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PG&E boss says it wasn’t fully ready for California outages

The CEO of the nation’s largest utility is expected to face angry California lawmakers over the company’s decision to turn off power for millions of people to prevent its...

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US asks federal judge to toss out Nevada plutonium lawsuit

The federal government wants a judge to reject Nevada’s request for a court order to remove weapons-grade plutonium from a site north of Las Vegas

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Long-running coal plant on Navajo Nation stops production

A massive coal-fired power plant that served customers around the U.S. West for nearly 50 years has shut down

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Rancher gets life in prison in beating death of his fiancee

Jurors on Monday began deliberating the case of a Colorado rancher accused of beating his fiancee to death with a baseball bat while their child was in a nearby room

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Chick-fil-A will no longer donate to anti-LGBTQ organizations

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Yogurt sales sour as US breakfast culture changes

Yogurt aisle grows but sales sour as US breakfast culture changes

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Parents, 3 sons die in apparent murder-suicide in San Diego

Police say five members of a family, including three young boys, have died and another boy was hospitalized with injuries in an apparent murder-suicide in San Diego.

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Florida judge draws town’s wrath over school violence case

Residents in a rural northern Florida community are fuming over a judge’s recent to dismiss a case against a 15-year-old who shared a six-page “School Shooting Plan” with...

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Big study casts doubt on need for many heart procedures

A large study finds that people with stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a stent or bypass, but it won't cut their risk of hav...

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Sandy Hook lawsuit could force Remington to open books

A lawsuit against America’s oldest gunmaker is being watched closely

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Alleged gunman, victim among 6 charged after game shooting

Authorities have charged five men, including the alleged gunman, in connection with a shooting at a New Jersey high school football game

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Study links Asian carp with Mississippi River fish drop

A new study says sport fish have declined significantly in portions of the Upper Mississippi River infested with Asian carp

California school shooting suspect described as quiet, smart

People who knew the 16-year-old boy suspected of killing two students in a burst of gunfire at a high school outside Los Angeles described him as a quiet, smart kid who t...

Apprehensions of undocumented immigrants on the Southwest border continue to fall

The number of people apprehended by or surrendering to immigration officials on the U.S.-Mexico border hit its lowest monthly total in more than a year last month.

As Walmart reopens, El Pasoans are still grappling with mass shooting’s aftermath

Teen SC school shooter gets life for killing 1st grader

A school shooter who was 14 when he killed a first grader on a school playground in South Carolina has been sentenced to life in prison without parole

US panel backs wider use of fish oil to prevent heart attack

US health experts recommend wider use prescription-strength fish oil to help prevent heart problems

Correction: Tribe-Whaling story

A weeklong hearing in Seattle will help determine whether a small American Indian tribe in Washington state can once again hunt whales

Defense expert: Iowa murder suspect’s confession unreliable

A defense expert says the confession by the suspect in the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts is not reliable because he was sleep deprived after hours o...

Epstein estate seeks to form fund to compensate accusers

Lawyers for the estate of Jeffrey Epstein want to set up a fund, managed by mediator Kenneth Feinberg, to compensate women who have accused him of sexual abuse

Cows swept away by floodwaters during Hurricane Dorian were found alive four miles away on an island

Three cows separated from their herd and swept away by Hurricane Dorian have been found miles from home in a national seashore park, a spokesman said.

Vaping illnesses in US still rising, though at slower pace

US cases of vaping lung damage continue to increase but at slower pace

Disney+ warns viewers that old movies may have ‘outdated cultural depictions’

Viewers who signed up to stream Disney+ were greeted with disclaimers about racist and offensive content in some older movies.

Charlottesville suit seeks to link online talk to violence

A lawsuit that could go trial next year uses online chats to argue that the white-nationalist violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 was part of a co...