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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took the government shutdown fight to the Mexican border on Thursday, edging closer to declaring a national emergency in an extraordinary end run around Congress to fund his long-promised border wall. Pressure was mounting to find an escape hatch from the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government, cutting scattered services and leaving hundreds of thousands of workers without pay.

BARRON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin authorities say a teenager missing since her parents were killed in October was found alive in a tiny town about 40 miles south of Lake Superior. Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs went missing Oct. 15 when her parents were found dead in the family's home near Barron in northwestern Wisconsin.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will testify publicly before a House committee next month in a hearing that could serve as the opening salvo of a Democratic effort to scrutinize Trump, his conflicts of interest and his ties to Russia. The House Oversight and Reform Committee announced Thursday that Cohen will appear before the panel Feb. 7.

PHOENIX (AP) — Court documents say a doctor examined an Arizona woman in a vegetative state nearly nine months before she gave birth but didn't find that she was pregnant. A medical expert says it's possible she displayed no outward signs like swollen belly that workers who cared for her every day would have noticed either. A doctor found no change in her health during an exam at a Phoenix long-term care facility on April 16. The baby was born Dec. 29. Authorities are searching for her rapist.

UNDATED (AP) — A prosecutor's plea for any victims of R&B singer R. Kelly to come forward has sparked hope among some advocates that one of the top-selling recording artists of all time might face charges for sexual misconduct. Kelly has been dogged for years by allegations involving women and underage girls _ accusations he and his attorneys have long denied. But a new documentary, new protests and the remarks by Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx could trigger an investigation.

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