Paradise, California, had long prepared for wildfires. But only in its worst nightmares did it imagine the kind of "mega-fire" that last week destroyed most of the town — and is becoming a common occurrence in the state. Born of tinder-dry conditions and erratic winds, the Camp Fire was the latest ...
Every breath you take: Indian capital's smog leaves children gasping for air
Deepa Tampi worries a lot about the air her two children breathe. The garment exporter says she believes her 14-year-old ...
'Warehousing' curbs eased, states to get more scope to expand inpatient mental care under Medicaid
The Trump administration Tuesday allowed states to provide more inpatient treatment for people with serious mental illness by tapping Medicaid, ...
Trump may answer written Russia probe questions this week, but not on obstruction: source
President Donald Trump is expected to provide written answers to questions from the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election as soon as this week, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The questions from special counsel Robert Mueller ...
Moscow bars opposition leader Alexei Navalny from leaving Russia
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was stopped at a Moscow airport on Tuesday and barred from leaving Russia as he was about to travel to a hearing at the European Court for Human Rights in France. Navalny said in a blog post that he was ...
Homeland Security chief expected to exit as Trump plans administration-wide shake-up
President Donald Trump is weighing an administration-wide shake-up as he looks to prepare his White House for divided government, but it is unclear who is going and who is staying. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was thought to be out as soon as this week, ...
Security tight as U.S. trial is set to tell epic, bloody tale of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo'
During the height of Mexican drug wars in 1993, an attempted hit on Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman went wrong. A team of gunmen sent to rub out the notorious drug lord instead killed a Roman Catholic cardinal at an airport in Guadalajara, outraging the Mexican ...
Melania Trump calls for firing of national security aide as White House shakeup rumors swirl
U.S. first lady Melania Trump on Tuesday publicly pushed for the dismissal of deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel — a rare criticism of a senior administration official by the president's wife. The rebuke — via a brief statement from the first lady's spokeswoman — ...
Texas mulls history curriculum that cuts Helen Keller, Hillary Clinton, keeps Moses
The Texas Board of Education is discussing changes to the history curriculum that could scrap lessons featuring Hillary Clinton, Helen Keller and Barry Goldwater, but keep instruction about how Moses influenced the nation's Founding Fathers and the ways states' rights helped cause the Civil ...
John Bolton says tape doesn't link Saudi prince to critic's slaying at consulate
President Donald Trump's national security adviser said Tuesday that people who have listened to an audio recording of the killing of a Saudi journalist do not think it implicates Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in his death. "That is not the conclusion that the ...
Authorities moved to set up a rapid DNA-analysis system and bring in cadaver dogs, mobile morgues and more search teams in an intensified effort to find and identify victims of the deadliest wildfire in California history, an inferno that killed at least 42 people. Five ...
Southern California wildfire roars back to life, but away from homes
Southern California's huge wildfire roared to life again Tuesday in a mountain wilderness area, but in a sign of significant progress against the blaze, more neighborhoods were reopened to thousands of residents who fled last week. A massive plume rose suddenly at midmorning in the ...
Macron joins growing list of U.S. allies to be insulted by Trump
President Donald Trump's Twitter-lashing of his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, is only the latest insult by the U.S. leader against longstanding allies. Here are some memorable barbs from Trump, who has brazenly defied traditional diplomatic convention not to speak ill of allies in public: FRANCE Trump had ...
Trump again calls on Florida Democrat to concede, implies ballot fraud but offers no proof
President Donald Trump again weighed in on Florida's election recount Tuesday, calling for the state's Democratic senator to admit he lost and again implied two counties' election officials are trying to steal the election from the Republicans without offering any proof. Trump tweeted out Tuesday ...
May puts Brexit deal to U.K. Cabinet as political perils mount
Prime Minister Theresa May has clinched a Brexit deal with the European Union after months of deadlock. She now has to convince a skeptical Cabinet that it's not a sellout and overcome near impossible odds to get it through Parliament. Negotiators have settled on a ...
