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This photo illustration shows Ramon Eduardo Arellano-Félix, who is on a blacklist of U.S. enemies kept by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. He was killed in 2002 but remains on the list along with his imprisoned brothers who ran the Tijuana drug cartel.

Lawsuits Say Credit-Check Companies Misidentify Thousands As Enemies Of The US

Credit-check companies misidentify thousands as terrorists and cartel kingpins. One man’s name came back as the name of a boat.

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Station 1 is shown in this undated photo.

Fire Weather Risk Causes Power Outages, School Closures In San Diego County

Seven rural school districts as well as two campuses in San Diego County were closed Wednesday as the region remained under a red flag warning denoting a strong risk of wildfire and around 18,600 utility customers remained without power.

Protesters chanted slogans against the regime last month in Cairo, Egypt, at a rare protest.

Major Crackdown In Egypt Sweeps Up Activists, Children — And At Least 1 U.S. Citizen

Protesters, schoolchildren and some of the government's most prominent critics have all been detained in a government clampdown. So was a 22-year-old American college student, accused of spying.

A farmer picks coca leaves in a field in Colombia.

Colombia Tries To Get Farmers Out Of The Cocaine Biz. How's That Going?

If farmers uproot coca plants, whose leaves are used to make cocaine, the government has promised money, seeds and technology to help raise everything from peppercorns to pigs.

Some cutters use a razor blade for the female genital mutilation procedure.

2 Young Sisters Die After Undergoing Female Genital Mutilation

The girls were ages 10 and 11 and lived in Somalia, which has the highest rate of FGM in the world.

An outside view of the homeless tent shelter on Sports Arena Boulevard, Dec. 22, 2017.

Second Homeless Tent Shelter Opened Friday

The second of three large tent shelters for San Diego's homeless went into operation Friday in the Midway District.

Hasan Ikhrata, incoming executive director of SANDAG, speaks during a press conference after his hire was announced, Sept. 14, 2018.

SANDAG Board Selects New Executive Director

The San Diego Association of Governments has selected Hasan Ikhrata as its new executive director. Ikhrata is currently executive director of the Southern California Association of Governments.

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, is due to meet with members of Congress over three days in Washington. The political stakes are high for both Democrats and Republicans.

Get Caught Up On Michael Cohen, Trump's Ex-Lawyer, And His Big Week In D.C.

The onetime attorney and fixer has closed meetings scheduled with the House and Senate intelligence panels and an open one set for the House oversight committee. It could be a doozy.

A line forms outside a polling site on election day in Atlanta on Tuesday. More than 47 percent of the voting-eligible population cast a ballot in the midterm elections on Tuesday according to early estimates from the United States Election Project.

A Boatload Of Ballots: Midterm Voter Turnout Hit 50-Year High

More than 47 percent of the voting-eligible population cast a ballot in the midterm elections on Tuesday, according to early estimates. That's the highest turnout for a midterm since 1966.

Lou Reed performs in New York City in 2004. "I wanted to write a book that took Lou ... seriously," says biographer Anthony DeCurtis.

Biographer Sought To Write The Kind Of Book Lou Reed 'Deserved'

"It wasn't like I had to go looking for the drugs and the sex," Anthony DeCurtis says. "Lou wrote about it ... so I felt it was fair game." DeCurtis' new book is Lou Reed: A Life.

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