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Entire streets have been reduced to smoldering rubble, and more than 175 buildings and other structures have been destroyed, as a Northern California wildfire continues to spread.

Joe Biden worked Monday to convince blue-collar and middle-class voters here that Donald Trump is their enemy, not their friend and champion. “The phrase he’s most proud of: ‘You’re fired.’ … Click to Continue »

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A transgender prisoner sued the Florida Department of Corrections on Monday to demand hormone treatments that she said were promised when she pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder. The suit filed in federal court in Tallahassee says Reiyn Keohane, 22, is receiving cruel and unusual punishment because she needs the hormone treatments

Selena Gomez made headlines on Sunday after calling out Justin Bieber on Instagram, and while many fans have supported her for it, she's actually going against her own advice she...

Guests were evacuated from the Rumor Boutique Hotel today after a two-alarm fire, according to the Clark County Fire Department. Nobody was injured. Firefighters responded ...

‘Thelma and Louise’ turns 25, plays at Bay Area theaters Susan Sarandon told The Chronicle in 2014 that she doesn’t have a favorite of her movies, but rather I’m proud and grateful of all the films that seem to mean something to people. … People have come up and thanked me for movies that have helped them to become the protagonist of their own lives, that I’m really proud of: ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show — ‘Don’t dream it, be it’; ‘Thelma & Louise’ — ‘Don’t settle.’

Settlement could include fines for emissions violations topping $1.2-billion

DENVER — Colorado voters this fall will decide whether terminally ill people should be allowed to receive prescriptions for drugs to end their own lives. The “Medical Aid in Dying” measure was certified Monday as having enough petition signatures to make ballots this fall. Five other states have some law allowing the terminally ill to

An airstrike carried out by a Saudi-led coalition which hit a hospital in north-western Yemen has claimed the lives of at least 11 people and injured at least 19, the Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, or MSF) aid group said.

Airstrikes hit a hospital in northern Yemen on Monday killing 11 and wounding 19, according to Doctors Without Borders.

U.S. stocks are in uncharted — and dangerous — territory, writes Michael Sincere.

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Researchers at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles say childhood cancer survivors need greater long-term monitoring based on self-reported symptoms in a study.

Eury has served as crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick, among others.

Around two million people need humanitarian assistance near the Syrian city of Aleppo, including the residents of districts controlled by the government forces, the deputy spokesman for the UN secretary-general said Monday.

As it enhances its arsenal, the US Air Force has conducted the first test of an upgraded B-52 bomber.

Representatives of the families of mineworkers who lost their lives during the platinum mine strike in Marikana in 2012 say they are disappointed that four years later not much progress has been made by the government to honour those who lost their lives.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Opponents of the death penalty have released an economic study estimating the cost of administering the severe penalty in Nebraska.

Part of this month’s Third Thursdays in Yerba Buena, which also features free gallery admission and later hours, is a live performance of Binta Ayofemi’s new piece, “Untitled (Chorus).” Ayofemi, who got her master’s of fine arts in studio art from Stanford and whose work has appeared at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, resists easy categorization, but one enduring interest is in recontextualizing public urban spaces so that users engage with them more thoughtfully, with greater awareness of both how they act on us and we with them. Читать дальше...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — There seems to be growing concern about the status of oft-injured New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz. The 29-year-old, who missed all of last season with a calf injury and has played in just six games over the past two, missed practice Monday because of a groin injury. Cruz was

OLDENZAAL - ‘Fantastische prestatie, Sanne. Vanuit Oldenzaal hartelijk gefeliciteerd. We zijn enorm trots op je!’ Burgemeester Theo Schouten was er als de kippen bij om Sanne Wevers via Twitter te feliciteren met haar olympisch goud op de balk.

MSF expressed outrage at what it described as the fourth attack on one of its facilities in less than a year.

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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on an intention to tighten American borders as a measure to avert potential future terrorist attacks in the United States.