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March in downtown Las Vegas celebrates empowerment of women
 

A sea of people – some donning bright-pink hats and many carrying handmade signs – swarmed downtown Las Vegas on Saturday morning to celebrate the empowerment of women and demand more progress in the protection of women’s rights.

 
At least 71 die when Mexican pipeline explodes

Gerardo Perez returned Saturday to the scorched field in central Mexico where he’d seen an illegal pipeline tap burst into flames to see if he could recognize missing friends. He couldn’t. Only a handful of the remains had skin. Dozens were burned to the bone or to ash when the gusher of gasoline exploded, killing at least 71 people.

Talks over Los Angeles teachers strike set to resume

Striking teachers and the nation’s second-largest school district are set to continue renewed negotiations Saturday following a fifth day of passionate protests in Los Angeles.

 
Teens in ‘MAGA’ hats mock Native Americans after rally — VIDEO

A diocese in Kentucky is looking into videos that show youths, possibly from its all-male high school, mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington.

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Seattle housing crisis gets $500M boost from Microsoft

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2 Las Vegas men arrested in Texas on drug charges

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