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Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Claims a 10th Life

Brenda Cropper, 66, died at a hospital after being in critical condition all week after the fire erupted on Sunday, officials said.

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Ten people died and more than two dozen were injured in a fire on Sunday at the Gabriel House in Fall River, Mass.

Lawmakers Question Whether CBS Canceled Colbert’s Show for Political Reasons

Paramount, the network’s parent, recently agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing of an interview on the CBS News program “60 Minutes.”

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Stephen Colbert said on Thursday that CBS was canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" after next season.

Trump Says Coca-Cola Agreed to Use Real Sugar in U.S. But Coca-Cola Refuses to Confirm.

the company began using in Coke in 1980, blending it with sugar to help defray the cost of rising sugar prices.

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A spokeswoman for the Coca-Cola Company would not confirm if the company had agreed to begin using cane sugar in Coke.

Trump threatens to strip Rosie O’Donnell of U.S. citizenship.

The president called Ms. O’Donnell, who moved to Ireland a a “threat to humanity” and said she should stay in Ireland, where she moved to in January after Mr. Trump won a second term.

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Rosie O’Donnell in Dublin.

Trump Order Creates ‘Make America Beautiful Again’ Commission to Open Protected Land

The Make America Beautiful Again panel will be led by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

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The administration announced plans in June to eliminate federal protections across millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness, including Tongass National Forest in Sitka, Alaska.
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