Fort McMurray, a Canadian Oil Boom Town, Is Left in Ashes

Evacuees from the wildfire taking refuge at the Bold Center in Lac La Biche, Alberta, 137 miles south of Fort McMurray, on Saturday. ...

Christie to lead Trump White House transition team

Donald Trump has tapped Chris Christie to lead his transition team, which would prepare the political neophyte turned presumptive GOP...

North Carolina governor leads lawsuit over LGBT rights

© Marti Maguire  Protesters march to show their opposition against what they called 'Hate Bill 2,' which they urged lawmakers to ...

Malia Obama headed to Harvard, will take gap year first

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's eldest daughter Malia will attend Harvard University in the fall of 2017 after tak...

Colombia arrests top Peruvian crime lord 'Snail'

© Provided by AFP  Colombian National Police chief Jorge Nieto said that crime lord Gerson Galvez would be handed over to Peruvian author...

Kentucky Confederate monument to be removed after 120 years

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Confederate monument will be removed from a spot near the University of Louisville campus where it has stood since 189...

Chemical leak from derailed CSX train car has been contained, officials say

A chemical leak on a derailed CSX train has been contained, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowswer said Sunday morning. The CSX train derailed Su...

Cruz campaign focuses on the only way he can win: convention delegates

In a private meeting with his most ardent California supporters, Ted Cruz told them that they are vital to his hopes of snatching the GOP...

How the U.S.’s peanut glut could undermine the work of the Clintons

 HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images  Former US President Bill Clinton arrives to visit a peanut plantation in Tierra Muscady, in the centra...

As Wisconsin votes, both front-runners playing defense

© Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Donald Trump, left, reacts Monday to the words of his wife Melania during a rally in Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, ...

Trump would seek to block money transfers to force Mexico to fund border wall

© Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump fields a question during the first Republican presid...

Why Russia Is Rebuilding Its Nuclear Arsenal

© Provided by Time Article  Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) listens to Andrei Terlikov, the head of the Ural Transport Machine Buil...

Germans asked not to wave at Barack Obama during his visit to Hannover trade show

© Provided by The Independent  President Obama will be speaking that day at the SXSW conference in Austin (Picture: [copyright]) Peop...

OC Watchdog: Will Orange County cities privatize emergency services?

REGISTER FILE PHOTO Irvine isn’t alone in threatening to bail on Orange County’s biggest emergency-services agency, which is suddenly...

Woman in Vallejo-to-Huntington Beach kidnapping files lawsuit against police who thought it was hoax

This undated photo released by the Vallejo Police Department shows Denise Huskins. SAN FRANCISCO –- Police who dismissed a California...

Crises averted: 211 hotline reaches O.C. residents in need of food, housing, detox aid and more

Billy Wayne Phillips answers questions from a 211OC Community Wellness Navigator as she help him enroll for Medi-Cal and CalFresh servic...

Disney Musicals in the Schools: O.C. students take their star turn at Segerstrom

Students from Agnes Ware Stanley elementary school perform "I Wanna Be Like You" from “The Jungle Book,” during Disney Musical...

Judge grants woman's request to quit Trump University suit

SAN DIEGO – A judge has granted a Southern California yoga instructor’s request to withdraw from a federal class-action lawsuit against...

Santa Ana Civic Center overhaul underway with $7.7 million design contract

Building 16, located at 601 N. Ross St. in Santa Ana, would be torn down under a plan to revamp county office space. SANTA ANA – A 20...