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  • There’s a program in parts of the region designed to keep asphalt cooler which experts say comes with some benefits.
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    Does ‘cooling pavement’ still work after a few years of traffic? We checked.

    A program in parts of the San Fernando Valley is designed to keep asphalt cooler, which experts say comes with some benefits.

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  • Millennials are setting the stage for what's at stake in the midterm elections. And they're pissed.
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    The latest undercurrent beneath a wave of voter turnout: Millennial anger

    Millions of Americans took advantage of early and mail-in voting to cast their decisions early. Millennial angst could be driving that.

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Government Oversight

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Hundreds of thousands of people were in the streets of France on Saturday for the largest demonstration seen in the country since protests broke out around a month ago.
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Hundreds of thousands protest in France, marking one of the largest demonstrations in years


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  • Secretary Dan Driscoll is resigning after just 18 months on the job, following months of reported friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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    Sep 1
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    Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns after disputes with Hegseth over Army’s direction

  • Wana News Agency via Reuters, Craig Sanderson via AP
    Aug 31
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    US, Iran trade attacks after months-long lull; Deadly flooding hits Grand Canyon

  • There’s always been a whole lot of objects flying around space, but people are launching more things into orbit than ever. Air traffic control towers handle flying objects down here, but who’s controlling all that traffic above the atmosphere?
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    Aug 29
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    Houston, we have a problem. Who’s controlling space traffic?

  • China Daily via Reuters, Jose Bula Urrutia/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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    Nepal halts rescues over new flood threat; US eyes massive Venezuela oil deal

  • A federal judge has temporarily blocked new postal service rules that would tighten requirements for voting by mail ahead of November's midterms.
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    Aug 28
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    Judge blocks new mail-voting rules as midterms approach

  • Attempts at various wealth taxes carry some burdensome responsibilities for the states, especially when it comes to proving who lives there.
    Marcin Golba/NurPhoto via Getty Images
    Aug 27
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    Coastal states face heavy lift to extract taxes from wealthy residents

  • The Trump administration plans to publish an environmental exclusion for oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve.
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    Aug 27
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    White House looks to pull red tape to speed up Alaska oil drilling

  • That plan involves the city avoiding a public vote on the publicly funded stadium deal by using a significantly more expensive financing option while denying voters a say in the process.
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    Aug 27
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    Kansas City found a $7M-a-year way around voters for new stadium

  • Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar, @Alfredspodins via X/via REUTERS
    Aug 27
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    Nepal floods leave 1,300 missing; Why CIA director secretly traveled to Moscow

  • The future of the Kennedy Center has become part of a court fight over renovations, with Justice Department lawyers raising demolition as a possible long-term outcome if the building cannot close for major work. The government says the nearly 55-year-old complex has extensive maintenance and structural problems that could eventually make continued operation unsafe if they are not addressed.
    Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
    Aug 26
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    Kennedy Center could face demolition, DOJ warns in court fight

  • Three non-law-enforcement Secret Service employees were placed on administrative leave Wednesday, but the agency isn’t saying what they’re accused of doing.
    Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
    Aug 26
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    Secret Service puts 3 employees on leave over alleged misconduct

  • Fans are mourning Dolly Parton from Nashville to Hollywood, remembering a country music legend whose humor and songwriting connected with audiences for more than six decades.
    Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
    Aug 26
    9m read

    Fans remember Dolly Parton’s remarkable legacy; Darline Graham wins GOP runoff in SC

  • A new report from the DHS Office of Inspector General found enhanced immigration enforcement hindered led to less efforts in fighting fentanyl trafficking.
    ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images
    Aug 25
    4m read

    Trump’s immigration push comes at a cost to fentanyl investigations: Report

  • Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released a report Tuesday detailing how her office's criminal prosecutions in the Flint water crisis collapsed.
    Carlos Osorio/AP Photo
    Aug 25
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    Michigan attorney general’s report on Flint water crisis details how criminal charges faltered 

  • Cole Burston / AFP via Getty Images & Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images
    Aug 25
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    Canada readies new tariffs on US; Trump gets Supreme Court win on mail voting

  • Alex Wong/Getty Images & Hale Irwin/NurPhoto via Getty Images
    Aug 24
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    Bessent readies ‘Economic D-Day’ for Iran; Hawk Fire forces Reno evacuations

  • Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new program delivering free inhalers to public schools nationwide.
    Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images
    Aug 23
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    California’s ‘free’ inhalers could save lives — and potentially millions in ER costs

  • The U.S. Postal Service has finalized new rules for handling mail ballots in federal elections, but said it will not enforce them for this year’s midterms unless courts lift injunctions blocking President Donald Trump’s mail-voting executive order.
    Mario Tama/Getty Images
    Aug 22
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    Postal Service finalizes mail ballot rule as courts block enforcement

  • Following the federal Dept. of Transportation’s to pull $4 billion in funding from the project, they’ve now decided to reallocate that money to other rail projects around the country.
    Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
    Aug 21
    7m read

    White House touts billions in new rail grants nationwide funded by California rail clawback

  • The Navy is considering changing the name of a future aircraft carrier set to honor World War II hero Doris Miller, with President Donald Trump among the names discussed internally.
    HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
    Aug 21
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    Aircraft carrier set to honor Black Pearl Harbor hero may get Trump’s name

  • U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS & Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
    Aug 21
    12m read

    USS Lincoln finally heads home; Navy may replace Black war hero’s name with Trump on carrier

  • Drivers will race through seven turns along the National Mall, covering 147 laps and 250 miles, as part of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix.
    Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
    Aug 21
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    Drivers prepare to race through the Capitol as IndyCar takes over DC

  • Between defense costs, Social Security, Medicare and interest on $40 trillion in national debt, the government spends more money than it has.
    Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images
    Aug 20
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    US debt tops $40 trillion after adding $1 trillion in just five months

  • Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images & Al Drago/Pool/For The Washington Post via Getty Images
    Aug 20
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    US debt hits record $40 trillion; Trump shows off new White House helipad

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