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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has offered to extend temporary protections for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for his long-promised border wall. But while Trump cast the Saturday move as a "common-sense compromise," Democrats were quick to dismiss it at a "non-starter."
TLAHUELILPAN, Mexico (AP) — Hidalgo state Gov. Omar Fayad says the death toll from an explosion at a punctured pipeline in central Mexico has risen to 73, while the number of injured stands at 74. Forensic experts continue to comb the site for remains, many of which were reduced to ashes. At least 54 bodies have yet to be identified.
DETROIT (AP) — Motorists were asked to find an alternate route after a section of Interstate 55 in southeastern Missouri was blocked by a 15-vehicle crash following a winter storm. Also Saturday, a United Airlines plane skidded off a runway at O'Hare International Airport and the driver of a snowplow in Kansas was killed when his plow rolled over on him. The mishaps came in the wake of a major winter storm in the Midwest.
CHICAGO (AP) — An activist is saying Chicago residents should "take to the polls" after a white police officer received less than half the prison sentence sought by prosecutors for the killing of black teenager Laquan McDonald. William Calloway says people should vote to change the system. Chicago has a very competitive mayor's race this year that could be affected by the case of former officer Jason Van Dyke, who was sentenced to less than seven years in prison on Friday.
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's President-elect Felix Tshisekedi said early Sunday that the Constitutional Court's decision confirming him as the winner of the presidential election was a victory for the entire country. "It is Congo that won," said Tshisekedi, speaking to his supporters after the court decision.
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