Researchers are working to better understand the toxic exposures faced by the firefighters who responded.
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On today’s episode: LIFT-UP has announced changes to its food distribution programs — drive-thru food distributions have been discontinued, though the Food Bank of the Rockies will continue mobile distribution; some Colorado lawmakers are working to figure out how to shield immigrants from President Trump’s hardline immigration policies; and the Trump administration’s mass federal layoffs are affecting the public-lands agencies in our region, which manage millions of acres and employ thousands. Tune in for these stories and more.
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Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. had no authority to unilaterally rename the Gulf.
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The ranchera and bolero singer took aim at machismo as if it were a piñata. For decades, she wrote and sang feminist anthems full of pain, rage and empowerment.
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The news from the longtime aides — Maria Torres-Springer, Anne Williams-Isom, Meera Joshi, and Chauncey Parker — comes after the Justice Department moved to drop corruption charges against Adams.
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The program, which focuses on mentoring and therapy, relies on the idea that most violent crimes are emotional, not rational.
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A high-pressure system is pushing Arctic air into the central U.S. this week. Much of the country will experience plunging temperatures, while states such as Kansas and Missouri could see heavy snow.
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A telehealth company partnered with a pharmacy that lacked a required license, raising doubts about the safety and efficacy of the weight-loss medicines it mailed to patients.
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First responder communications show the power company in Altadena was slow to respond to Eaton firefighters — and that live power lines sparked new fires days after flames first broke out.
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The 88-year-old pontiff was initially admitted to the hospital on Friday for bronchitis. On Monday, the Vatican said test results show Francis has "a polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract."
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After meetings in Israel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Saudi Arabia to push President Trump's plan for Gaza and to meet with Russian counterparts on steps to ending the war in Ukraine.
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When David Jefferson's wife fell ill, a friend went out of her way to help the family cope.
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