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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer addresses the media about the flooding along the Tittabawassee River, after several dams breached, in downtown Midland Reuters/Rebecca Cook Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told Business Insider...

Sergeant Harold Preston, a 41-year veteran of the Houston police force, died from wounds suffered during the shooting.Houston authorities confirmed on Tuesday that one police officer was killed and another...

A United Airlines plane seen at the gate at Chicago OHare International airport (ORD)on October 5, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois.Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines' CEO Scott Kirby...

Johannes EISELE /AFP/Getty Images US stocks dipped as investors weighed hopes for a stimulus breakthrough against rising COVID-19 cases throughout the US.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expedited talks on Sunday, setting...

A peaceful protest in a sleepy and affluent suburb that is home to the head of the California national guard was among four demonstrations monitored by national guard spy planes,...

Of course Jeff Bezos is giving money to Republicans. On Tuesday, during Amazon’s annual sale event known as Prime Day, E&E News reported that the same month that Amazon announced...

Thousands of mostly young women in masks rallied Saturday in the nation's capital and other U.S. cities, exhorting voters to oppose President Donald Trump and his fellow Republican candidates in...

An Indiana police department on Saturday announced that one of their officers had been fired for participating in a neo-Nazi internet chat forum in 2016.In a press release, Chief Patrick...

Actor Zachery Ty Bryan, best known for playing Tim Allen’s oldest son on “Home Improvement,” was arrested on domestic assault and strangulation charges in Eugene, Oregon, the AP reported on...

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was a Saturday night in September when 160 or so...