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‘Erratic’ wildfire near Los Angeles burns 5,000 acres, forces hundreds to evacuate

A fast-spreading brush fire north of Los Angeles forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes Friday, as firefighters struggled against triple-digit temperatures and erratic winds to co...

DATE: Sep 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

For Trump, chance to return with empathy for Harvey victims

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump brought plenty of optimism and swagger to Texas on his first visit to survey Harvey’s wreckage. He’s getting a chance to return with empathy. A...

DATE: Sep 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Danger not over: Gas leaks, mold loom for Harvey evacuees

HOUSTON – Bound for their Harvey-soaked home east of Houston, Lakeithia Bankhead and her four children left the mass shelter at the city’s convention center Friday after five nights sleeping...

DATE: Sep 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

An equal opportunity storm: ‘Harvey didn’t spare anyone’

HOUSTON – Harvey did not discriminate in its destruction. It raged through neighborhoods rich and poor, black and white, upscale and working class. Across Houston and surrounding ...

DATE: Sep 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Mexico village to hold Bigfoot festival

JEMEZ SPRINGS, N.M. – A New Mexico village is holding a festival in connection with a legend that Bigfoot is roaming around the state’s Jemez Mountains. The Los Alamos Monitor rep...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kenyan court throws out president’s win, calls for new vote

NAIROBI, Kenya – President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election victory last month was thrown out Friday by Kenya’s Supreme Court, which ordered new voting within 60 days in a stunning decision that...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories is legitimate, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Houston tries to safeguard some areas by flooding others

HOUSTON – Officials in Houston sought Friday to safeguard parts of their devastated city by keeping others flooded in the wake of Harvey, which retained enough rain-making power to raise the...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. job growth slowed in August

WASHINGTON – The U.S. job market hit a lull in August, with employers adding a solid but less-than-robust 156,000 jobs and holding back on meaningful pay raises for most workers. ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gasoline prices head higher while motorists panic

Analysts say lines mainly due to people topping off their tanks

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rescuers seek anyone left in floodwaters

Beaumont loses water supply

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mattis begins sending additional troops to Afghanistan

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he has signed orders to begin deploying additional troops to Afghanistan to carry out President Donald Trump’s new war strategy. Mat...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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