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Thousands of people protesting mass deportations planned by President Donald Trump marched in Southern California on Sunday, including in downtown Los Angeles where demonstrators blocked a major freeway for several hours. … [Read more...] about Marchers protesting deportations block major freeway in Los Angeles

As free agency officially opens, there already are plenty of big deals in the works. (The Mystics, meanwhile, have stayed quiet.) … [Read more...] about WNBA offseason has stars in new places — even if it’s just temporary

At least 773 people were killed in eastern Congo's largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a decadelong conflict, Congolese authorities said Saturday. The rebels' advance into other areas was slowed by a weakened military that recovered some villages from them. … [Read more...] about Congo says 773 dead in weeklong fighting as military tries to repel Rwanda-backed rebels

Children with dreams of making the Olympics, friends returning home from a hunting trip and an incoming law professor at Howard University all died in Wednesday's mid-air crash when a commercial jet arriving from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River Wednesday evening. … [Read more...] about Olympic hopefuls, vacationers, professors among those killed in D.C. plane collision

The nation mourned its deadliest aviation accident in decades Thursday, a midair crash between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people in Washington, while President Trump blamed Democrats for enabling the tragedy with misguided diversity policies that he said put safety second. … [Read more...] about Deadliest aviation accident since 2001 grips Washington as Trump blames Democrats, DEI for disaster