iStock/Thinkstock(PARADISE, Calif.) — After more than two weeks of catastrophic infernos that indiscriminately devoured thousands and thousands of homes and structures and claimed scores of lives, both of California’s wildfires are now almost completely contained. Northern California fire officials reported late Saturday night that the devastating Camp Fire in Butte County is 98 percent contained, …

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ABC News(MEXICO CITY) — After the White House declined on Saturday to deny a new report saying that President Donald Trump’s administration had reached a deal with Mexico that would require asylum-seeking migrants to wait there while their claims are decided by U.S. courts, Mexican officials denied it themselves. “There is no agreement of any …

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Sam Boyer(LOS ANGELES) —  Days after celebrating a historic vote to legalize marijuana sales in the city, the owners of Malibu’s only cannabis dispensary are now picking up the charred remnants of their life in the wake of the devastating Woolsey Fire. Earlier this year, Yvonne DeLaRosa Green, the co-owner of 99 High Tide Collective …

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iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — Paris was burning. Violence erupted on the streets of the city of lights on Saturday as about 8,000 protesters faced off against thousands of police deployed to contain the demonstrations. As angry protesters blocked streets and lit various materials on fire, including large sheets of plywood and garbage bins, police hurled tear gas …

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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The aunt of a 21-year-old man shot dead at an Alabama mall said her nephew was killed by police “for no reason at all.” Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, who was armed, was shot Thanksgiving night when another man — first believed to be Bradford — and an 18-year-old got into a physical altercation …

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iStock/Thinkstock(ELIZABETH, N.J.) — A man was injured in a shooting at a mall in New Jersey on Black Friday — at least the second shooting to take place at a mall on one of the biggest shopping days of the year. The shooting at The Mills at Jersey Gardens in Elizabeth, New Jersey, less than …

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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — More than 13,000 families were left without homes this Thanksgiving in the wake of the devastating Camp Fire that ripped through Butte County in Northern California. The death toll from that fire has climbed to 84, making the Camp Fire the deadliest ever in the state. The same day the …

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ABC News(NEW YORK) — Two different storms are set to create hazardous travel conditions for those heading home after the holiday weekend in the central and eastern parts of the country. The first worry is a storm expected to quickly race up the East Coast, bringing both ice and flooding threats. The second concern is …

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iStock/Thinkstock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A member of the U.S. military was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday — the second to die this month in the country, and the 10th this year. The news was announced in a press release by Sgt. 1st Class Debra Richardson, a spokesperson for Resolute Support. No further details of how the …

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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — An undocumented immigrant who has been taking sanctuary in a North Carolina church for more than a year was taken into custody on Friday as he left the church for a meeting at the U.S. Immigration office. Samuel Oliver-Bruno, a 47-year-old Mexican national, had recently submitted a petition for deferred action and was …

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