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Fierce Winds Drive New SoCal Wildfires. Santa Ana Conditions Expected Today.

October 27, 2020

LOS ANGELES — Crews tried to beat back two out-of-control wildfires in Southern California on Tuesday that have kept tens of thousands of people out of their homes even as another round of dangerous fire weathe...

Officers Injured, Dozens Arrested in Philadelphia Protest After Police Kill Black Man

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October 27, 2020

PHILADELPHIA — More than a dozen people were arrested and more than 30 officers injured in protests stemming from the police shooting death of a Black man they say refused their orders to drop a knife in a conf...

Death Penalty ‘Infected by Racism’ Newsom Tells Court

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October 26, 2020

SACRAMENTO — California's process for imposing the death penalty “is now, and always has been, infected by racism,” Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Monday in a brief filed with the state Supreme Court. Newsom fil...

Pelosi Confident of House Majority in November. Seeks to Expand Dem Reach.

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October 26, 2020

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi once predicted she’d have the 2020 House Democratic majority secured by November — of 2019. Now, days before the Nov. 3 election, she seems to have done it, and she's expand...

Fresno, Other Counties Face Restaurant Wrath Over Booze, Health Fees in Pandemic

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October 26, 2020

California's financially battered restaurants filed government claims Monday to recover more than $100 million in fees for liquor and health permits and tourism charges that they say were assessed even though t...

60,000 in Orange County Ordered to Evacuate After Blaze Grows

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October 26, 2020

LOS ANGELES — A fast-moving wildfire forced evacuation orders for 60,000 people in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent u...

Was Biden Confused Over President’s Name in Widely Shared Video?

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October 26, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stumbled over a name when he was interviewed during the virtual “I Will Vote” concert, and social media has lit up with claims that he confused President Donald Trump...

Fox News Anchors Quarantine After Virus Exposure on Flight

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October 26, 2020

NEW YORK — Several Fox News Channel on-air personalities were exposed last week to someone on a private plane who later tested positive for COVID-19, leading the network to take extra precautions this week. ...

Wary of Angering Public, Iran Has Few Ways to Contain Virus

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October 26, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As coronavirus infections reached new heights in Iran this month, overwhelming its hospitals and driving up its death toll, the country’s health minister gave a rare speech critici...

New Home Sales Fall 3.5% in Sept. After Strong Summer Season

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October 26, 2020

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sales of new homes fell by 3.5% in September to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 959,000 million units, the Commerce Department said Monday, as the housing market's hot summer buying seaso...

Manufacturer Moves Headquarters to Fresno from Utah. Brings $60,000 a Year Jobs.

Social Media CEOs Rebuff Bias Claims, Vow to Defend Election

S&P 500 Sinks 3.5% as Surging Virus Cases Lead to Shutdowns

Philadelphia Pledges Better Response After Black Man’s Death

Police Reform Panel Struggles to Keep Everyone on the Same Page as Deadline Nears

Merced Cleans Up Homeless Camp as LA Considers Ban on Camping (Again)

Local Restaurant Joins Legal Claim for Fee Refunds Over COVID Closures

County Stays in ‘Red’ Tier for Reopening According to Fresh State Data

'Avengers' and 'Game of Thrones' Star Diana Rigg Dies at 82

Bryson Dechambeau Lands First Sports Illustrated Cover; Golf’s Most Aggressive Star Aiming To ‘Break Golf’ as He Prepares for the Masters

Cop Killed by Rooster While Breaking up Cockfight

Fitting Finale: Dodgers Win Title, Turner Tests Positive

California Needs Bigger, Stronger City Councils not Strong Mayors

Is It Too Late to Mail in Your Ballot? Here’s Why You Don’t Need to Panic

Walters: It’s Déjà Vu for Affirmative Action Proponents

Here’s the Challenge of Implementing Historic Groundwater Law

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Local Unions Take Big Interest in Crowded College Trustee Races

Is It Too Late to Mail in Your Ballot? Here’s Why You Don’t Need to Panic

‘We Need You’: GOP Hunts for New Voters in Trump Territory

The End of American Power

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Fierce Winds Drive New SoCal Wildfires. Santa Ana Conditions Expected Today.

Officers Injured, Dozens Arrested in Philadelphia Protest After Police Kill Black Man

Death Penalty ‘Infected by Racism’ Newsom Tells Court

Pelosi Confident of House Majority in November. Seeks to Expand Dem Reach.

Fresno, Other Counties Face Restaurant Wrath Over Booze, Health Fees in Pandemic

60,000 in Orange County Ordered to Evacuate After Blaze Grows

Was Biden Confused Over President’s Name in Widely Shared Video?

Fox News Anchors Quarantine After Virus Exposure on Flight

Wary of Angering Public, Iran Has Few Ways to Contain Virus

New Home Sales Fall 3.5% in Sept. After Strong Summer Season

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