LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California firefighters gained ground Saturday on a wildfire that has ravaged more than 100 structures as gusty winds subsided with favorable weather conditions expected through the weekend.
Evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings for residents in several ...
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump for a traditional postelection meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House said Saturday.
Such a meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrived in New York City on Saturday, signaling the start of the holiday season in the Big Apple.
The 74-foot Norway Spruce was driven into Manhattan's Center Plaza to be hoisted in place by a crane. It will take five miles (about 8 ...
By WILL WEISSERT and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — From Pennsylvania to Florida to Texas, areas with high numbers of Hispanics often had little in common on Election Day other than backing Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris for president.
Trump, the ...
By GARY FIELDS and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — While inflation and immigration emerged as the dominant themes in this year's presidential race, another issue was prominent in the minds of voters for both major candidates: the stakes for democracy.
Half of voters ...
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California air regulators voted to approve changes to a key climate program aimed at reducing planet-warming emissions that has a wide swath of critics and could increase gas prices statewide.
The California ...
By DAN MERICA and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Party faces existential questions after Donald Trump's resounding victory. One of the first: Who will lead it?
Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison is not expected to seek a second term, ...
By ISABELLA VOLMERT and SEJAL GOVINDARAO Associated Press
The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire's governor means 13 women will serve as a state's chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections.
Governors hold powerful sway in American ...
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz vowed on Friday to make Minnesota a safe haven for the values that drove the Democratic presidential ticket he helped lead, while at the same time promising to work harder to understand the concerns of President-elect ...
By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — A man has been arrested in connection with a spate of random stabbings over two days in Seattle, in which nine people were injured -- five of them on Friday afternoon, police said.
"This incident was apparently one individual over a ...