Death toll rises to 23 in California wildfire after 14 bodies found
The charred remains of 14 more people have been found in and around a Northern California town overrun by flames from a massive wildfire, officials said on Saturday, raising the death toll to at least 23.
Crews fight to save homes from massive California wildfires
Crews on Saturday fought two massive, out of control wildfires burning at both ends of California, including a blaze now considered the most destructive in state history and a conflagration menacing the tony beach colony of Malibu.
New drug options, risk factors added to U.S. heart guidelines
Updated U.S. guidelines on heart health advise more personalized assessment of risk as well as two newer types of cholesterol-lowering drugs for people at particularly high risk of heart attack or stroke.
Florida orders vote recount in Senate, governor races
Florida will hold a machine recount of votes in its neck-and-neck races for the U.S. Senate and governor, officials said on Saturday, setting up a days-long wait for closure in two of the most closely-watched contests of the midterm elections.
Malibu threatened and nine dead from monster wildfires in California
Two monster wildfires in California, including the most destructive in state history, burned out of control on Saturday, having already killed at least nine people, destroyed scores of buildings and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.
Florida to hold machine recount of U.S. Senate race votes
Florida will hold a machine recount of votes in its neck-and-neck race for the U.S. Senate, with results due by 3 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Thursday, its secretary of state said on Saturday.
Crews battle California blazes, including state’s most destructive
Two monster wildfires in California, including the most destructive in state history, burned out of control on Saturday, having already killed at least nine people, destroyed scores of buildings and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.
Trump to award freedom medals to Elvis, Babe Ruth
U.S. President Donald Trump will award the 2018 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Elvis Presley, George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr. and five other individuals, the White House said in a statement on Saturday.
The Great War’s end: a grandmother remembers
Jubilant New Yorkers took to the streets when the Great War ended at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, my late grandmother’s ninth birthday.
Wildfires rage in California, Trump blames ‘forest mismanagement’
Two monster wildfires burned out of control on Saturday in northern and southern California, having already killed at least nine people and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.
