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    Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California's growing budget deficit

    California's budget deficit is at least $45 billion, a shortfall so large it prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday to propose painful spending cuts impacting immigrants, kindergarteners and low-income parents seeking child care in a state often lauded for having the world's fifth-largest economy. Officially, Newsom said the state's deficit is $27.6 billion. Including reductions in public education spending, which Newsom has not included, the deficit would be even billions of dollars more, accor

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  • USKOIN

    Best places near Portland to catch the Northern Lights

    For those looking to have a chance at seeing a spectacular show there are some scenic viewpoints and lookouts near Portland worth checking out.

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  • USLA Times

    California sisters were offered $5,000 from insurance for storm damage. A jury awarded them $18 million

    Two San Bernardino women said they lived in their home for over five years without heat because of a dispute with their insurance company.

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  • BusinessReuters

    China's car exports hit record high in April, as domestic sales fall

    BEIJING (Reuters) -China's car exports surged to a record high in April, data showed on Friday, as domestic sales slipped 5.8% from a year earlier amid intensifying price competition and consumers' caution about spending on big items during a shaky economic recovery. Car exports jumped 38% year-on-year to 417,000 units in April, continuing strong momentum from the previous month which posted a 39% growth in exports, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said. An ongoing anti-subsidy inves

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  • USWFXT

    Tractor-trailer hauling 15 million bees crashes on New England highway

    A tractor-trailer hauling millions of bees crashed on a major New England highway on Thursday night, officials said.

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  • ScienceLive Science

    Papua New Guineans, genetically isolated for 50,000 years, carry Denisovan genes that help their immune system, study suggests

    Genes inherited from Denisovans, extinct human relatives, may help Papua New Guineans in the lowlands fight off infection, while mutations to red blood cells may help highlanders live at altitude.

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  • WorldYahoo News Canada

    Why this Canadian family is leaving the country: 'No longer liveable'

    The Salehs of Toronto say: "[Canada] is no longer liveable or a desirable place to be, at least not like it used to be."

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