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Witnesses say that the fire started at two different places — with one of the points of origin near an SCE power pole, according to the utility company.

Venice saw an unusually high tide leaving three-quarters of the city covered in water. Officials in large areas of the country closed schools and urged residents to stay indoors.

President Trump is floating a new tactic in his immigration crackdown — he wants to end the right to citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to noncitizens. Few legal experts believe it can be done.

The university system’s board of regents said it would implement all the recommendations from an independent commission’s study that found problems in the culture of its football program.

Health workers and other responders are threatened as often as three or four times a week in the country. And efforts to bring security are proving difficult.

The U.S. endured three bouts of domestic extremism last week. American-born men with far-right beliefs have been charged in all of them, in keeping with a long-standing pattern.

Shoulder to shoulder, they formed a line 500 feet long: from the stockroom of the old shop, down the sidewalk, and onto the shop floor of the new store.

It isn’t clear whether the intention was to embarrass Robert Mueller or to try to embarrass reporters who reported on the purported allegations against the special counsel.

Known for their 3-point shooting acumen, the Golden State Warriors’ teammates collectively own the nickname “the Splash Brothers.” Thompson broke Curry’s record for most 3-pointers made in a game.

A federally funded Spanish-language broadcaster called Soros — among other things — a “non-practicing Jewish financial speculator with flexible morals.” Now, its parent agency wants answers.

Democrats are hammering Republicans over their efforts to eliminate insurance protections for pre-existing conditions. Republicans are telling seniors their Medicare coverage may be in danger.

Two planned sites in Lisbon — a slavery memorial and an explorers museum — underscore a clash in Portugal’s approaches to its colonial history.

“It was always told to me that you needed a constitutional amendment. Guess what? You don’t,” Trump said in a recent interview. House Speaker Paul Ryan disagreed: “Well, you obviously cannot do that.”

“President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism,” an open letter from progressive Jewish leaders read.

Rescue teams are searching for Lion Air Flight 610’s black box and trying to recover bodies and wreckage. Finding survivors “would be a miracle,” a search and rescue spokesman said.

After a C-section, does swabbing a baby with the mother’s microbes reduce the risk of obesity and other health problems later in life? An ambitious study to help answer the question is underway.

More and more sitcoms and dramas on TV and online feature Muslim characters and storylines. That is due, in part, to a new crop of Muslim writers, comedians and actors creating the shows themselves.

For many in Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, Tuesday’s funeral services start the formal period of mourning for victims — a process carefully guided by Jewish tradition.

Cesar Sayoc, accused of mailing explosive devices to a number of prominent Trump critics, reportedly had a list of potential targets including an editor at The New York Times.

Meenakshi “Minaxi” Moorthy and her husband, Vishnu Viswanath, fell about 800 feet from a scenic overlook at Taft Point. Park rangers recovered their bodies Thursday and are still investigating.

The first trial over the controversial question on the 2020 census is scheduled to start Nov. 5. But the Trump administration is now asking for a delay.

A lawyer attending the “Return of the Names” event said it was a rare occasion to express discontent with Russia’s present government.

President Maithripala Sirisena fired and replaced his former ally with a controversial former leader, Mahinda Rajapaksa. But lawmakers have rejected what they call a subversion of the constitution.

The troops are likely to be active-duty Army personnel. As U.S. troops are prohibited from performing law enforcement activities within the United States, they will be in support roles only.

A spokeswoman dismissed suggestions that Trump’s rhetoric has contributed to a hostile climate. She said Trump won’t shy away from drawing distinctions with Democrats before the midterm elections.

The police chief of Jeffersontown, Ky., says the attack was racially motivated, and federal prosecutors say they’re investigating whether the shooting is a hate crime.

“In the horrific hierarchy of white nationalist beliefs, they really consider Jews their primary enemy,” the journalist says of the suspect in the Pittsburgh shooting Saturday.

SNAP provides nutrition assistance for about 42 million Americans, but critics say now is the time to restructure the $70 billion annual program in a way that promotes healthier food choices.

Smithfield Foods says it will pay farmers to cover their manure ponds with plastic on more than 1,000 U.S. farms. Those “lagoons” have become increasingly controversial.

Public health officials says it’s simple to save the lives of people experiencing an opioid overdose: Give an antidote. But for a bystander, that intervention can be daunting.