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He said the situation was grim and sought funds from the federal government to deal with the crisis.

California’s court fight to reign in the president’s use of troops in Los Angeles now hangs on a 19th century law with grim origins and a Spaghetti Western-sounding moniker.

Before Saturday’s grim discovery, this year’s Burning Man was punctuated by unexpected joy when a 36-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl.

Their supporters enraged, their respective boards under siege, it's hard to remember a time when both clubs were in such a grim place at the same time.

“A suspected diagnosis keeps the crack in the door open, but this was grim,” he recalls in a video interview from his home in Glasgow, Scotland.