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NORFOLK, Va. — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service mem… Read moreMemorial Day, a day to mourn fallen soldiers, has evolved

It will cost Houston billions of dollars to recover from deadly storms that whipped hurrican… Read moreFinancial damage from thunderstorms rising in the U.S.

LOS ANGELES — Turtle skulls, elephant toenails and sea cucumbers were among the thousands of… Read moreTurtle skulls and elephant toenails are among thousands of items seized at LAX mail facility

NEW YORK — The judge in Donald Trump's hush money trial cleared the courtroom of reporters M… Read moreJudge in Trump's hush money trial threatened to remove witness from court for behavior on stand

A congressman who represents California’s north coast has sent a letter to federal regulator… Read moreLawmaker calls for more consultation with tribes on offshore wind energy

HOUSTON — Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, aft… Read moreSome in Houston facing no power for weeks after storms cause widespread damage, killing at least 4

NEW YORK — The central witness against Donald Trump withstood a withering cross-examination … Read moreTrump’s lawyer charges Michael Cohen lied to jury

LAHAINA, HAWAII — Every morning before she drives to see her students at Lahainaluna High Sc… Read moreMaui fire survivors grapple with health effects

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is rec… Read moreSenators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, the key witness against Donald Trump, conceded under cross-examina… Read moreMichael Cohen: ‘Yes, I would like to see’ Donald Trump convicted

In False Creek, a waterfront community in Vancouver, Canada, the energy being used to heat h… Read moreIn some cities, sewage helps heat homes

NEW YORK — Donald Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stori… Read moreStar witness Michael Cohen says Trump was intimately involved in all aspects of hush money scheme

Sweeping changes to the way long-distance power lines are planned and built were approved by… Read moreRegulators change rules to encourage more high-voltage power lines

A truck driver accused of intentionally killing a police officer during a traffic stop on a … Read moreFuneral honors Utah police sergeant intentionally killed, police say, by truck driver

NEW YORK — With Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen expected to take the witness s… Read moreJudge directs Michael Cohen to keep quiet about Trump ahead of his hush money trial testimony

For the past six months a team of engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been try… Read more15 billion miles away, Voyager 1 hit a crisis; NASA didn't give up.

NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels finished testifying Thursday in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, cap… Read moreStormy Daniels testimony on sex, lies and money was risky for both sides

ROCKFORD, Ill. — The 911 call came just before 8 a.m., and Ladder 5’s four-person crew scram… Read moreWhen residents fall in some senior homes, staff call 911 to pick them up

WASHINGTON — The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade,… Read moreGuns are being stolen from cars at triple the rate they were 10 years ago, a report finds

America’s small towns saw more in-migration in 2023 than larger areas for the first time in … Read moreRecord wave of Americans fled big cities for small ones in 2023

COLUMBIA, Tenn. — Severe storms were tearing through the central and southeast U.S. late Tue… Read morePowerful storms kill 3 as tornadoes tear through central and southeastern US

NEW YORK — All dogs coming into the U.S. from other countries must be at least 6 months old … Read moreDogs entering U.S. must be 6 months old and microchipped to prevent spread of rabies, new rules say

NEW YORK — Donald Trump squirmed and scowled, shook his head and muttered as Stormy Daniels … Read morePorn actor testifies against a former president in hush-money trial

NEW YORK — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial found him in contempt of court… Read moreLooking Trump in the eye, the N.Y. judge warns he may jail him

NEW YORK — Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump, appeared to break down crying on t… Read moreFormer top aide gets testifying at Trump’s hush-money trial

Several Democrats serving as their state’s top election officials have sent a letter to the … Read moreDemocratic officials criticize Meta ad policy, saying it amplifies lies about 2020 election

Police continued to break up campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war Thursday as the de… Read morePolice clear library at Portland State; arrests top 2,000 nationwide

In April 1924, a road crew was working in Sequoia National Park, near the spectacular granit… Read moreFrontier myth vilified the California grizzly. Science tells a new story.

The heat shield of the Orion spacecraft intended one day to carry astronauts to the moon und… Read moreNASA moon capsule suffered extensive damage during 2022 test flight

President Biden on Thursday expanded the boundaries of two national monuments in California … Read moreBiden expands two California national monuments crucial to tribes

California said its population grew last year for the first time since the pandemic began in… Read moreCalifornia population grows for first time since pandemic began

Some of the world’s largest oil companies have privately expressed skepticism of the Paris a… Read moreWhat a years-long probe of Big Oil reveals about its climate strategy

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday for repeatedl… Read moreTrump held in contempt after violating gag order in hush money trial

As a child, Max Hodak learned to develop film in a darkroom with his grandfather who was alm… Read moreRestoring sight is possible now with optogenetics

A federal appellate court in Richmond, Virginia, became the first in the country to rule tha… Read moreCourt says state health-care plans can’t exclude gender-affirming surgery

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Three officers on a U.S. Marshals Task Force serving a warrant for a felon… Read more3 law officers serving warrant are killed, 5 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s defense team attacked the credibility Friday of the prosecution’s … Read moreTrump's lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution's first witness in hush money trial

U.S. births declined in 2023 to their lowest level in more than 40 years, continuing a two-d… Read moreU.S. births fell last year to lowest total since 1979, report says

Merry Turner thought the noise she heard Tuesday from her home in Newberry County, South Car… Read moreCicadas are emerging — and they’re so loud, some called the sheriff

NEW YORK — As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National… Read moreEx-tabloid publisher testifies he scooped up possibly damaging tales to shield his old friend Trump

The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared ready to reject Donald Trump’s sweeping claim that he… Read moreSupreme Court seems poised to allow Trump Jan. 6 trial, but not immediately

Grizzly bears will soon return to the North Cascades in Washington. Read moreFeds greenlight return of grizzlies to Washington's North Cascades

WASHINGTON — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut… Read moreStrict new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down

FALL CITY, Wash. — In newly restored river channels on the Snoqualmie, baby Chinook salmon a… Read moreScientists confine, study Chinook at restored Snoqualmie River habitat