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Colorado River states poised to miss deadline for water-cut plan; Calif. won’t sign on

California did not sign on to a joint proposal for cuts — an impasse that suggests the wrangling over how to conserve the dwindling water supply that serves 40 million people will continue in coming months.

By Joshua Partlow

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Rep. George Santos says he’s stepping down from committees amid fabrications about his biography

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Study on depression finds that how you feel may be related to what you eat

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Maya Moore Irons and Jonathan Irons on ‘Love & Justice’

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America is in a ‘Great Pulling Apart.’ Can we pull together?

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The House GOP’s sham hearings are fizzling before they even begin

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The GOP presidential contenders don’t want to have a beer with you

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We could all learn from Marie Kondo’s untidy pivot

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Apple cannot abandon China now even if it wanted to

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Everything you believe about the debt ceiling is wrong. Here’s why.

Opinion by Catherine Rampell

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Carolyn Hax: Spouse is not okay with husband’s disregard for risk

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Biden is touting giant EVs. Are they actually good for the planet?

President Biden’s focus on some of the biggest vehicles around — the Hummer EV, the Ford F-150 Lightning — has raised some eyebrows, since they pollute more than many small, gas-powered cars.

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Comparing green funeral options, from composting to natural burial to water cremation

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Severe ice storm causing travel chaos from Texas to Tennessee

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DeSantis wants to dismantle diversity programs at Fla. colleges, target tenure

By Jack Stripling

Woman suspected of killing doppelganger to fake her own death

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A conservative judge helped stop Trump on Jan. 6. He wants to finish the job.

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