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A longtime Los Angeles Fire Department leader who is currently the head of the agency’s Valley operations will become the department’s new chief, Mayor Karen Bass confirmed Friday.

He has no alternative, though, however much support Washington pours in, says Mark Sobel, a longtime Treasury official who’s now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Reconstruction is one of the most significant challenges facing Syria's new Islamist authorities after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last December.

Graham Platner, a military veteran and oyster farmer, is hoping to unseat longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in what is likely to be one of the most competitive Senate races next year.

Following Dr. Graham on his medical rounds, they witness no heroic acts of surgery—he cauterizes a persistent sore on someone’s face; he presides at the death bed of a longtime patient and friend.