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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.

President Trump speaks at the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual convention in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday.

Trump Plants Seeds Of Rural Revival With Friendly Farm Audience

President Trump unveiled a task force report on reviving rural prosperity at a Farm Bureau convention in Nashville, Tenn., Monday. Rural voters were a key part of Trump's winning election coalition.

Americans Lost $143 Million In Online Relationship Scams Last Year

The Federal Trade Commission says Americans who fell for online romance scams reported losing a median $2,600 each — far more than other types of scams.

A tour guide on a horse-drawn carriage points outside of Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 2007. One of the city's two horse-drawn carriage companies is closing down and transferring its animals to the city.

Philadelphia Horse-Drawn Carriage Company Shuts Down After Abuse Allegations

City inspectors found violations of building codes and animal welfare laws. The horses will be sent to a sanctuary. A second company still offers carriage rides.

Case 0408: The remains are presumed to be male, aged 35 to 56, and were found on Nov. 3, 2009, on the Coldwell Ranch in Brooks County, Texas. They were exhumed from the Sacred Heart Cemetery on May 26, 2013.

In Texas, A Database Of Exhumed Objects Aims To ID Migrants Who Perished

About 100 migrants die every year trying to sneak around Border Patrol checkpoints in South Texas. Now, a searchable database lets relatives find photos of their missing loved ones' personal items.

Joe Craine grabs a handful of late-winter Kansas prairie plants. Cattle need the nutrient-rich green grass to grow.

Since the mid-'90s, levels of crude protein in the plants, which cattle need to grow, have dropped nearly 20 percent, and it may just be a matter of time before prairie grasses can't support grazing.

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.

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