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San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, center, discusses California's growing homeless crisis during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.

Faulconer Urges Council To Pass Affordable Housing Code Changes

Mayor Kevin Faulconer Wednesday plans to call on the City Council to pass a series of proposed code changes that he said will help increase housing supply, lover development costs and promote smart growth.

Cars drive along Mittlerer Ring in Munich. Germany's highest court has ruled that cities may impose bans or partial bans on diesel cars in order to bring down emissions levels.

German Court Will Let Cities Ban Some Diesel Cars To Decrease Pollution

A German court has ruled that cities may bans diesel cars in order to bring down emissions levels.

Most workers are covered by the Family Medical Leave Act, which allows up to 12 weeks of leave per year to care for family members. But that leave is unpaid. Now, Republicans are making paid family leave a legislative policy.

Lawmakers Agree On Paid Family Leave, But Not The Details

Passage of paid family leave laws in states like Washington is spurring federal lawmakers from both parties to float their own proposals, but so far support is not bridging party lines.

The U.S. Capitol is seen reflected in the windows of the Capitol Visitors Center. As Democrats seek to win the House in this year's midterms, they're relying on an online fundraising platform called ActBlue.

Trump Powers Small Dollar Donor Surge For Democratic Fundraising Site

The site, ActBlue, raised a record $522.7 million for Democrats in 2017. By comparison, President Trump's campaign took in $350.7 million over two years for the 2016 election.

A Delta Air Lines jet sits at a gate at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, in October 2016.

Georgia's Lt. Gov. Threatens To Kill Tax Break For Delta Airlines Amid NRA Spat

Republican Casey Cagle says he will "kill" pending legislation to give Delta a tax exemption on jet fuel after the carrier said it was ending its discount for NRA members.

Stretches of secondary fencing are topped with spirals of concertina wire along the U.S.-Mexico border near the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego on Aug. 16, 2017.

Construction Begins To Replace U.S.-Mexico Border Wall In California

The federal government began work Wednesday on replacing border wall in California, the first wall contract awarded in the Trump administration outside of eight prototypes that were built last year in San Diego.

Peter Wang is seen in this photo near a memorial in Parkland, Fla., on Friday. Wang, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was killed when former student Nikolas Cruz opened fire at the school on Wednesday, Feb. 14.

Army Awards Medal For Heroism To 3 JROTC Cadets Killed In Florida Shooting

Freshman cadets Peter Wang, Martin Duque and Alaina Petty were given the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps' highest medal for heroism. Wang, 15, was also posthumously admitted to West Point.

Bronze medalist Aleksandr Krushelnitckii is under suspicion for a failed drug test at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. He's seen here with his wife and Olympic Athletes from Russia curling teammate Anastasia Bryzgalova, as they received their bronze medals.

Russian Curler Is Suspected Of Doping At Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

Aleksandr Krushelnitckii's second sample will be tested Monday. He's accused of taking meldonium — the same drug that got tennis star Maria Sharapova banned back in 2016.

Gary Lum assists his daughter, Mei Lum, with decorating the storefront window at Wing on Wo & Co. for the Lunar New Year in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City. The family imported the unique handmade lion-head dance costume from Hong Kong nearly 50 years ago.

In One Of Chinatown's Oldest Landmarks, A New Generation Readies For Lunar New Year

Mei Lum put off grad school to take over a porcelain shop in New York City that's been in her family for five generations. But Lum wonders, how can she lay new roots without eroding what's there?

Mei Lum holds a pair of iconic Fu Dogs in a discontinued turquoise glaze from Jingdezhen, China. Mei put grad school plans on hold to take over her family's business.

In One Of Chinatown's Oldest Landmarks, A New Generation Readies For Lunar New Year

Mei Lum put off grad school to take over a porcelain shop in New York City that's been in her family for five generations. But Lum wonders, how can she lay new roots without eroding what's there?

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