NYSE, Nasdaq

Wall Street big wigs plan new exchange to challenge NYSE, Nasdaq

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Suspect in Kalamazoo shooting spree that killed 6 pleads guilty

Dalton halted jury selection with surprise guilty pleas to six counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder and eight counts of felony use of a firearm.

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Sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown, who killed man who paid her for sex, is granted clemency

Gov. Bill Haslam granted Brown a full commutation to parole. She will be eligible for release Aug. 7 on time served and will remain on parole for 10 years.

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Kelsey Berreth's parents file wrongful death lawsuit against fiancé

The suit seeks damages tied to emotional distress.

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Euroviews. Trump's 'I can't hear you' strategy no longer works. Pelosi knows it

The end of majority government means that the GOP will have to abandon a strategy that flouts public opinion.

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Hard to digest: Inmates eat holiday steak during shutdown while prison workers go unpaid

Some Florida prisoners mocked the guards while feasting on a New Year's Day lunch of grilled steak, garlic macaroni biscuits and holiday pies, worker says.

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David Rhodes leaving as head of CBS News

Rhodes, who fired Charlie Rose, will be succeeded by Susan Zirinsky, the inspiration for Holly Hunter's character in the movie "Broadcast News."

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Mudslides shut down Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu

Parts of the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu will remain closed until at least Monday, the department said.

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Euroviews. Trump's dystopia is nothing like 'Blade Runner' or 'The Running Man'

This version of America has kinder reality television, fewer replicants and far less government media control... so far.

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Take Five: Be careful out there! World markets themes for the week ahead

Take Five: Be careful out there! World markets themes for the week ahead

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Euroviews. Cumberbatch's Brexit movie explores voter anger, and causes some, too

A dramatization of the bitter and divisive mood the campaign unleashed has further fed that fever.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'StarTalk' show pulled amid misconduct allegations

"StarTalk" will remain on hiatus as a Fox Networks Group investigation into the multiple claims continues.

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'Women's lives in danger': Government shutdown holds up funds for sexual violence victims

The concern is that the funding flow for the Violence Against Women Act "may be stopped, which will put women's lives in danger," the head of the National Organization for Women said.

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Prison visitor poses as pastor to smuggle drugs to inmate in Bible

"Just when you think you have heard and seen it all," said the local sheriff.

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