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December is supposed to be the time of year filled with family gatherings and holiday good cheer. For medical residents, quite the opposite is true.

A late-fall wildfire in central California's Big Sur region is now fully contained, officials said.

The 113th Congress has finished its first session, and lawmakers enacted fewer than 60 laws.

Proposed legislation in California would require smartphone manufacturers to include a so-called "kill switch" in their devices.

Under throbbing loudspeakers at a NASCAR track south of Miami, vaguely humanoid robots with two legs, four legs and tank treads take up garages that normally house race cars.

Groups trying to overturn a new California law allowing transgender students to choose public school restrooms and sports teams that correspond with their expressed genders have filed a lawsuit claiming state officials are unfairly refusing to count signatures seeking a referendum.

A federal judge has struck down Utah's ban on same-sex marriage, saying it's unconstitutional.

Three buses carrying commuters and casino gamblers skidded and crashed on rainy Southern California freeways in separate accidents, leaving one woman dead and dozens injured, authorities said.

It's not every day that three long-serving House members announce their retirements within hours of each other. It's rarer still that two of those seats have a distinct possibility of being filled by a black Republican after next year's election.

The powers that be in Washington are typically, though certainly not always, wrestling with weighty issues.