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Firefighters monitor a backfire while battling the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018.

Biggest Wildfire On Record In California Is Fully Contained

The U.S. Forest Service says the largest wildfire on record in California is 100 percent contained.

Yelp announced a new initiative on Thursday to label businesses that users have reported for racist behavior.

Yelp Will Label Businesses Accused Of Racist Behavior

The review website will require a news article from a "credible media outlet" before adding an alert warning of alleged racist behavior.

Sgt. Charles Kelley was honored with the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I.

Remembering The 1st Veterans Memorialized By Veterans Day

Many Americans may have forgotten that Veterans Day began as a commemoration of World War I veterans. NPR's Kathleen Rushlow remembers her grandfather, who served in the 12th Machine Gun Battalion.

An early voting and registration sign is shown inside the San Diego Registrar of Voters' office, Feb. 18, 2020.

California Braces For Potential Disruption, Threats At Polls

California is taking an unusual step and warning local election officials to prepare for disruption at polling places and potential cases of voters being intimidated or blocked from casting ballots.

A World War I memorial cross sits in Bladensburg, Md., just outside Washington, D.C. The federal government asked the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the cross.

Supreme Court: Cross Can Stand On Public Land In Separation Of Church And State Case

The high court's conservative majority sided with those advocating for "religious freedom" in a major win for groups like the American Legion.

Solar panels are mounted on the roof of the Los Angeles Convention Center on September 5. The state's governor has signed a landmark bill setting a goal of 100 percent clean energy for the state's electrical needs, by the year 2045.

California Sets Goal Of 100 Percent Clean Electric Power By 2045

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill mandating that ambitious goal on Monday. He also issued an executive order calling for statewide carbon neutrality by the same year.

Police work around the scene of a helicopter crash that killed former NBA player Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others in Calabasas, Calif., on Sunday.

What We Know: The Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant And 8 Others

The Sikorsky S-76B helicopter was operating under "special VFR" (special visual flight rules) status, staying below the clouds in bad weather.

What's Left Behind Of The Berlin Wall

As Germany celebrates the 30th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Wall, the city has incorporated a piece of the historic relic into the landscape of the united German capital.

Photograph of an African-American man with a camera looking at the skeletons of iron beds which rise above the ashes of a burned-out block after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, in Oklahoma.

New Research Identifies Possible Mass Graves From 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

"I'm as confident as I can be in the results that this is a very big candidate for something associated with the massacre," a senior researcher at the Oklahoma Archeological Survey said on Monday.

Click If You Dare: 100 Favorite Horror Stories

Trick or treat! A few years ago, we celebrated Frankenstein's 200th birthday by dedicating our annual reader poll to horror stories. This Halloween, check out our list of 100 spine-tingling tales.

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