A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare. Here's what to know about ...

MOORE TWP., Pa. - A former Northampton County fire chief charged with stealing more than $50,000 dollars from Klecknersville Rangers Volunteer Fire Company has pleaded guilty. The investigation ...

Prosecutors charged Ricardo Ortega, 29, with the murder of Sandra Alejo Arcos, 42, in the complaint filed Tuesday in Ventura County Superior Court. The victim and suspect had been in a previous ...

MAXATAWNY TWP., Pa. -- Fire destroyed a barn in Berks County on Monday morning. It was reported just before 8 a.m. on Baldy Road in Maxatawny Township, state police said. Responding firefighters ...

An updating map created by CBS News' data team charts the expanse of the wildfires across Southern California. The Hughes Fire, which erupted in northwest L.A. County on Wednesday, Jan. 22 ...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R, Iowa, faced a torrent of angry questions during a town hall at the Franklin County Courthouse in Hampton on Friday. As part of his annual tour of Iowa's 99 counties ...

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