Rescuers 'searching for a miracle' in California mudslides
More than two full days after mudslides ravaged the coastal town of Montecito, the search for the missing became an increasingly desperate exercise Thursday, with growing doubts about whether anyone would be found alive. Seventeen people from ages 3 to 89 were confirmed dead, and more than 40 others were unaccounted for.
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More states see toll roads as an attractive option to pay for infrastructure updates
The move comes as gas tax revenue is stagnant and transportation funds scarce.
Missouri governor admits having affair but denies blackmail
When Eric Greitens sought Missouri's highest office in 2016, his resume seemed hard to top: former Navy SEAL, former Rhodes scholar and founder of a veterans' charity. Most important, he said during the campaign, was his role as "a proud husband and father."
Immigration agents descend on 7-Eleven stores in 17 states
Seven immigration agents filed into a 7-Eleven store before dawn Wednesday, waited for people to go through the checkout line and told arriving customers and a driver delivering beer to wait outside. A federal inspection was underway, they said.
Celebrities
Michelle Williams made $1K for 'All The Money' reshoots, Mark Wahlberg $1.5M
Wahlberg's representatives at William Morris Endeavor negotiated the fee to appear in the reshoots. Williams, like Wahlberg a client of WME, received approximately $80 a day.
Author of Trump dossier had concerns about Russian blackmail
The former British spy who compiled a dossier of allegations about Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia brought the document to the FBI in July 2016 because he was worried about "whether a political candidate was being blackmailed," according to a congressional interview transcript released Tuesday.
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'Raw water' craze is a risky one, experts warn
Municipal tap water in the United States is high quality and does not pose risks to human health.
Cliven Bundy emerges free, defiant after Nevada case tossed
The Nevada rancher accused of leading an armed standoff that stopped federal agents from rounding up his cattle in 2014 walked out of a courthouse in Las Vegas a free and defiant man Monday, declaring that his fight against U.S. authority is not over.
3 injured in NY Trump Tower heating system fire
A fire in Trump Tower's heating and air conditioning system injured three people and caused smoke to billow from the roof, the Fire Department of New York said Monday.
Minneapolis
Rev. Jesse Jackson preaches at north Minneapolis church
Civil rights leader visited New Salem Baptist Church.
Nation
States pass laws cracking down on fake service animals
Nineteen states now have laws that define limits.
Nation
States are using free-tuition programs to bolster workforce
Incentives are offered to students who will train in high-demand fields.
Nation
Dear North: We get that this weather is no big deal for you, so stuff it. Signed, D.C.
You're on your eighth day of pompously explaining how you used to ice-pick your way to the office while riding the carcass of a frozen walrus.
Researchers discover two major flaws in the world's microprocessors
One of them could require a redesign of the processors. A fix for the other could slow down computers as much as 30 percent.
Nation
Bannon blasts Donald Trump Jr.'s actions as 'treasonous' in new book
In "Fire and Fury," by Michael Wolff, the former adviser is quoted as saying that after Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower, "you should have called the FBI immediately."
Business
U.S. meat consumption to reach record level in 2018
Average American will eat 222 pounds of meat in '18.
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