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A bandaged bear cub sits on the floor of the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care center. (Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Baby Bear With Badly Burned Paws Found in Path of California's Tamarack Fire

After evacuating from the growing Tamarack fire over the weekend, homeowners in Markleeville, California, were relieved to find their house still standing, but they found a surprise in their … more

Faith E. Pinho / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 7/27/21

The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Two Others Sue Pelosi Over Mask Fines

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and two other lawmakers are suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House sergeant-at-arms over fines they received for violating rules on wearing a … more

Tia Mitchell / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) | 7/27/21

U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell wipes his eyes as he testifies during the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM/TNS)

'Kill Him With His Own Gun': Capitol Officers Detail Violence They Faced on Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — Officers who fought to defend the Capitol from insurrectionists on Jan. 6 recounted in vivid and disturbing detail how close they came to death, what lasting effects they live with … more

Chris Marquette / CQ-Roll Call (TNS) | 7/27/21

Protesters hold up signs during a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington DC, on July 25, 2021. - Rallies are taking place around the world as Cuba endures its worst economic crisis in 30 years, with chronic shortages of electricity, food and medicine amid an uptick in Covid-19 cases. About 60 Cubans have been prosecuted so far for participating in unprecedented demonstrations against the Cuban government earlier this month, a senior official said on July 24, 2021. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Cuba Protesters in Washington DC Want President Biden to do More to Pressure the Regime

WASHINGTON — As thousands of anti-regime protesters gathered outside the White House just before midnight Monday to mark the 26th of July with a candlelight vigil, Alex Perez and Chris Cruz … more

Alex Daugherty / Miami Herald (TNS) | 7/26/21

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at the Texas State Capitol on May 18, 2020, in Austin, Texas. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)

Tighter Rules for Texas Power Grid Are a Shift for Gov. Greg Abbott, GOP

AUSTIN, Texas — When Gov. Greg Abbott issued a directive to the regulators of Texas' power grid earlier this month, he did something that could be considered unthinkable for a state chief … more

Doug Lewin / Austin American-Statesman (TNS) | 7/26/21 | 4 comments

Tunisian security officers hold back supporters of the country's Islamist Ennahda party during a protest outside the parliament building in the capital Tunis on July 26, 2021, following a move by the president to suspend the country's parliament and dismiss the Prime Minister. - Tunisia was plunged deeper into crisis as President Kais Saied suspended parliament and dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi late July 25, prompting the country's biggest political party to decry a "coup d'etat". (Fethi Belaid/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Tunisia’s President Takes Control as Islamists Cry ‘Coup’

Tunisia’s president sacked the government and suspended parliament, plunging the brittle North African democracy into its most serious political crisis since protesters launched the Arab Spring … more

Tarek El-Tablawy and Jihen Laghmari / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 7/26/21

An aerial view of Paradise after the 2018 Camp fire. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

From Heavy Metals to COVID-19, Wildfire Smoke is More Dangerous Than You Think

When Erin Babnik awoke on the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, in Paradise, California, she thought the reddish glow outside was a hazy sunrise. But the faint light soon gave way to darkness as smoke from … more

Hayley Smith / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 7/26/21

Eight teenagers were riding the El Bandido roller coaster at Western Playland Amusement Park on Saturday, July 24, 2021 when their cars abruptly got stuck on the tracks around 8:30 p.m., authorities said. Sunland Park and West Valley firefighters placed a fire truck ladder against the tracks and helped bring each rider to the ground, according to officials. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Firefighters: 8 Teens Trapped on New Mexico Roller Coaster for 2 Hours

Eight teenagers were stuck on the top of a New Mexico roller coaster for about two hours following a ride malfunction over the weekend, fire officials said. The riders were eventually brought to … more

Nelson Oliveira / New York Daily News (TNS) | 7/26/21

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci. (Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)

Fauci Says U.S. Moving in ‘Wrong Direction’ on COVID-19

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is moving in the “wrong direction” in combating a new wave of COVID-19, and a booster vaccine shot may be needed especially for the most vulnerable, said … more

Linus Chua and Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 7/25/21 | 1 comment

President Joe Biden delivers a speech about voting rights at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

Biden Says High Inflation Is Temporary; Economists Aren’t So Sure

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Monday that “no serious economist” is suggesting price increases could spiral out of control, as he sought to reassure Americans that the … more

Francesca Chambers and David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS) | 7/24/21

Aerial image of illegal marijuana grow farms discovered in the desert in San Bernardino County. (Rich Debevec/San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department/TNS)

Illegal Pot Invades California’s Deserts, Bringing Violence, Fear and Ecological Destruction

LOS ANGELES — Before his corpse was dumped in a shallow grave 50 miles north of Los Angeles, Mauricio Ismael Gonzalez-Ramirez was held prisoner at one of the hundreds of black-market pot farms … more

