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Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Rain on the way to Southern California will aid firefighters but create a risk of toxic ash runoff

Rain on the way to parched Southern California on Saturday will aid firefighters mopping up multiple wildfires. But heavy downpours on charred hillsides could …

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina

President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones Friday, offering the la…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Stock market today: S&P 500 climbs to a record

The Dow Jones Industrial Average piled on 408 points, or 0.9%, while the Nasdaq composite added 0.2%.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination records

Trump had promised during his reelection campaign to make public the last batches of still-classified documents surrounding President Kennedy's assassination i…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Evacuations ordered as new fast-moving wildfire threatens mountain homes north of Los Angeles

Evacuations were ordered on Wednesday for remote communities near a new fast-moving wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, as Southern California endured …

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Teen fatally shoots a female student and himself at Antioch High School in Nashville, police say

A female student was killed and another student was wounded Wednesday in shooting in a Nashville high school cafeteria, police said.

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Trump's executive order gives TikTok a reprieve. What happens next?

President Donald Trump has directed his Justice Department to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban until early April, but a host of questions remain - including…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
'Orchestrated attack' on Portland elections office shatters dozens of windows, police say

A group of hooded and masked people broke dozens of windows and spray painted anti-government graffiti on the Multnomah County Elections building in what Portl…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
‘Once in a lifetime’ snow hits parts of the U.S. South

The National Weather Service's Lake Charles, Louisiana, office issued its first-ever blizzard warning Tuesday. The NWS' Mobile office reposted video on X of tw…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Trump returns to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions

Declaring that government faces a “crisis of trust," Trump said in his inaugural address that under his administration “our sovereignty will be reclaimed. Our …

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
With a US ban on TikTok hours away, Trump says he 'most likely' will grant an extension

The clock is ticking toward a U.S. ban on TikTok, but users seeking clarity on what that will mean did not get much Saturday from the company that runs the pop…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Extreme cold forecast for much of US in coming days

Another blast of winter weather is expected in parts of the U.S. in the coming days, including bone-chilling wind in the Northern Plains and unusual snow and i…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Supreme Court backs law banning TikTok if it's not sold by its Chinese parent company

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company, holding that…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Trump's swearing-in will move inside the Capitol Rotunda because of intense cold weather

President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather.

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Biden won't enforce TikTok ban, official says, leaving fate of app to Trump

President Joe Biden won't enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a U.S. official said…