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It's been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific and there's still a long way to go
The most active season on record in the eastern Pacific was 1992, when there were 25 named storms, Rosencrans said…
Northern California wildfires threatening thousands of homes
Wildfires raging through Northern California are threatening thousands of homes and blackening the skies near San Francisco as crews struggle to surround them …
Puerto Rico imposes stricter measures amid coronavirus spike
Puerto Rico’s governor says she will place the U.S. territory on a 24-hour lockdown every Sunday as part of stricter measures to fight a spike in coronavirus cases
Florida virus deaths surpass 10,000 as teachers, state argue
The number of people in Florida confirmed to have died from the new coronavirus has surpassed 10,000
Police: People try to flood Portland police union building
Authorities say people marched to the police union building in Portland, Oregon, Monday night and tried to break into the facility
The home front: Virus stalks nurses after they leave work
For four nurses in a Southern California hospital, the scariest place isn't the ward where they care for coronavirus patients
Canada U.S border restrictions extended to at least Sept.
The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month
Stocks rebound on Wall Street, S&P 500 trades above record
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 289.93 points
Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate
Joe Biden has chosen California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate
Navajo Nation president asks Trump to commute death sentence
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has asked President Donald Trump to commute the death sentence of a Navajo man convicted in the 2001 killing of a fellow tribal member and her 9-year-old granddaughter
1 dead, 4 rescued after gas explosion levels Baltimore homes
A natural gas explosion has leveled three row houses in Baltimore, killing a woman and trapping others
Harleys everywhere, masks nowhere: Sturgis draws thousands
Thousands of bikers are pouring into the small South Dakota city of Sturgis as the 80th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally rumbles to life despite fears it could lead to…
US adds 1.8 million jobs in a sign that hiring has weakened
The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus is slowing hiring and t…
The Latest: US deaths predicted at nearly 300,000 by Dec. 1
A widely cited University of Washington model predicts U.S. deaths from COVID-19 will reach nearly 300,000 by Dec. 1
1.2 million seek jobless aid after $600 federal check ends
Nearly 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits last week, evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs ju…
New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA
New York’s attorney general is suing the National Rifle Association, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over allegations tha…