Ken Stanford

Crews assessing the damage from a wildfire in Northern California have now determined that 68 homes were destroyed, up from the earlier tally of 37, a fire official said on Thursday.

More than 100 women demanding immigration legislation are blocking an intersection outside the U.S. Capitol and police are arresting them.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits plummeted 31,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 292,000. But the drop was mostly because of technical issues in two states that delayed the processing of applications.

A rapping jihadi from Alabama who ascended the ranks of Somalia's al-Qaida-linked militant group and was on the FBI's Most Wanted list with a $5 million reward for his capture was killed Thursday in an ambush ordered by the militant group's leader, militants said.

Dragon boats return to Lake Lanier Saturday for the 18th Annual Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival.

U.S. officials say the CIA has been delivering light machine guns and other small arms to Syrian rebels for several weeks, following President Barack Obama's decision to arm the rebels.