California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the Supreme Court to make it easier to clear homeless encampments. Advocates say that will make the crisis worse.

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Members of the US National Park Service clear a homeless encampment from McPherson Square, two blocks from the White House, on February 15, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Members of the US National Park Service clear a homeless encampment from McPherson Square, two blocks from the White House, on February 15, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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A Gen Xer with paralysis says he has no choice but to drive for Uber and Lyft to earn a paycheck — here's how he makes it work

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Robert, 56, has no other option but to keep driving for Lyft and Uber.

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Democrats in California want to clear homeless encampments in public areas. So they convinced the conservative US Supreme Court to take up the case.

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A homeless encampment sits in front of a city water and power building in Los Angeles, California.
A homeless encampment sits in front of a city water and power building in Los Angeles, California.

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A Chinese gaming billionaire now ranks as one of the top landowners in the US

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Chen Tianqiao, Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, a Nasdaq-listed leading operator of online games, attends an economy elites award ceremony on February 28, 2005 in Shanghai, China.
Tianqiao Chen in 2005, the year after he took Shanda Interactive Entertainment public.

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'Where's the damn paper?' An Oregon newspaper said it's laying off staff after an employee embezzled thousands of dollars

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A stack of newspapers sits in a printing facility.

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Up to 10 hospital patients in Oregon died from tap water injections instead of fentanyl: report

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Syringes of the opioid painkiller fentanyl in an inpatient pharmacy.

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A Gen Xer who moved to a small city in North Georgia from Portland, Oregon said she 'couldn't live there anymore' amid rising costs

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T. D. Larson moved to Canton, a city almost an hour north of Atlanta, Georgia.

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People are moving to Canada dreaming of a utopia with free healthcare and more tolerance. But the reality is Canada has its own set of problems.

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A man wrapped in two Canadian flag parades down an empty street.
Nearly 79,000 Americans moved to Canada from 2015 to 2023.

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I moved to Houston and regretted it. I stuck out at work and it was impossible to save.

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Jules Rogers and her husband, Marshall, in Goose Hollow, Portland.

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Rock climber plotted to kill people at popular mountaineering event in Oregon, police say

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Smith Rock State Park in Oregon
Smith Rock State Park in Oregon.

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