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This photo combination shows, from left, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, March 5, 2025, in Washington, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026, Fresno, Calif. Mayor Jerry Dyer, Jan. 28, 2026 in Washington, and Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, Nov. 4, 2018 in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., Jen Golbeck, Markus Schreiber, Kevin Wolf, John Minchillo)
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Local leaders across the U.S. describe an increasingly hostile relationship with Washington, driven by President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

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Homicides in California surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, killings are down to historic lows in Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco and many other cities including Fresno.
Denise Kadara of Allensworth Progressive Association, left; Curtis Skaggs, center, engineer with Dee Jaspar & Associates; and John Pope, Allensworth CSD board member at a Jan. 20 ceremony for a new well.
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Residents of Allensworth celebrated a new well that will finally bring clean, abundant water to the town that was beset by water troubles soon after it was founded in 1908 by Col. Allen Allensworth.