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The rains have now eased, but Southern California remains on alert for the potential for high water and mud and rock slides from that atmospheric river storm.

Tim Maurice lives in the Naples neighborhood of Long Beach, where kayakers paddle the streets.

It's a little scary.

The storm dumped up to six inches of rain on Saturday, flooding highways.

And according to the Los Angeles Times, there have been mudslides, but no major property damage in the vulnerable Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods, which were scarred by those wildfires back in January.

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President Trump has issued two pardons linked to the investigation into the January 6th riot at the U.S.

Capitol.

One is for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents who were investigating a tip that she may have been at the Capitol.

Trump issued the second pardon for a January 6th defendant who had remained behind bars, despite the president's clemency grant issued when he regained the White House.

He'd been convicted on separate charges.

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and one of the rebel groups in the country, the M23, have signed a framework agreement for a peace deal.

Michael Koloke has more.

The NFL's first regular season game in Spain is set to get underway in a couple of hours.

Washington commanders are to take on the Miami Dolphins in a game being played at the home stadium of Real Madrid, one of the most successful soccer teams in the world.

The game is the seventh game of this international game of the season, most ever for the NFL.

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Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as he was on his way to spend the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump seemed to downplay his executive order exempting tariffs on items such as coffee, bananas, and beef, saying he does not anticipate future rollbacks.

The exemptions, however, represent a reversal by the Trump administration after voters in this month's off-year election cited economic concerns as their top issue.

Democrats scored big wins in Virginia, New Jersey, and in other key races around the country.