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Climate change is forcing wildlife from mountains in the Northwest onto farmland. Wild elk are pillaging haystacks and farmers are using all sorts of creative deterrents to save lucrative crops.

Prosecutors say the looting of the fund bankrolled lavish spending on jewels, art and real estate. The spoils even helped finance Hollywood movies, including the 2013 film "The Wolf of Wall Street."

Efforts are underway to create a memorial for people who died from COVID. Some are pushing for a monument, others are working for a day of remembrance.

The canal is being widened to handle much larger ships. But after five years of building, the project is expected to cost at least $1.6 billion more than planned. The builders and the canal operators both say the other side should pay.

Jamie Spurway left his hometown in Scotland for a semester abroad in California in 1998. When he got there he had trouble getting to his final destination until a friendly stranger offered him help.

Several hours east of Uvalde, the site of a mass shooting at an elementary school, the NRA is holding its annual convention and gun show. The NRA expressed its "deepest sympathies" over the shooting.

Canada's prime minister has introduced gun-control legislation that would freeze new handgun purchases, and introduce a mandatory buyback program for some assault-style weapons.

Ilene Steur, who was one of 10 people injured in the April attack, says in the lawsuit that Glock's marketing practices made it possible for the shooting suspect to buy one of the company's guns.

Ice storms, blizzards, tornadoes and heat waves. Washington Post meteorologist Matt Rogers breaks down for Renee Montagne December's very unusual weather and looks ahead to the new year.