A motorists on Highway 101 watches flames from the Thomas fire leap above the roadway north of Ventura, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2017. Southern California Edison has reached an agreement with state ...

The proposed 10-year sand mining project — with a two year additional reclamation period — would extract 4.3 million cubic ...

Yaccarino, a traditional business executive, was in many ways a strong foil to the mercurial and controversy-courting Musk.

Composer, pianist, educator and bandleader Jason Moran announced on social media that he is no longer the artistic director for jazz. Moran joined the Kennedy Center in 2011.

After the 12-day war in June, the issue of who will succeed Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ...

President Trump this week has been firing off letters to global leaders that threaten new, high tariff rates and also ...

The U.S. has hit an unwelcome milestone in measles cases this year. The CDC is reporting 1,288 cases across the country. The ...

The move escalates an ongoing battle between Trump's Republican administration and Democratic-led California over trans ...

President Trump is hosting 5 African leaders in Washington this week — a mini summit that's raising eyebrows over who was ...

Last week, a federal jury in Manhattan found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation for prostitution while acquitting him on more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

Europe recently downgraded the protected status of wolves, sparking concern among conservationists who warn this may undo decades of progress and lead to the species becoming threatened again.

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