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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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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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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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Pope Francis calls for 'solidarity' with migrants stranded at sea

"It's easy to be the Christmas saint but then come January, February and the summer period we would be told to do the same," Malta's prime minister said.

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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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Saudi teen seeking asylum barricades herself in Thai hotel room

"They won't let me drive or travel. I am oppressed. I love life and work and I am very ambitious but my family is preventing me from living."

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Soldiers announce coup 'to restore democracy' to Gabon

President Ali Bongo's family has ruled the oil-producing West African country for nearly half a century. He is receiving medical treatment in Morocco.

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Gabon: Two suspects killed and seven captured in failed coup attempt

Two suspects were killed and seven captured were captured after military officers in Gabon staged an apparent coup attempt early on Monday, seizing the state radio station and declaring their dissatisfaction with President Ali Bongo.

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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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Report: Nearly all terror attacks in France carried out by suspects already known to police

A GLOBSEC report says nearly 80 percent of attackers behind 22 French incidents had been on terror watchlists; 97 percent had been on radar of authorities.

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Unveiling of Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan to be delayed by months

National security adviser John Bolton toured tunnels beneath the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, drawing criticism from Palestinian leadership.

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Poland shuts down 13 escape game sites due to safety flaws

Past participants had criticized the safety of the escape room where the five teens died, police chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk said.

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Pesticides banned in the West are still being used on farms overseas

Such chemicals hit farmers' bottom line by limiting their ability to sell crops.

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One killed, two injured in Cairo church explosion

A police officer has been killed and two injured in an explosion in a church in Cairo, Egypt.