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Dozens died and nearly 10,000 homes were lost to the flames of wildfire but the town of 27,000 is steeling itself to rise from the ashes The last time Jerry Garcia saw his home of nearly 20 years, flames almost 12ft tall...

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Senate Republicans, still furious over Democrats' smearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, have been barreling ahead and confirming President Trump's judicial nominees at a historically fast pace. With 84 of hi...

Two indicted GOP congressmen headed back to Washington last week after winning re-election — and their colleagues were none too happy about it. In a pointed slap at upstate New York Rep. Chris Collins and California Re...

A stiff upper lip - and a strong drink - are how British Prime Minister Theresa May got through a politically punishing week. Calling her husband, Philip, her "rock," May said when a revolt erupted among members of her p...

In the incinerated remains of Paradise, the president suggested that forest management was a "very big problem" in California's wildfire crisis.

Championing the cause of the poor, Pope Francis on Sunday lamented that "the wealthy few" enjoy what, "in justice, belongs to all" and said Christians cannot remain indifferent to the …

The number of people missing after California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire jumped on Saturday to 1,276, despite authorities locating hundreds of people who scattered when the Camp Fire tore through the mount...

It was the most expensive midterm election in history and these donors dug the deepest to sway it. Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, were the top donors, contributing $113 million, according to a list ...

Local officials say more than 1,200 people reported missing - but that number could fluctuate.

Junior British Brexit minister Kwasi Kwarteng told the BBC on Sunday that toppling Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party would be a futile distraction.

LOS ANGELES -- Democrat Gil Cisneros captured a Republican-held U.S. House seat in Southern California on Saturday, capping a Democratic rout in which the party picked up six congressional seats in the state. In what had...

Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab criticises the "lack of will and resolve" in dealing with the EU.

In Madagascar, two former heads of state qualified for the second round of the presidential election, to be held on Dec. 19. Andry Rajoelina, president of the transitional period of …

Pro-cop group Blue Lives Matter is petitioning Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo to overturn a "disgraceful" Manhattan community board decision not to honor the first NYPD officer killed in the Iraq War with a street renami...

One person was accidentally killed and more than 200 injured in large-scale protests against higher fuel taxes in France on Saturday. An estimated 250,000 people, many wearing yellow safety vests, turned out in about 2,0...

A U.S. Navy sailor was serving as an exchange officer onboard the Norwegian naval frigate that was struck by a freighter and has now almost entirely sunk, according to the U.S. Navy and the Norwegian Ministry of Defense.

Kiev demonstration was interrupted by far-right protesters who threw smoke bombs into the crowd Two activists have been attacked with pepper spray in Kiev during a transgender rights march that was interrupted by dozens ...

Romanian prosecutors are investigating whether a painting by Pablo Picasso that was snatched from a museum in the Netherlands six years ago has turned up in Romania. Four Romanians were …

The standoff left the gathering of 21 nations in Papua New Guinea without a joint statement to close the event for the first time in its history.

CNN Turk quotes Turkish minister saying diplomatic immunity helped killers transport dismembered corpse The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have taken his dismembered body out of Turkey in luggage, the Tu...