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How will Karen Bass use her emergency-declaration powers?  Los Angeles Times Karen Bass plans to declare state of emergency on homelessness in first day as Mayor  CBS Los Angeles Los Angeles mayor to declare homeless state of emergency  Fox News Editorial: Bass has

A state judge has blocked an effort to ban most abortions in Iowa by upholding a court decision made three years ago. Judge Celene Gogerty found that there was no process for reversing a permanent injunction that blocked the abortion

G7 Nations Focus on Helping Ukraine Rebuild: Live Updates  The New York Times Biden and Zelensky speak by phone to discuss recent US assistance for air defense  CNN Ukraine steps up diplomacy amid war, power outages  Reuters Ukraine updates: G7 say air defenses

Examining the ‘complex web of cases’ facing Donald Trump  Spectrum News Why Trump Wasn’t Charged in New York Criminal Tax Probe  Bloomberg The Trump Organization is found guilty of a criminal tax fraud scheme  NPR After Decades of Corruption, Donald Trump Has His

Secretary of State Blinken signed an agreement with a non-profit organization called Tent Partnership for Refugees to boost employment opportunities and economic integration for refugees and forcibly displaced people around the world.

Readout of President Biden’s Call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine  The White House

A massive winter storm blowing toward the center of the United States on Monday is threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding.

In our news wrap Monday, a prime suspect in the 1988 Pan Am bombing appeared before a federal magistrate in Washington, a winter storm pushed east today after pummeling northern California and Nevada, Iran executed a second prisoner for alleged

CNBC is reporting that Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been arrested in the Bahamas to face criminal charges filed by American prosecutors. Bahamas Attorney General Ryan Pinder announced Bankman-Fried’s arrest on Monday night and

Brittney Griner is readjusting to life at home after her nearly ten-month ordeal in Russia. Roger Carstens, the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs in the Biden administration, played a pivotal role in securing her release. He joined Amna Nawaz