ROSELAND, La. — A fire at an automotive supply plant in Louisiana was 90% contained Sunday, but a mandatory evacuation order remained in place as crews tried to address remaining […]
Wildfires threaten homes in Oregon and California, prompting hundreds of evacuations
Thousands of homes in Northern California wine country and central Oregon were under evacuation orders and warnings Sunday as firefighting crews battled wildfires in dry, hot weather. The Pickett Fire, […]
Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada to plead guilty to federal charges
Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is expected to plead guilty to federal charges related to his role in the violent drug trade that for years flooded the […]
University of South Carolina all clear after unconfirmed reports of active shooter
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina has given the all-clear after issuing an alert Sunday about a possible active shooter near a library on the main Columbia campus, […]
France summons US ambassador over ‘unacceptable’ letter about antisemitism
WASHINGTON — France has summoned the American ambassador to Paris after the diplomat, Charles Kushner, wrote a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron alleging the country did not do enough […]
How Hurricane Katrina shaped these New Orleans educators
NEW ORLEANS — Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina changed the face of education in New Orleans forever. The school system was utterly destroyed and then utterly transformed, becoming the first […]
Rural Colorado mourns 6 who died from suspected gas exposure at dairy farm
Six workers who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons, an incident that left rural Colorado communities […]
Fed Chair Powell faces fresh challenges to Fed independence amid potential rate cuts
WASHINGTON — Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do […]
Texas redistricting fight shakes up battle lines for both parties in key US Senate race
HOUSTON — Just as Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred was holding a town hall near the Mexican border as part of an “unrig Texas” campaign tour, the state’s Democratic […]
US heat wave smothers Pacific Northwest, poses extreme risk in California and Arizona
SEATTLE — Residents of the Western U.S. sweltered in a heat wave Saturday that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous levels throughout the weekend in Washington, Oregon, […]