Douglas MacMillan reports on a utility’s controversial plan to prevent California wildfires. Heather Long explains why the deficit is ballooning under Trump. And Ben Strauss on the changing rules for college athletes.

A California utility that cut off power to curb wildfires may have caused them

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A California utility that cut off power to curb wildfires may have caused them

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