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California picks up debris from latest storm, braces for the next

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Rain-soaked Californians took advantage of a break in a weeks-long deluge to haul away dead trees, restore downed power lines and prepare new stacks of sandbags before another series of storms hits the state beginning Friday. In Monterey County along the state’s central coast, communities near the still-rising Salinas River were

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U.S. House Speaker Pelosi wraps up long and historic leadership career

WASHINGTON – Nancy Pelosi is wrapping up a long career of congressional leadership in which she became the only woman to serve in the powerful post of U.S. House of Representatives speaker, showed an ability to pass major legislation, united fractious fellow Democrats and challenged some of the world’s most powerful men. Pelosi, an 82-year-old

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Suspect arrested for horrific murder, kidnapping of California family

A suspect has been arrested on murder and kidnapping charges after four members of a California family, including an 8-month-old girl, were found dead in a rural area two days after their abduction, authorities said. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook on Thursday night that it had booked Jesus Manuel Salgado, 48, into

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