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After an abnormally warm winter and a blistering March heat wave, California has seen a surge in mosquito activity that has driven West Nile virus activity to a five-year high.

As of last week, there had been 30 human ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s super PAC war chest grew to nearly $404 million after getting $3 million in donations and interest payments in July, but it spent nothing that month to boost the prospects of ...Read more

Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked Canada’s provinces to end their bans on the retail sale of U.S. alcoholic beverages. It’s a necessary step to getting a trade deal with President Donald Trump across the finish line...Read more

A key measure of U.S. housing affordability worsened for the first time in almost three years, as higher borrowing costs soaked up a bigger chunk of earnings for new homebuyers.

Monthly payments on a median-priced $410,...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — You’ve heard of gun buyback programs to get weapons off the streets?

Now there’s one for e-bikes.

The Orange County District Attorney’s office will host a buyback event in September where e-...Read more

North Korea mocked South Korea for being a U.S. “puppet” after President Donald Trump unilaterally curtailed the two countries’ joint military drills.

“Trump issued a sudden order to reduce the scale of the drill....Read more

Nancy Kissinger, who transformed from a foreign policy specialist into a force beside her diplomat husband, Henry, and helped cement their place among New York’s social elite, has died. She was 92.

She died at her home...Read more

Taylor Sheridan was "homeless twice" before finding fame.

The 56-year-old star has opened up about his pre-fame struggles, revealing that he was homeless before getting his big break in Hollywood.

Speaking to Town and ...Read more

Madelyn Cline has a rare sense of "relatability", according to Marc Webb.

The 28-year-old actress stars alongside Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz in Day Drinker, the upcoming action thriller film, and Marc, the movie's ...Read more

Jessica Simpson is set to star in a new tell-all documentary about her life and career.

The 46-year-old pop singer previously starred in Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, the hit reality TV series, alongside her then-husband ...Read more

A federal judge in the District of Columbia issued an order Wednesday blocking U.S. Health and Human Services from implementing sweeping changes to grants under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program while a lawsuit ...Read more

A man caught on video terrorizing a woman in Philadelphia reportedly has known ties to the L.A. area, according to authorities.

On Aug. 12 around 5:30 a.m., a man in a disturbing white face mask chased a 40-year-old woman...Read more

Hayden Panettiere was candid in her memoir and book tour interviews about the extensive abuse by on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson. Now he's under the microscope as new details surrounding her death and their ...Read more

The Timber fire grew to 5,772 acres as of Thursday morning as crews continued to make progress on the blaze.

Containment grew to 27% with 1,638 personnel fighting the fire, Cal Fire said.

Several areas around the fire ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — After 158 years in operation, St. Augustine’s University will not offer any classes or educational programs this fall.

This spring, the HBCU in Raleigh gave up on a lengthy court battle for ...Read more

Starbucks is cutting hundreds of its corporate workers as part of a restructuring that began in May.

The Seattle-based coffee giant is laying off 224 workers across the company’s Seattle headquarters and remote ...Read more

Charter Communications wrapped up its $34.5 billion takeover of Cox Communications early Thursday, picking up millions of new internet and TV customers in Southern California.

By mid-September, customers of the Atlanta-...Read more

Progressive California state Sen. Aisha Wahab will replace former Rep. Eric Swalwell in Congress and finish his current term.

Democrat Wahab defeated Melissa Hernandez, the president of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board ...Read more

DETROIT — Federal agents in Detroit recently took more than 17 kilograms of fentanyl — enough to kill 8.5 million people — off the street, authorities announced Thursday.

The effort was part of the Fentanyl Free ...Read more