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Several NATO allies are insisting that Ukraine and Europe must not be cut out of any peace negotiations, after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled that he would hold talks soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Officials in California distributed sandbags, prepositioned rescue swimmers and told residents to have their go-bags ready as the state prepares for an atmospheric river that could bring heavy rain, winds and flooding to areas recently ravaged by wildfires

The rain has intensified in California, where an atmospheric river is expected to bring heavy downpours, winds and flooding to areas ravaged by wildfires

The rain has intensified in California, where an atmospheric river brought heavy downpours, winds and flooding to areas ravaged by wildfires

Heavy rain is falling across Southern California, creating deluges of water and mud on roads at the bottom of hillsides left barren by recent wildfires

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time for violent crimes to other lockups across the state

A generation has passed since the peak in AIDS-related deaths

Vice President JD Vance is set to visit the Dachau concentration camp memorial

President Donald Trump has just started his second term, the last one permitted under the U.S. Constitution

Elon Musk has called to “delete entire agencies” from the United States’ federal government