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WASHINGTON — A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee who ordered workers to bypass homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump has been fired, the agency’s head said Saturday.

“This is a ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — For the first time in its 237-year existence, Philadelphia’s Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, a National Historic Landmark known as a hub of activism and the first African Methodist Episcopal church, will be...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Rafael was downgraded to a tropical storm as it continued westward in the Gulf of Mexico posing no threat to land for now while the National Hurricane Center kept track of another system with ...Read more

NEW YORK — State Attorney General Letitia James will not pursue charges against a city police officer who struck and killed a 20-year-old Bronx woman in a caught-on-camera collision while trying to nab a speeding suspect...Read more

World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will run for a second term unopposed, the organization said, raising questions about whether she’ll receive support from a new U.S. administration under ...Read more

DENVER — Nearly every state shifted distinctly to the right in Tuesday’s election — but Colorado is looking like a rare exception.

The Democratic ticket, led this time by Vice President Kamala Harris, again won the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The day after the election, it all came rushing back to the Rev. Renee McKenzie — the fear she felt for immigrants, the potentially life-and-death choices they faced, and the way they turned to her for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Favorable weather conditions helped thousands of firefighters get the upper hand Saturday on the devastating Mountain fire that has scorched roughly 20,000 acres, destroyed more than 130 homes and damaged ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A sightseeing tour company in San Diego is having to hit the brakes on rentals after about 30 of its vehicles, including several powered by lithium-ion batteries, went up in flames Thursday night, ...Read more

BOSTON — The Massachusetts State Police says its mission is not “investigating and enforcing violations of federal immigration law,” leaving deportation responsibilities solely to U.S. Immigration & Customs ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Eight years ago, L.A.'s political leaders jumped into action on the issue of immigration, moving to protect the city's undocumented population from the Trump administration.

City Council members put public...Read more

Berkeley Police have arrested a 45-year-old San Francisco man in connection with a recent series of shooting incidents near the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, officials said.

Jeffrey Darren Hue was ...Read more

The Pentagon’s first batch of new and more capable GPS satellites is as much as eight to 11 months behind the desired delivery schedule because contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. is having difficulty manufacturing some ...Read more

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck is ramping up pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to schedule new elections without delay.

Habeck, who’s also Germany’s vice chancellor, told public broadcaster ZDF on Friday ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — After 43 monkeys escaped from a South Carolina research facility this week, one has been recovered, the Yemassee Police Department announced Saturday. The animal was unharmed.

The animals escaped an ...Read more

NEW YORK — A brush fire ignited in Prospect Park Friday evening, amid an ongoing drought across the city.

Fanned by strong winds, the fire rose to two alarms as the blaze spread across a 2-acre swath of the wooded area ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday called for organizing like “never before” in the wake of Donald Trump’s reelection, beginning with a rally in Washington on Inauguration Day, which will fall on Martin Luther...Read more

NEW YORK — A bomb scare at LaGuardia Airport in Queens led to the temporary evacuation of Terminal B and the suspension of flights early Saturday, officials said.

A suspicious duffel bag found at the terminal’s TSA ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California air quality regulators late Friday approved tougher rules to encourage use of lower-carbon fuels, overriding objections that the action would lead to higher gasoline prices for motorists.

On an ...Read more

President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first post-election meeting, setting in motion the U.S. transition of power that will be completed in January.

They’...Read more