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Trump to stop subsidies to health insurers

In a brash move likely to roil insurance markets, President Donald Trump will “immediately” halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law he has been trying to unravel for months.

Regulators close trucking firm tied to Texas trafficking case

Federal safety regulators have shut down a troubled Iowa trucking company that owned the semitrailer involved in a human trafficking case in which 10 immigrants died in Texas.

Trump threatens to end recovery efforts, abandon Puerto Rico

President Donald Trump served notice Thursday that he might pull back federal relief workers from Puerto Rico, effectively threatening to abandon the U.S. territory amid a staggering humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

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US, Israel pulling out of UNESCO amid Palestinian tensions

The United States is pulling out of UNESCO because of what Washington sees as its anti-Israel bias and a need for “fundamental reform” of the U.N. cultural agency.

 
Death toll grows to 31 in Northern California’s wildfires

Northern Californias wildfires have now killed 31 people — making this the deadliest week of wildfires in state history.

Art imitates life with movie about deadly Arizona wildfire

A movie that chronicles a 2013 wildfire that killed 19 Arizona firefighters debuts next week on the heels of another fire tragedy in California that has riveted the nation.

Search for mom trapped in California fire ends in heartbreak

Jessica Tunis screamed at her mother to run out of the burning house but Linda Tunis said she was trapped, there was fire everywhere, and the last thing she said to her daughter was that she was going die before the call dropped.

House prepared to OK $36.5B for hurricane, wildfire relief

The House is on track to backing President Donald Trump’s request for billions more in disaster aid, $16 billion to pay flood insurance claims and emergency funding to help the cash-strapped government of Puerto Rico stay afloat.

Saw, found at sea, tested for link to dismembered journalist

Danish police say divers have recovered a saw from the sea off Copenhagen and forensic investigators are checking whether it was used to dismember the body of a Swedish journalist.

Rare photos taken by early NASA astronauts being auctioned

Original prints of photos taken by astronauts John Glenn and Neil Armstrong are among 445 rare photos taken by American astronauts that are being sold by Skinner Auctioneers and Appraisers starting this week.

Boy Scouts to let girls join Cub Scouts, certain programs

Embracing a historic change, the Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday plans to admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting next year and to establish a new program for older girls using the same curriculum as the Boy Scouts.