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Bundy mistrial highlights why right distrusts the feds — ANALYSIS

As Washington conservatives question whether partisan FBI officials working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller have stacked the deck against President Donald Trump, a criminal case in Las Vegas points to the sort of federal prosecutorial abuses that give the right cause for paranoia.

Dozens feared dead in Philippine mall fire

Philippine firefighters recovered one body from a burning shopping mall Sunday and there was “zero” chances of survival for 36 other trapped people inside the four-story building in southern Davao city, an official said.

Las Vegas boy gives Legos, brings smiles to kids at UMC

Dylan Prunty, who was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease when he was 6 and has spent Christmas in the hospital before, has made it his mission to put smiles on the faces of other children who can’t be home for the holidays.

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Trump team’s ban on refugees partially lifted

A federal judge in Seattle on Saturday partially lifted a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after two groups argued that the policy prevented people from some mostly Muslim countries from reuniting with family living legally in the United States.

Miss America CEO, others resign in wake of email scandal

The head of the organization that stages the Miss America beauty pageant and other leaders with the group resigned Saturday after a report this week alleging that emails he had sent were derogatory toward past winners.

FBI’s deputy director to retire in early 2018, Trump reacts

President Donald Trump reacted to reports Saturday about the coming retirement of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has been buffeted by attacks from the president and his Republican allies over alleged anti-Trump bias in the agency, by repeating falsehoods about McCabe’s wife.

Amazon’s Alexa joins Santa-tracking program

Alexa, where’s Santa? Amazon’s diligent, computerized know-it-all is the latest technology to enlist in NORAD Tracks Santa, the military-run program that fields phone calls and emails from children around the world eager to ask when Santa will arrive.

 
Man wanted to carry out IS inspired San Francisco attack, FBI says

The FBI says it thwarted a possible terrorist attack at San Francisco’s Pier 39 after arresting an ex-Marine who told undercover agents he wanted to carry out an Islamic State-inspired suicide bombing at the popular tourist destination on Christmas Day.

California’s legal pot party won’t include Los Angeles

There will be no legal pot party in Los Angeles on Jan. 1. California kicks off recreational sales on New Year’s Day, becoming the largest state in the nation with legal marijuana. But Los Angeles officials announced Friday that dispensaries in the city won’t be part of the celebration.

Conservationists buy California coastal ranchland

A huge swath of coastal California ranch lands will become a vast preserve through an acquisition funded by a $165 million gift from a wealthy environmentalist couple, The Nature Conservancy announced Friday.

Groom in wedding is drug smuggler, angering US border agents

It was a heartwarming scene: A U.S. citizen, forbidden to enter Mexico, wed the love of his life in a brief moment when the gate separating the two countries was opened.

 
Thomas fire in California becomes biggest in state history

A California wildfire that has killed two people and seared its way through cities, towns and wilderness northwest of Los Angeles became the largest blaze ever officially recorded in California on Friday, authorities said.

 
Serendipity comes full circle with Nevada Educator of the Year award

Scott Ginger embarked down an accidental career path in 1991 when he accepted a job teaching speech and debate at Green Valley High School in Henderson. Twenty-seven years later, his adaptability has been rewarded.