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Fire's destruction of a Northern California town was entirely predictable, Times investigation finds

Paradise ignored repeated warnings of the risk its residents faced, crafted no plan to evacuate the area all at once, entrusted public alerts to a system prone to fire, and did not sound citywide orders to flee even as a hail of fire rained down.

Visitors stream into Joshua Tree National Park despite federal government shutdown

The desert park normally collects $30 for every car entering. Not this weekend.

With no end in sight to the shutdown, Republicans continue to try to maneuver around Trump

Republican allies of the White House say the president's demand for a border wall will almost certainly go unmet.

How mountains of U.S. plastic waste ended up in Malaysia, broken down by workers for $10 a day

To environmental groups, the plastic waste crisis illustrates a breakdown in the global recycling system, which for years had been propped up by China’s enormous appetite for scrap.

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