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ANCHORAGE —  A digital memory card found on a street in Alaska’s largest city contained videos of a woman being strangled and pictures of her face-down in the back of a truck, according to police and a charging document released Wednesday. Anchorage police believe human remains found along a highway earlier this month are those of […]

Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES Powerless in California It was the day the lights went out in Northern and Central California — and they could stay out for quite some time. Fearing the return of high winds knocking down power lines that could spark deadly wildfires, PG&E shut off power […]

AMMAN, Jordan —  President Trump’s announcement late Sunday that he was pulling U.S. troops from northeastern Syria was met with fierce criticism in Washington and elsewhere. Here is why it is so controversial: Who are the Kurdish fighters? They are one of the many groups involved in Syria’s civil war, which began in 2011. When troops […]

WASHINGTON —  President Trump’s decision to pull remaining U.S. troops back from northeastern Syria could revive the Islamic State terrorist group and destabilize the volatile region, senior U.S. officials said Monday, while senior Republicans in Congress angrily rebuked the president as he fights an impeachment inquiry. Trump abruptly announced the move late Sunday without consulting top […]

Joe Biden is calling for making community and technical college free while making existing federal college loan programs more generous as he continues charting a policy course that moves left but stops short of his more progressive rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination. The former vice president’s $750-billion higher education plan represents a major expansion […]

WASHINGTON —  House Democrats are considering additional measures to protect the identity of the whistleblower whose complaint spurred an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, according to the Washington Post. To prevent efforts to expose the whistleblower, Democrats are weighing having the individual testify from a remote location and obscuring the person’s appearance and voice, three officials […]

WASHINGTON —  The White House has issued a formal objection to House Democrats’ impeachment probe into President Trump without an official vote. In a blistering letter to House Democrats, the White House’s lawyer said President Trump “cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances.” MORE COVERAGE: Defiant letter marks a major milestone in […]

They passed him the ball, handed him the ball, passed to him again and handed off to him again. And that was just in the first five plays Sunday, the Chargers intent on reintegrating Melvin Gordon as quickly as possible in an attempt to compensate for nine weeks of holding out because of a contract […]

A Los Angeles Unified School District investigation into an allegation of academic misconduct involving a Harbor City Narbonne football player confirmed that a player on last year’s team was ineligible after Oct. 4 because he did not have a grade-point average above 2.0, according to Michael Romero, superintendent for Local District South. Narbonne reported to […]

ATLANTA —  Heroics from franchise icons and inspired performances by youngsters have turned the meeting between the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series into a classic. A tie game slipped away from the Braves bullpen in the opener. A few days later, a vintage performance from 38-year-old Adam Wainwright was […]