Jaclyn Cosgrove and Louis Sahagún / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 7/24/21

The Fish Slough Petroglyph site in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Volcanic Tablelands area on Monday, July 12, 2021 in Bishop, CA. Joseph Kirschvink, a professor of geoscience and faculty member from the California Institute of Technology, had used a portable pneumatic drill to extract core samples for paleomagnetic studies. In the process, the site was riddled with 29, 1-inch diameter holes marked with blue paint. The area is located in the eastern Sierra Nevada range. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Caltech ‘Deeply’ Regrets Drilling Holes in Sacred Native American Petroglyph Site

BISHOP, Calif. — Inside federal Ranger Chris Mason’s patrol truck, the radio crackled with alarming news: People were seen lugging bags of heavy equipment into a protected site containing … more

Louis Sahagun / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 7/24/21

China's flag bearers Zhu Ting and Zhao Shuai lead the delegation during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on July 23, 2021. (Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

China ‘Hurt’ by NBC’s ‘Incomplete Map’ Shown at Olympics Opening Ceremony

China isn’t happy with the “incomplete map” NBC Universal showed during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony Friday. The demonstration, which featured neither self-ruled Taiwan … more

Jami Ganz / New York Daily News (TNS) | 7/24/21

Naomi Osaka of Team Japan carries the Olympic torch towards the Olympic cauldron during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Clive Rose/Getty Images/TNS)

Olympics Begin With a Somber Opening Ceremony in Near-Empty Tokyo Stadium

TOKYO — Here’s what you should know about Arisa Tsubata, the woman who ran on a treadmill at the beginning of the Olympic opening ceremony Friday. She is a nurse who worked at a Tokyo … more

By Stacy St. Clair / Chicago Tribune (TNS) | 7/23/21

Flashing police lights. (Irwin Thompson/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)

Georgia Man Arrested, Charged in Murder of 8-Year-Old in 1988

ATLANTA — After 33 years, an arrest has been made in the murder of 8-year-old Joshua Harmon, who was found dead in the woods near the apartment complex where his family lived in suburban … more

By Henri Hollis / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) | 7/23/21

The Dixie fire in Northern California's Butte and Plumas counties passed the 100,000-acre milestone on Thursday, July 22, 2021. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Dixie Fire Now Largest in California With ‘Critical’ 3 Days Ahead

As California’s fire season rages on and firefighters take on multiple blazes across the state, the Dixie fire has become the state’s largest wildfire this year to date. And officials say … more

By Amelia Davidson / The Sacramento Bee (TNS) | 7/23/21

Martine Moïse grieves during the funeral for her husband, slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, on July 23, 2021, in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, the main city in his native northern region. - Moïse, 53, was shot dead in his home in the early hours of July 7, 2021. (Valerie Baeriswyl/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Shots, Tear Gas, Burning Tires Mar Moïse Funeral in Haiti

CAP-HAÏTIEN, HAITI — Haiti police fired tear gas as shots rang out Friday moments after the start of the funeral ceremony for slain President Jovenel Moïse, who was assassinated two … more

By Jacqueline Charles / The Miami Herald (TNS) | 7/23/21

Will Dix, a Pharmacist with Walgreens for over 20 years, gives William Yeoman his first round of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Prestige Post-Acute and Rehab Center in Centralia.

Pfizer to Supply US With Millions of Shots for Young Kids

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE will supply the U.S. with another 200 million doses of their COVID-19 shot, setting up a stream of vaccine deliveries through next April in a push to protect kids and … more

By Riley Griffin / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 7/23/21 | 1 comment

This aerial view shows the P4 laboratory, at left, on the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on May 27, 2020. Opened in 2018, the P4 lab conducts research on the world's most dangerous diseases and has been accused by some top U.S. officials of being the source of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

China Opposes Lab Leak Study in Any New Virus Origins Probe

China pushed back against the World Health Organization’s call for another probe into the coronavirus’s origins that includes examining whether it leaked from a lab, saying there’s … more

Bloomberg News (TNS) | 7/22/21

Sandra Presley (left) interviews for a job as a hotel front desk staff member with a human resources manager during a Zislis Group job fair at The Brew Hall on June 23, 2021 in Torrance, California. - Employers at the job fair for Zislis Group boutique hotel and restaurant management company, offered hiring incentives, including a $500 signing bonus and $200 per month for medical benefits after 90 days of employment. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Surprise Gain in Jobless Claims Shows US Labor Market Churn

Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance rose unexpectedly last week by the most since late March, underscoring week-to-week volatility in an otherwise improving labor market. Initial … more

Peyton Forte and Olivia Rockeman / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 7/22/21