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President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his crackdown on stolen fuel is working, but long waits in several states persist, distribution bottlenecks continue and new acts of gas theft are reported.

The special counsel’s office wants a judge to consider Paul Manafort’s plea agreement void after what the government calls false statements. Manafort argues he didn’t breach his deal.

“The state has placed a thumb on the scale for a pro-confederacy message,” Jefferson County Circuit Judge Michael Graffeo wrote in his opinion.

In rare remarks to foreign media, Ren Zhengfei says his telecommunications equipment company is independently owned and would not give China user data. Experts disagree.

The attacks took place at an upscale complex in Kenya’s capital. An explosion tore through a bank, then a suicide bomb detonated in a hotel lobby before attackers entered the building, shooting.

A mini biosphere was sent up in China’s Chang’e-4, which landed on the far side of the moon in early January. Photos show the small, green shoot of a cotton plant in a container aboard the spacecraft.

A Vietnamese laborer tells NPR he was led to believe he would learn construction work but ended up cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear site. Migrant advocates say Japan needs to overhaul the program.

In his new book, The New Childhood, Jordan Shapiro argues that we’re not spending enough screen time with our kids.

Laurent Gbagbo had been charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the wake of his 2010 electoral loss. Charges against his former youth minister also were dropped.

“The brilliant thing about their work when you watch it, it seems so nonchalant,” Reilly says of the iconic slapstick duo. He plays Oliver Hardy in the new film Stan & Ollie.

In a reboot of the late-’90s drama, three secret space aliens struggle to hide their secret in a town trained to look for them. And believe it or not, it’s a solid show.

House GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney said King should “find another line of work” as the House voted to rebuke the Iowa congressman.

One of the nation’s top economists explores the past and future of work in cities. He finds that opportunities for workers without a college degree are drying up.

Lawmakers resoundingly said no to the prime minister’s proposed agreement with the European Union. With the deadline for Brexit just 10 weeks away, what happens now is anyone’s guess.

A federal judge in New York has issued the first ruling out of multiple lawsuits over a question about U.S. citizenship status. The ruling is expected to be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court.

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun captured the attention of the world in a series of social media posts pleading for asylum. Her family, who she claimed was abusive, has disowned her.

Should doctors warn patients of a policy threat that may not come to pass? That’s the question pending, as the Trump administration weighs whether to deny green cards to immigrants on Medicaid.

A former prosecutor of Maricopa County, Ariz., “will have unfettered access to every facet of [Hacienda Healthcare’s] business — including all the records related to this matter,” the company said.

The backlog of more than 800,000 immigration cases awaiting hearings, which has grown almost 50 percent under the Trump administration, is forecast to grow even larger.

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, federal workers are struggling to make ends meet. But according to Jamiles Lartey, the shutdown is having a disproportionate effect on black workers.

The “new wave of persecution” began when a social media group administrator’s phone contacts were accessed by Chechen authorities, according to the Russian LGBT Network.

Jake Thomas Patterson allegedly told police he decided to abduct Jayme after spotting her board a school bus. Authorities say he controlled her with threats of “bad things.”

A new report from the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime finds that violent conflict is creating new opportunities for traffickers — and children and girls are increasingly targeted.

More than two months after the Camp Fire, the small city of Chico, Calif., is struggling to handle an influx of an estimated 20,000 new people from neighboring Paradise.

Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, 36, had appealed a 15-year prison sentence for drug smuggling. Some experts say China is retaliating for the arrest of a Chinese tech executive in Canada.

Some banks and credit unions are waiving late fees or offering low-interest loans. But the longer the shutdown continues, the harder it becomes for furloughed workers and contractors to stay afloat.

The utility says it could be facing tens of billions in liability costs connected to the 2017 and 2018 Northern California wildfires. PG&E also says its CEO is stepping down.

Educators and their supporters gathered outside of schools Monday, then converged near Los Angeles City Hall in a sea of umbrellas, ponchos and signs. LA last saw a teacher strike nearly 30 years ago.

The long-time Iowa Republican congressman is under fire, once again, for controversial remarks. House Republican leaders are mulling how and whether to punish him for it.