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A mailbox, one of few items left at the site of the destroyed home in Napa, Calif., where Sara and Charles Rippey died in a fast-moving wildfire, shows a pink and black polka dot ribbon that indicates a fire crew has visited the location, Oct. 16, 2017.

7,000 Buildings Destroyed In Deadly Northern California Wildfires

California officials have raised the number of homes and structures destroyed in this month's wildfires to nearly 7,000 and said Thursday that the number will likely climb as crews continue assessing areas scorched by the blazes that killed 42 people.

The Cygnus resupply craft slowly approaches the International Space Station — and its waiting robotic arm, the Canadarm2 — Sunday morning.

Gotcha: Space Station Grabs Onto NASA's 5,100-Pound Cargo Craft

It's been a busy weekend for the space station. On Friday, three astronauts — two Russians and one American — docked at the ISS.

A Revolution That Didn't Happen: Personal Rapid Transit

In 1975, the Personal Rapid Transit in Morgantown, W. Va., was expected to usher in a new age of public transit nationally. It didn't. Still, the aging system is getting a $100-million upgrade.

Graduate Students Protest Tax Plan; A House Proposal Would Boost For-Profit Colleges

Those development, plus the results of our investigative reporting on a Washington, D.C., high school and more in the weekly education roundup.

Anxo cider-maker Greg Johnson pulverizes apples into a juice that will later be fermented into hard cider.

Craft Hard Cider Is On A Roll. How Ya Like Them Apples?

Hard cider is having a hot moment. Hotter still, if it's locally made and distributed. Over the past four years, the number of cider breweries across the country has doubled.

Power lines make their way over a freeway toward the San Onofre nuclear power plant, June 7, 2013.

As San Onofre's Radioactive Waste Goes Underground, Opponents Search For Alternatives

As the San Onofre nuclear power plant is decommissioned, the twin domes visible from Interstate 5 will disappear. But thousands of highly radioactive spent fuel rods will remain.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., accepts a gift of a traditional Ethiopian shirt from Girum Alemayehu at an Ethiopian festival in Denver in August 2016. Coffman has survived multiple tough re-election campaigns in part due to his outreach to various immigrant communities in his district.

Will Trump And Guns Be Enough To Unseat An Endangered House Republican?

Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman is one of the GOP's most battle-tested incumbents. In 2018, President Trump's unpopularity and an energized Democratic base present his toughest hurdles to re-election yet.

Theodore McCarrick, shown in 2011, has been accused of abusing minors and adults over a nearly 50-year clerical career.

Vatican Defrocks Former Cardinal McCarrick, Finds Him Guilty Of Sex Abuse

Theodore McCarrick rose to power as a cardinal and archbishop of Washington, D.C. He became the most senior Catholic Church official in modern times to lose clerical status.

Georgia gubernatorial candidates Stacey Abrams, a Democrat, and Brian Kemp, a Republican, debate at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Midtown.

In Governors' Elections This Year, Republicans Have A Lot To Lose

We tapped our network of political reporters and editors across the country to bring you an analysis of every one of the 36 gubernatorial races in 2018. Here's what they said.

About 180,000 babies develop hydrocephalus each year in sub-Saharan Africa. Baby Faridah received treatment for the deadly condition this year at the CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda in Mbale, Uganda.

Surgery For Saving Babies From 'Water On The Brain' Developed in Uganda

It's a new way to treat hydrocephalus. A study show it could save thousands of lives – in poor countries like Uganda and in rich countries, too.

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