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Dr. Salvador Plasencia agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, according to the signed document filed in federal court in Los Angeles.
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On Ash Wednesday, Christians hear the words "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return." Those words ring differently for many whose churches and homes burned in the Los Angeles fires. -
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The Texas Democrat stood, shouting, as the president addressed a joint session of Congress. After Rep. Green refused to retake his seat, Speaker Mike Johnson ordered him removed from the chamber. -
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