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For most of his life, Michael Comberiate has preferred to look at the world, as he says, upside down.

SAN DIEGO − As a fierce atmospheric river dumps heavy rains across parts of Southern California, some residents have been driven from their homes on Christmas Day as flooding and debris continue to threaten the region.

Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado’s Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over the next five years as pine beetles begin to spread aggressively, new federal forecasts show.

 In May, Florida officials announced a plan outlining to the federal government new measures to curb illegal immigration, including new detention centers. Two months later, the state opened Alligator Alcatraz on an old airstrip inside Big Cypress National Preserve. .

A father who has become the sole caretaker for his two young children after his wife was deported. A school district seeing absenteeism similar to what it experienced during the pandemic. Businesses struggling because customers are scared to go outside.

Pope Leo XIV called for compassion and global peace in his first Christmas Mass in Rome on Wednesday.

As first responders arrived at the Bristol Health & Rehab Center on Tuesday afternoon, they were faced with a nightmarish scene: A nursing facility that housed 120 people had exploded, and dozens were trapped. Shards of wood, glass, and paneling littered the lawn. The smell of gas hung thick in the air — and flames were spreading. 

One common argument we hear against having a natural Christmas tree is the misconception that the trees are cut down from the forest then hauled away to market. The belief is that fewer trees are left to help capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Thousands of people awoke without power Wednesday morning after a powerful storm slammed into the Bay Area, toppling trees and further complicating holiday travel across the region. The North Bay, Peninsula and the South Bay appeared to bear the brunt of the latest storm front, which packed wind gusts topping out at 108 mph in Marin County and left pockets of San Jose, ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs is not giving up on his fight for freedom. Lawyers for the convicted hip -hop mogul asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday for his immediate release. They also asked the court to appeal his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

President Donald Trump's administration, which failed to meet a deadline to release records related to alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, announced Dec. 24 that the process may take “a few more weeks" after prosecutors found more than a million additional documents.

At 5:55 p.m. on a Friday evening in Gloucester, England, David Purchase was still singing - 41 hours and 55 minutes after he had begun.

A ticket sold in Arkansas scored a $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot after Wednesday night's draw — one of the richest lottery prizes in U.S. history, landing just in time for Christmas.

A majority of Russians expect the war in Ukraine to end in 2026, state pollster VTsIOM said on Wednesday, in a sign that the Kremlin could be testing public reaction to a possible peace settlement as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict intensify.

Democratic senators urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to reverse a recall of nearly 30 career ambassadors, warning the move leaves a dangerous leadership vacuum that allows adversaries like Russia and China to expand their influence.

Every night, Abdullah Ibrahim retreats from the streets into a wooded stretch along the Potomac River. As night falls and temperatures drop, he erects a tent and builds a fire beneath a canopy of pine, hemlock, and cedar trees.

A federal judge said the Trump administration can move ahead with a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, providing a setback for U.S. technology companies that rely on hiring skilled foreign workers.