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WASHINGTON (AP) — A big chunk of leftover business from the last administration could be the latest headache for the new one. While a government shutdown deadline is a few weeks away, a $1 trillion-plus catchall spending measure could get embroiled in the politics of building President Donald Trump's border wall and a budget-busting Pentagon request. Democrats oppose the wall, and a budget will need Senate Democrats to pass.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The National Weather Service says the storm that dumped 1.86 inches of rain in San Francisco, around 2 inches in much of the Central Valley and more than 7 inches in the mountains above Big Sur is finally moving inland. In its wake, creeks and rivers topped their banks, a levee breached, hundreds of homes were evacuated and several thousand people found themselves trapped in a rural hamlet. No injuries were reported.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — What police thought at first was rendering aid to a crashed motorist turned into a deadly incident in Whittier, California. A driver pulled a gun, and when it was over, an officer was dead, another was wounded and so was the driver. Police were unaware the gunman had allegedly killed his cousin. Capitol flags will fly at half-staff in the dead officer's honor.
PARIS (AP) — There's a new international call today to protect the more than 200 million children living in the world's conflict zones. France's president and UNICEF note the victims include child soldiers, underage sex slaves and orphaned adolescent refugees. French President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH' oh-LAWND') called the situation "urgent" as he opened an international conference in Paris today.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court hears arguments today in an appeal brought by the parents of a Mexican teenager who was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. At issue is the definition of when foreigners outside the U.S. have access to American courts. The circumstances of exactly what occurred are in dispute, but what is clear is that the agent was on the U.S. side of the border and the teen was in Mexico. Lower courts dismissed the parents' lawsuit.
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