Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, 91, due in court in sex assault case
BOSTON — Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-powerful prelate who was expelled from the priesthood for sexual abuse, is due in court...
Ida: Narrow escapes, deadly delays and a husband’s sacrifice
NEW YORK — Tales of selflessness and heroism — and of deadly delays and heartbreaking missed opportunities — are emerging after the remnants of...
Ida’s toll grows with deaths of 4 nursing home residents
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana officials launched an investigation into the deaths of four nursing home residents who had been evacuated to a warehouse ahead...
First flames, then fees: Tahoe evacuees report price-gouging
STATELINE, Nev. — As fearful Lake Tahoe residents packed up belongings and fled a raging wildfire burning toward the California-Nevada border, some encountered an...
Biden message to battered Gulf Coast: ‘We are here for you’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is calling for greater public resolve to confront climate change and help the nation deal with the fierce storms,...
Calmer winds aid California fire fight but hot weekend looms
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Fire crews took advantage of decreasing winds to battle a California wildfire near popular Lake Tahoe and were even...
Seeing danger, some in GOP leery of Texas abortion law
RICHMOND, Va. — Almost instantly after most abortions were banned in Texas, Democrats were decrying the new law as unconstitutional, an assault on women's...
Mutual aid groups give personalized help after Hurricane Ida
The day after Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana, Delaney Nolan spent hours biking around New Orleans, handing out money to people who needed to pay...
Judge says forcing waits in Mexico to seek asylum is illegal
SAN DIEGO — A federal judge ruled Thursday that the U.S. government's practice of denying migrants a chance to apply for asylum on the...
Experts call for rigorous audit to protect California recall
A group of election security experts on Thursday called for a rigorous audit of the upcoming California gubernatorial recall after copies of systems used...