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The personal chef to the Obama family died of accidental drowning last month in a Martha’s Vineyard lake, the chief medical examiner of Massachusetts has ruled, officials said on Tuesday.The chef, Tafari...

Most regions of Southern California avoided significant damage this week from Tropical Storm Hilary, but authorities continued their rescue and cleanup efforts on Tuesday in several mountain and desert communities where homes...

As the first Republican presidential debate nears on Wednesday night, we asked our readers a few simple things: What questions would you like to hear? What issues should be discussed? How will...

When Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas announced a multibillion-dollar initiative two years ago to deter migrants crossing from Mexico, the border city of Eagle Pass was seeing 1,200 people coming into town...

Tropical Storm Harold formed in the Gulf of Mexico overnight and quickly took aim at the Texas coast, the National Hurricane Center said early Tuesday, capping an extraordinarily busy few days for...

Former President Donald J. Trump won’t be there. But the rest of the Republican field hoping to catch him is now all but set for the first debate of the 2024 presidential...

Thick smoke blanketed much of the Pacific Northwest on Monday as numerous wildfires in Canada, Washington and Oregon continued to burn, killing at least one person, destroying scores of buildings and threatening...

Why It Matters: The law would force people on puberty blockers to make a tough choiceThe Georgia law, Senate Bill 140, prohibits doctors in the state from providing gender transition surgery and...

Tropical Storm Franklin became the second named storm to form on Sunday in the Atlantic, just hours after Tropical Storm Emily developed.The National Hurricane Center estimated that Franklin had sustained winds of...

Torrents of rain, wildfires and an earthquake. California had it all on Sunday. A state preoccupied with The Big One faced calamities both big and small.A rare tropical storm left at least...