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The Gifford Fire, the largest fire to burn in California so far this year, started near a road. Research shows wildfires are more likely to start…

A 2022 file photo demonstrating Clearview AI’s facial recognition software. Seth Wenig/Associated Press hide caption toggle caption Seth Wenig/Associated Press States are increasingly clamping down on…

Townhalls in two very different districts — a safe red seat in Missouri and a competitive blue seat in Ohio — offer a window into the…

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled on Thursday that administration official Kari Lake had overstepped in firing the director of Voice of America. In this…

This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the aftermath of a landslide in Wrangell, Alaska in November 2023. U.S. Coast Guard via AP hide…

Members of the South Carolina National Guard stand outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., last week. Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Valerie…

Palestinian hospital staff inspect the destruction inside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, following an Israeli strike on May 13. Eyad Baba/AFP…

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson delivers remarks during an enrollment ceremony for H.R. 1, the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on…

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Las Vegas Valley Water District Water Waste Investigator Devyn Choltko puts a water waste violation into the computer system outside a home in north Las Vegas,…