What kind of mask do you need for wildfire smoke? As wildfires blaze around San Francisco and Los Angeles, here’s how to protect yourself from smoke
Author: John Bacon, USA TODAY
500,000 Californians in the dark, more outages likely as fires rage in Sonoma, San Bernardino counties
Californians are evacuating in Sonoma County due to the Kincade Fire. Meanwhile, a small fire is developing in San Bernardino County
‘Johnny Reb’ no longer welcome in Norfolk: Virginia city gets OK to move Confederate statue
Virginia’s attorney general says the city of Norfolk can move its “Johnny Reb” Confederate statue from a busy downtown intersection to a cemetery
A new round of PG&E power outages could put 500,000 Californians in the dark for days
California’s largest utility says it could shut off power to 500,000 people this week as wildfires again threaten to bring havoc to 15 counties.
Drug distributors, opioid maker reach deal with Ohio counties in historic lawsuit
Key defendants in a historic opioid lawsuit reached a landmark deal with two Ohio counties suing makers and distributors of the addictive painkillers.
US rejects detained British couple’s claim they accidentally entered US from Canada
U.S. rejects British family’s claim of accidentally crossing into the U.S. from Canada and being detained in dreadful conditions for two weeks.
Who was Atatiana ‘Tay’ Jefferson? Fort Worth woman killed by cop represented ‘honor, integrity’
Atatiana Jefferson, who was fatally shot in her Texas home, was a college graduate, a pharmaceutical equipment sales rep and a loving daughter.
Ex-Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean charged with murder after shooting Atatiana Jefferson in her home
Fort Worth officer Aaron Dean was charged with murder Monday after fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson
while she played video games in her home.
Power returns to Northern California; firefighters gain on wildfires in SoCal
The lights were back on for more than 2 million Northern Californians after strong winds fueling wildfire concerns prompted a preemptive outage.
‘No forgiveness for this one’: Texas police face backlash after shooting, killing Atatiana Jefferson in her home
The family of a black woman fatally shot by police in her Fort Worth home after playing video games with her nephew is demanding justice.