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November 13, 2018

Utility emailed woman about problems 1 day before fire

A day before a deadly blaze destroyed a California town, the giant utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. got in touch with Betsy ...

November 12, 2018

Migrant caravan moves on western Mexico city of Guadalajara

Several thousand Central American migrants heading for the U.S. border arrived in the western Mexico city of Guadalajara with ...

November 13, 2018

New blazes fan fresh fears in California as some return home

The sky was black and flames on the next ridge were fast approaching when Paul Rasmussen, his pregnant wife and 6-year-old ...

November 12, 2018

Episcopal bishop says he is banning gay unions on his turf

An Episcopal bishop in upstate New York says the church has been "hijacked by the 'Gay Rights Agenda'" in a directive barring ...

November 12, 2018

Pennsylvania diocese sued over priest named in probe

A man is suing a Pennsylvania-based Roman Catholic diocese alleging abuse by a now-defrocked priest named in a statewide ...

November 12, 2018

Private college students kidnapped, sexually assaulted

A convicted felon has been charged with abducting two Christian college students and forcing them to perform sex acts on each ...

November 13, 2018

Bishops delay votes on combating church sex abuse crisis

At the Vatican's insistence, U.S. Catholic bishops abruptly postponed plans Monday to vote on proposed new steps to address ...

November 12, 2018

Bar gunman was 'out of control' in high school, coach says

A second high school coach of the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar recalled him on Sunday as volatile ...

November 12, 2018

Winds cause flare-ups of big Southern California wildfire

Strong Santa Ana winds returned to Southern California on Sunday, causing flare-ups of a huge wildfire that has scorched a ...

November 12, 2018

Death toll rises in California wildfire, matching deadliest

As relatives desperately searched shelters for missing loved ones on Sunday, crews searching the smoking ruins of Paradise ...

November 12, 2018

Migrant caravan moves on to central Mexico city of Irapuato

Local Mexican officials again helped thousands of Central American migrants find rides Sunday on the latest leg of their ...

November 12, 2018

Harrowing escapes, heartbreaking loss in Northern California

In the days since a ferocious, wind-whipped wildfire began tearing through this Northern California town, residents who ...

November 11, 2018

Rescues, not firefight, prove emotional for firefighters

Casey Peck had never prayed so hard. His fire engine was trapped with dozens of cars and panicked people as an inferno roared ...

November 11, 2018

Fighting rages street-to-street in Yemen's key port city

Street battles raged on Sunday in several areas of Yemen's contested port city of Hodeida, where a U.S.-backed, Saudi-led ...

November 11, 2018

Gunman who killed 12 died from self-inflicted gunshot

An autopsy determined that the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar died from a self-inflicted gunshot, ...

November 11, 2018

Death toll in Northern California wildfire rises to 23

The few residents of the burned-out Northern California city of Paradise who were able to inspect their property on Saturday ...

November 11, 2018

Migrant caravan heads north after departing Mexico City

Thousands of Central American migrants set up tents and strung tarps at a stadium in the central Mexican city of Queretaro, ...

November 11, 2018

New York City's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree goes up

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is in place and will soon be strung with 50,000 lights as one of New York City's star ...

November 10, 2018

Military veterans, 2 friends, bar workers killed in shooting

One was a veteran police officer who didn't hesitate to run toward danger. Another had survived the deadliest mass shooting ...