LOS ANGELES — Calmer weather allowed crews to increase containment on wildfires after a three-week siege of gusts fanned blazes across California and led utilities to cut power to prevent winds from blowing branches into electric lines and igniting an inferno. Winds subsided in virtually all parts of […]
BEIJING — With home sales crashing, real estate agent Zhang Yonggang is tightening his belt, part of a plunge in Chinese consumer demand that is a bigger threat to economic growth than Beijing’s tariff war with Washington. Zhang, who works in the central city of Taiyuan, said his […]
HICAGO — A 7-year-old girl out trick-or-treating in a bumblebee costume was critically injured Thursday night after being struck by apparent stray gunfire, police said. The girl, who was shot in the upper chest area, was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, according to Fire Department spokesman […]
WASHINGTON — By claiming a right to Syria’s oil, President Donald Trump has added more complexity — as well as additional U.S. forces and time — to an American military mission he has twice declared he was ending so the troops could come home. Extending the mission to […]
NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of customers lost power as severe thunderstorms raked the Eastern Seaboard on an atmospheric Halloween night. At least 420,000 customers from South Carolina up to Maine and in Ohio were without power just before midnight Thursday, according to outage maps for electric […]
The Democratic National Committee is increasing pressure on its presidential candidates to commit to campaign actively for the party’s nominee in 2020, going beyond a previous loyalty pledge for White House hopefuls. The unity push from Chairman Tom Perez is part of a wide-ranging strategy designed to prevent […]
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Kolkata, Nov 1 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Indian union will be strengthened only if the states are strong. Extending her greetings to the people of the states whose foundation days are celebrated on November one, Banerjee urged them to strengthen the country’s […]
New Delhi, Nov 1 : Delhiites woke up to a smoke-filled hazy morning with the minimum temperature settling at 17.1 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. Humidity was recorded at 90 per cent. The visibility at Safdarjung and Palam observatories was 600 metres respectively at 8.30 am. […]
Mumbai, Nov 1 : Maharashtra will have chief minister from the Shiv Sena, senior party leader Sanjay Raut said on Friday amid standoff with ally BJP over sharing the top post. Talking to reporters here, he said there has been no talks yet between the BJP and the Sena […]
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