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VIDEO: From the streets to six figures in six weeks? The Tenderloin used to be one of San Francisco’s roughest neighborhoods, but it’s now home to powerhouse tech-based companies like Twitter, AirBnB and Uber. As the tech companies expand, homelessness and job displacement for locals continues to rise. One man who lived on the street for 18 years is now dedicated to helping other homeless people learn to code so they can to pursue jobs in the neighborhood.

Paul Manafort has his day in court. The 69-year-old former Trump campaign chairman went on trial today in Alexandria, Virginia, on one of two criminal cases brought against him by special counsel Robert Mueller. The charges against Manafort are unrelated to the core of Mueller’s investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.

VIDEO EXPLAINER: An American president has the power to nominate a candidate for the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. Still, there is a confirmation process that each nominee must go through. Here’s what happens next.

Many families in Houston are still struggling to recover from the devastating floods brought on by Hurricane Harvey last year. As the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season begins, city officials are seeing what can be done to prevent future flooding. For some Houstonians looking ahead is hard when trying to get their life back to normal continues to be a living nightmare.

VIDEO: Robotics. Technology. This isn’t your mother’s Girl Scouts. The young ladies still sing by the campfire, earn badges and sell cookies, but they’ve also starting picking up skills — like science, technology, engineering and mathematics — to help with their future careers.