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A swarm of at least six earthquakes reaching up to magnitude 2.9 rattled San Ramon near San Francisco, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

The other quakes in the Saturday, Dec. 13, swarm ranged from magnitude 1.3 to 2.3,...Read more

President Donald Trump signaled Sunday the U.S. will do “big damage” to the militants behind a deadly attack on American forces in Syria that he blamed on the Islamic State.

Trump’s comment amplified his vow to ...Read more

Avery Korkorowitz said she’s been recovering from a recent asthma attack that lasted three days.

“I couldn’t breathe, I was gasping constantly,” said Korkorowitz, an Imperial Beach resident of four years. “It ...Read more

Kentucky’s U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said more congressional redistricting could lead to political violence across the country.

The process of redrawing district boundaries to determine how many representatives there are in ...Read more

Emma Kleck has been totally dependent on insulin, the lifesaving medication for people living with diabetes, for 25 years.

Kleck, 32, of Santa Cruz, was diagnosed with the rarer Type 1 diabetes at age 7. About 3.5 million...Read more

National Economic Council head Kevin Hassett said he’d consider President Donald Trump’s policy opinions if picked to lead the Federal Reserve, but that the central bank’s interest rate decisions would remain ...Read more

Dicey weather could cause issues, but three rockets from SpaceX and United Launch Alliance are lined up to launch from the Space Coast beginning Sunday night that could set a record with three Florida-based missions ...Read more

Christopher Rounds is a scientist who studies walleye in Minnesota, but he doesn’t use a boat or a net or even a laboratory.

“I probably go outside like five times a year and sit behind a computer the rest of the time...Read more

Dicey weather already pushed United Launch Alliance to delay a planned early Monday launch of an Atlas V, but SpaceX has a pair of Falcon 9 rockets that could fly Sunday night and Monday morning.

Up first is a SpaceX ...Read more

Buried in the news cycle on the night before Election Day, New York City released shocking new data: Close to 22,000 fewer students had enrolled in public schools this fall.

It was the first significant enrollment decline...Read more

The NYPD will increase its presence at public Hanukkah celebrations and synagogues after a pair of gunmen killed at least 12 people at Australia’s Bondi Beach, as New York City elected officials condemned the attack ...Read more

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled that Ukraine could accept security guarantees from the U.S. and Europe as a way to prevent future Russian aggression, and substitute for its long-term goal of joining NATO.

Ukraine�...Read more

National Economic Council head Kevin Hassett said he’d consider President Donald Trump’s policy opinions if picked to lead the Federal Reserve, but that the central bank’s interest rate decisions would remain ...Read more

A person of interest in Saturday’s shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and nine injured has been detained after an extensive manhunt, officials said.

The shooting occurred in a classroom on the ...Read more

Between 128,000 and 186,000 years ago, when ice covered the Sierra Nevada, a lake 100 miles long and 600 feet deep sat in eastern California in what is now the Mojave Desert.

As the climate warmed and the ice retreated, ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Their names became well known due to their crimes — a school shooter, a lawyer convicted of killing his wife and son, two mothers who killed toddlers.

James Wilson Jr., Alex Murdaugh, Susan Smith and ...Read more

The lush coffee trees that blanket the misty hills of the Huila region in southwestern Colombia bear witness to a struggle.

From bean to steaming cup, women are slowly making gains across the South American country’s ...Read more

Derrin Robinson has worked in Oregon elections for more than 30 years, long enough to remember when voters in the state cast their ballots at physical polling sites instead of by mail.

As the nonpartisan clerk of Harney ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As California again delays controversial rules requiring homeowners in fire-prone areas to maintain a 5-foot “ember-resistant” zone around their houses, a new report finds that properties that were...Read more