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November 14, 2018

Amazon goes bicoastal, will open HQs in New York, DC suburb

Amazon has set its sights on two of the nation's largest and most powerful metro areas, announcing Tuesday it had chosen a ...

November 13, 2018

Wolf taken to Isle Royale National Park this fall dies

A gray wolf relocated this fall from mainland Minnesota to Isle Royale National Park has died of unknown causes, officials ...

November 13, 2018

Officials: Vegas air controller who went silent has resigned

An air traffic controller who became incapacitated during a solo stint on a night shift in the tower at busy McCarran ...

November 13, 2018

Amazon's growing pains in Seattle offer lessons to new hosts

As Amazon turns its attention to setting up new homes in Long Island City, New York and Arlington, Virginia, experts and ...

November 13, 2018

Missouri teacher suspended after student dresses as Klansman

A southern Missouri teacher who oversaw a history class presentation in which a ninth-grader dressed as a member of the Ku ...

November 13, 2018

Mayo Clinic receives record $200M gift from Michigan donor

A corporate strategist from Michigan has given Mayo Clinic its largest gift ever — $200 million. The Rochester-based medical ...

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 13, 2018

Grim calculus: Coroners search for those killed in wildfire

The blue of an unfurled body bag has become a gut-wrenching splash of color in this apocalyptic landscape as pressure mounts ...

November 13, 2018

Amid drug crisis, spiritual first responders hit the streets

Sidewalk prayers near shoot-up spots. Sunday sermons in the back of a bar. Pleas to struggling souls to surrender to God.

November 13, 2018

National Grid to use 'noise cannon' to scare away crows

After all else failed, National Grid is bringing in a cannon to scare away the hundreds of crows that have been hanging ...

November 13, 2018

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. HOPE DWINDLES IN ...

November 13, 2018

Runaway elephant returned to upstate New York sanctuary

An elephant that was burned by napalm during the Vietnam War has been returned to an upstate New York animal sanctuary after ...

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 13, 2018

Migrant caravan moves to 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

Authorities still assessing why California shooter snapped

Investigators are still trying to piece together what led a former Marine to open fire at a Southern California country music ...

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

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 ...