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President Trump says his move to seize control of Washington, D.C.'s police force and deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in the Capitol, should be seen as a warning by other cities around the U.S.

NPR's Brian Mann reports.

During a press conference from the White House, Trump pointed to cities led by Democrats,

including Chicago, Detroit, and New York City, and said he hoped the federal crackdown on

crime underway and Washington would spur them to action.

Other cities are hopefully watching this.

They're all watching, just like everyone's watching here.

They're all watching.

And maybe they'll self-cle clean up. In fact, crime in Washington, D.C. has been going down, according to local and

federal statistics. Many cities around the U.S. have seen violence and property crimes drop sharply

in recent years. Brian Mann and PR News, Washington.

Explosions at a U.S. steel plant near Pittsburgh have

left one person dead, 10 injured, and one missing. Allegheny County Emergency Services set a fire

at the Clareton Coke Works started just before 11 a.m. The subsequent explosions shook

the neighborhood sending dark smoke into the sky.

U.S. Steel Executive Vice President and Chief Manufacturing Officer Scott Buccasso said that employees did their best to minimize the danger.

Our employees did a great job of making sure that we went in and rescued everybody that was involved,

safely shut down all of the gases and utilities.

The plant is the largest coking operation in North America. It's now a subsidiary of Japan-based Nippon Steel, and investigation is underway. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning

an expanded offensive in Gaza, declaring

today that he plans to expand the occupation beyond Gaza City to remaining areas not under Israeli control.

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