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Trump backtracks on climate change ‘hoax’ in wide-ranging interview

President Donald Trump is backing off his claim that climate change is a hoax. In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday night, Trump said he doesn’t want to put the U.S. at a disadvantage in responding to climate change.

Border Patrol abuse reports prompt calls for cameras, scrutiny

HOUSTON — Within hours of being booked at a Border Patrol station in far West Texas, two teenage sisters from Guatemala came forward to allege that an agent conducted an improper strip search.

Saudis react to Trump with threat after writer’s disappearance

Saudi Arabia on Sunday threatened to retaliate for any sanctions after President Donald Trump said the oil-rich kingdom deserves “severe punishment” if it is responsible for the disappearance and suspected murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.

Pope Francis praises Oscar Romero, Pope Paul VI on sainthood

Pope Francis on Sunday praised two towering figures of the 20th-century Catholic Church as prophets who shunned wealth and looked out for the poor as he made saints of Pope Paul VI and martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero.

 
Schumer calls for safety regulations after New York limo crash

The day after a mourning community said last goodbyes to eight of 20 victims of a limousine crash — four sisters and four other relatives — the Senate’s top Democrat called on federal regulators to formulate new safety standards for the vehicles.

Guards, inmates ally against state in radon-exposure cases

A federal judge last month ruled against the state’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by 13 inmates inside the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown. They allege Correction Department officials exposed them to high levels of the radioactive gas, creating unconstitutional and inhumane conditions of confinement inside the maximum-security prison.