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California ties new COVID-19 rules to hospital capacity

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. Gov. Ga...

Dec 4, 2020

California imposes new virus rules based on ICU capacity

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will impose a new stay-at-home order for areas where capacity at intensive care units falls below 15%. Newsom announced the new plans...

Dec 3, 2020

Hillary, Chelsea Clinton to tell unheralded heroes' stories

LOS ANGELES - Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, are forming a film production company that they say will tell the stories of people whose voices are often overlooked. Their first proje...

Dec 3, 2020

Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat

JERUSALEM - The Israeli government on Thursday urged its citizens to avoid travel to the Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, citing threats of Iranian attacks. The travel advisory com...

Dec 3, 2020

Senate confirms Christopher Waller to serve on Fed's board

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed the nomination of Christopher Waller for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, placing another of President Donald Trump's picks on the Fed's...

Dec 3, 2020

OPEC, Russia agree to nudge up oil output gradually from Jan

VIENNA - OPEC and a group of allied countries including Russia have agreed to increase their oil production by 500,000 barrels per day from January. Alexander Novak, deputy prime minister of Russia, a...

Dec 3, 2020

Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit

MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, saying the cas...

Dec 3, 2020

California monolith emerges after Utah, Romania works exit

LOS ANGELES - Days after the discovery and swift disappearance of two shining metal monoliths spotted half a world away from each other, another towering structure has popped up, this time at the pinn...

Dec 3, 2020

Chinese moon probe begins return to Earth with lunar samples

BEIJING - A Chinese lunar probe lifted off from the moon Thursday night with a cargo of lunar samples on the first stage of its return to Earth, the government space agency reported, on what is expect...

Dec 3, 2020

William McRaven's next book is called 'The Hero Code'

NEW YORK - The retired U.S. Navy admiral who directed the raid that killed Osama bin Laden has a new book coming out. William McRaven's "The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived" is schedu...

Dec 3, 2020