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Lego Looks Wobbly After Building Itself High

For Lego, it’s time to break down the blocks and start again.

More Women’s Colleges Open Doors To Transgender Students

Until last year, Ninotska Love would have been barred from attending Wellesley College. She’s an accomplished student who has persevered through hardship, but under longstanding rules, the college would have rejected her.

DACA Recipients in Charlotte Awaiting Trump Announcement on Future of Program

Tuesday, President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he is ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA. It allows young undocumented immigrants to work and study legally in the U.S.

Beyonce, Streisand To Headline Harvey Relief Telethon

Beyonce, Blake Shelton, Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey will headline a one-hour benefit telethon to benefit Hurricane Harvey victims that will be simulcast next week on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and CMT.

Trump’s Decision on Young Immigrants Could Begin GOP Battle

A plan President Donald Trump is expected to announce to remove a shield from deportation for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children is being embraced by some top Republicans and denounced by others as the beginning of a “civil war” within the party.

S. Korea Displays Military Strength Amid North Korean Crisis

With Seoul expecting another North Korean missile test, South Korean warships conducted live-fire exercises at sea on Tuesday in a second straight day of military swagger from a nation still rattled by the North’s biggest-ever nuclear test.

Mnuchin: Congress Should Tie Harvey Aid To Debt Limit Bill

Congress needs to combine a $7.9 billion disaster relief package for Harvey with a contentious increase in the nation’s borrowing limit, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says, arguing it is needed to ensure storm victims in Texas get the help they need.

Haley: North Korea Shows It Is ‘Begging For War’

U.N. Security Council members called for further sanctions against North Korea on Monday after a powerful nuclear test explosion added another layer of urgency for diplomats wrestling with what to do about the North’s persistent weapons programs.

Trump Expected To End Program For Young Immigrants

President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, but with a six-month delay, people familiar with the plans said.

Mayor Says Houston ‘Open for Business’ Despite Huge Hurdles

Houston’s mayor insists that America’s fourth-largest city is “open for business,” but with areas under water, people not yet in their homes, and billions in damage to repair, major disasters that Harvey created are by no means resolved.

South Korea Simulates Attack on North’s Nuke Site After Test

Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a “massive military response,” South Korea on Monday fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North’s main nuclear test site a day after Pyongyang detonated its largest ever nuclear test explosion.

Frustration Mounts Over Premiums For Individual Health Plans

Millions of people who buy individual health insurance policies and get no financial help from the Affordable Care Act are bracing for another year of double-digit premium increases, and their frustration is boiling over.

Mattis: North Korea Threat Would Bring Massive Military Response

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday shot back at North Korea’s latest nuclear provocation with a blunt threat, saying the U.S. will answer any North Korean threat with a “massive military response -- a response both effective and overwhelming.” While he said America does not seek the “total annihilation” of the North, he added somberly, “We have many options to do so.”

Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson Returns To Earth

Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for U.S. space endurance.

AP EXCLUSIVE: Toxic Waste Sites Flooded In Houston Area

As Dwight Chandler sipped beer and swept out the thick muck caked inside his devastated home, he worried whether Harvey’s floodwaters had also washed in pollution from the old acid pit just a couple blocks away.

Trump Asks For $7.9 Billion Down Payment For Harvey Relief

President Donald Trump has sent lawmakers an initial request for a $7.9 billion down payment toward Harvey relief and recovery efforts.

Charlotte Fire Gives Up-Close Account of Saving Harvey Survivors

Charlotte firefighters gave WCCB Charlotte an up-close look as they save those who have been stranded in Texas flooding for nearly a week.

Black Smoke, Flames Shoot Up From Texas Chemical Plant

Thick black smoke and towering orange flames shot up Friday from a flooded Houston-area chemical plant after two trailers of highly unstable compounds blew up a day earlier after losing refrigeration.

White House Says Trump’s DACA Announcement Coming Tuesday

The White House says President Donald Trump will announce a decision Tuesday on the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children — immigrants the president is calling “terrific” and says he loves.