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Top CNS stories for today including a former Marine carrying out a mass shooting at a Western-style bar in California that killed a dozen people Wednesday night; the Ninth Circuit upholds a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration from ending a program that shields some 700,000 young immigrants from deportation; an attorney defending Trump associate Roger Stone urges the D.C. Circuit to find the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller unconstitutional; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is hospitalized and found to have fractured three ribs; California regulators on Wednesday agree to postpone a restoration proposal that would reduce water for cities and farmers during droughts; a new study finds that adapting to higher altitudes gave the people in the Andes Mountains an ability to avoid being completely wiped out by the diseases of European colonists; in Europe, far-right nationalists see signs their day is about to come again, and more.

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National

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2012 file photo, a legal immigrant reads a guide of the conditions needed to apply for Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, CHIRLA offices in Los Angeles. A U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, that President Donald Trump cannot immediately end the Obama-era program shielding young immigrants from deportation. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously kept in place a preliminary injunction blocking Trump's decision to phase out the DACA program. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

1.) The Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration from ending a program that shields some 700,000 young immigrants from deportation.

In this image made from aerial video, police vehicles line a road in the vicinity of a shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, early Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Authorities say there were multiple injuries _ including one officer _ after a man opened fire in Southern California bar late Wednesday. (KABC via AP)

2.) Families and neighbors of those affected by Wednesday night’s mass shooting at a Western-style bar in California that killed a dozen people gathered Thursday morning at a reunification site to learn the fate of their loved ones.

Attorney Paul Kamenar as he leaves federal court in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Judges on a federal appeals court heard arguments from Kamenar and are weighing whether to invalidate the Russia investigation over arguments made a former aide to longtime Trump confidante Roger Stone that the special counsel’s appointment was unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

3.) Fighting the subpoena brought against an aide to Trump associate Roger Stone, an attorney urged the D.C. Circuit on Thursday to find the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller unconstitutional.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the stage after speaking to first-year students at Georgetown Law in Washington on Sept. 26, 2018. Ginsburg has been hospitalized after fracturing three ribs in fall at court. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Regional

5.) Yielding to the governor’s office, California regulators on Wednesday agreed to postpone a restoration proposal that would reduce water for cities and farmers during droughts in hopes of spurring last-minute negotiations among the plan’s critics.

Authorities escort Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, center, from a plane to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., on Jan. 19, 2017. A jury has been picked for the U.S. trial of the Mexican drug lord. Seven women and five men were selected on Nov. 7, 2018, as jurors in the case against Guzman. The trial is set to begin Nov. 13 with opening statements in federal court in Brooklyn. (Photo via U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration)

6.) Citing legitimate concerns an escape attempt could follow, a federal judge refused Thursday to let Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman hug his wife before the start of his drug-trafficking trial.

Shown is the Robert Indiana sculpture "LOVE" in John F. Kennedy Plaza, commonly known as Love Park, in Philadelphia, onMay 21, 2018. Indiana, best known for his 1960s LOVE series, died from respiratory failure on May 19, 2018, at his home in Maine, Indiana's attorney said. He was 89. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

7.) Defending the city’s sanctuary status, an attorney for Philadelphia urged the Third Circuit on Wednesday to affirm that its position should not come at the cost of federal funding.

Science

8.) Adapting to higher altitudes gave the people in the Andes Mountains an advantage most inhabitants of the “New World” unfortunately did not have: They were able to avoid being completely wiped out by the diseases of European colonists, according to a new genetic study of people in the region.

International

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, file photo, Demonstrators burn flares and wave Polish flags during the annual march to commemorate Poland's National Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland. Thousands of nationalists marched in Warsaw on Poland's Independence Day holiday, taking part in an event that was organized by far-right groups. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

9.) “Merkel exit. Macron weak. Salvini strong. Brexit. The destruction of the EU is unfolding.” Done. Send. In 13 words on Twitter, Geert Wilders, the far-right anti-Islamic Dutch party leader living under police protection due to threats, summed up the reasons for a jubilant mood among Europe’s far-right nationalists.

**10.) ** Reviving a trademark dispute over spin-class equipment, the European General Court ruled Thursday that authorities must consider input from gym operators, not just the perceptions of the general public.

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