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Tribes welcome infusion of money in infrastructure bill

By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press

The Indian Health Service says it will consult with tribes on how best to use the $3.5 billion. The amount is enough to fulfill the more than 1,560 projects on the agency's list of sanitation deficiencies.

Texas still at risk of winter power blackouts, says oversight group

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

A group that oversees the reliability of the nation's electrical sector says Texas is again at risk of blackouts this winter because of extreme weather like the catastrophic February storm that buckled the state's electricity grid.

2021 is now the deadliest year on record for transgender people

By Orion Rummler, Kate Sosin, The 19th

This year has shattered the record of transgender homicides in a year with 45 to date — most of them Black or Latinx.

WATCH: Pelosi holds briefing while divided House debates Dems' expansive social, climate bill

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

A divided House is debating Democrats’ expansive social and environment bill. Party leaders hope that cost estimates expected from Congress’ top fiscal analyst will nail down moderate lawmakers’ votes and allow passage by week’s end.

Following defense lawyer's comments, Black pastors rally outside trial over Arbery's killing

By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press

Hundreds of pastors are rallying at the Georgia courthouse where three white men are on trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

Some hospitals in Midwest overwhelmed as virus surge worsens in region

By Ed White, Associated Press

A surge in COVID-19 cases in the Upper Midwest has some Michigan schools keeping students at home ahead of Thanksgiving.

Portland among U.S. cities adding funds back into police departments

By Sara Cline, Associated Press

The debate about public safety spending has also shifted for departments from New York City to Los Angeles. They are seeing their finances partially restored in response to rising homicides, an officer exodus and political pressures.

Judge tosses convictions of 2 men in killing of Malcolm X

By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Two of the convicted killers of Malcolm X have been exonerated after decades of doubt about who was responsible for the civil rights icon's 1965 death.

'Unite the Right' trial jurors hear closing arguments in Virginia

By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

Lawyers for nine people hurt during the "Unite The Right" rally in Charlottesville have told a jury that white nationalists "planned, executed and then celebrated" racially motivated violence that left one counterprotester dead and dozens more injured.