California wildfires at risk of sparking as wind blows in
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A weather system approaching northwest California was expected to bring dry lightning and blustery winds by late Thursday, unleashing...
In COVID-slammed Idaho, schools risk buckling hospitals
BOISE, Idaho — When Idaho public health officials announced this week that northern hospitals were so crowded with coronavirus patients that they would be...
Witness says R. Kelly kept her locked up before sex assault
NEW YORK — She was an unsuspecting radio station intern in 2003 when she pursued what she thought would be a career-making interview with...
Feds, North Dakota to negotiate pipeline policing costs
BISMARCK, N.D. — Federal and state lawyers will meet in North Dakota next week to negotiate a settlement for money that the state claims...
Country singer Brett Eldredge encounters bear in garage
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Country singer Brett Eldredge has had another encounter with wildlife, this one involving a bear at a North Carolina home.
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Police: Suspect in killings of Houston family killed himself
HOUSTON — A man suspected of killing a family of four and setting their Houston home on fire fatally shot himself as officers tried...
Alabama: Pastor can hold inmate’s hand during execution
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama said it will allow a death row inmate's pastor to hold his hand during a lethal injection next month, a...
Boston cardinal tours vaccine laboratory in Cuban capital
HAVANA — The Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, took a tour of a Cuban COVID-19 vaccine laboratory on Thursday as...
EPA seeks to restart process that could restrict Alaska mine
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it would seek to restart a process that could restrict mining in Alaska’s Bristol...
Judge Judy returning to TV in November, with granddaughter
NEW YORK — Judge Judy Sheindlin is returning to television on Nov. 1 with a new red robe, a granddaughter in tow and the...