Hurricane Rosa loses strength as it spins toward California

Hurricane Rosa dwindled to a Category 1 storm as it spun in the Pacific Ocean towards Baja California early Sunday and was forecast to become a weaker tropical storm later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

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Indonesia Tsunami Toll Soars Amid Push to Save Survivors

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Hundreds of Migrant Children Quietly Moved to a Tent Camp on the Texas Border

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Homes That Sold for Around $750,000

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Matt Damon Plays Brett Kavanaugh in ‘S.N.L.’ Season Premiere

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Fearing debt trap, Pakistan rethinks Chinese 'Silk Road' projects

After lengthy delays, an $8.2 billion revamp of a colonial-era rail line snaking from the Arabian Sea to the foothills of the Hindu Kush has become a test of Pakistan's ability to rethink signature Chinese "Silk Road" projects due to debt concerns.

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Indonesian quake toll jumps to 832 dead as rescuers struggle

The toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia soared on Sunday to 832 confirmed dead, with authorities fearing it will only climb as rescuers struggle to reach outlying communities cut off from communications and help.

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The Limits of Fashion’s Inclusivity

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Indonesia earthquake: Huge surge in death toll

At least 832 people died in the earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia, emergency officials say.

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Indonesia earthquake: 'Race against time' to reach survivors

Many people remain missing on Sulawesi after a devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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Search continues in Alaskan waters for helicopter crash victims

The U.S. Coast Guard continued its search overnight and into early Sunday for three missing people from a helicopter crash in the frigid waters near Lituya Bay, about 116 miles northwest of Juneau, Alaska.

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'We fell in love:' Trump swoons over letters from North Korea's Kim

U.S. President Donald Trump took his enthusiasm for his detente with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to new heights on Saturday, declaring at a rally with supporters that "we fell in love" after exchanging letters.

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FBI contact second accuser of court nominee Kavanaugh

FBI agents investigating U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have contacted the second woman to accuse him of sexual misconduct, her attorney said on Saturday.

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Trump uses Kavanaugh delay as rallying cry for midterm elections

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday used the stalled nomination of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a rallying cry for Republican voters in November congressional elections.

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At U.S. Marine base, families plead for housing help after Florence

Two weeks after Hurricane Florence devastated parts of the U.S. Southeast with raging waters and dangerous winds, some military families at the region's largest Marine Corps base say they are still residing in unlivable conditions and awaiting help from the base’s private housing manager.

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'Terrorism' ad by indicted Republican roils California election

When a Democrat with Palestinian-Mexican ancestry who had never before run for office was elected to challenge a Republican incumbent in a staunchly conservative southern California congressional district, few gave him much of a chance.

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California governor signs gun control bills into law

California Governor Jerry Brown signed several gun control bills into law on Friday, including one measure that raises the minimum age for buying rifles and shotguns from 18 to 21.

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Trump heads on five-state rally blitz amid Supreme Court chaos

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday kicks off a week of rallies in five friendly places around the country, seeking to shore up support ahead of congressional elections even as the fate of his pick to fill a Supreme Court vacancy remains unclear.

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'How We Mourned' memorializes Las Vegas mass shooting

The teddy bears belonged in a child’s bedroom, the votive candles in a local church. Instead, they were among the thousands of items left by the grieving near the site of the largest mass shooting in modern American history.

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