Smoke from massive wildfires that painted skies throughout California orange is helping crews struggling to surround the deadliest blaze of the year.

A Northern California wildfire that destroyed a foothill hamlet has become the state’s deadliest blaze of the year with 10 people confirmed dead — and the toll could climb as searchers look for 16 missing people.

About 8,800 unaccompanied children have been quickly expelled from the United States along the Mexico border under a pandemic-related measure that effectively ended asylum.

A judge has ruled that rapper Kanye West was correctly left off the presidential ballot in the key swing state of Wisconsin.

Deadly wildfires in heavily populated northwest Oregon were growing, with hundreds of thousands of people told to flee encroaching flames while residents to the south tearfully assessed their losses.

The NFL’s new stance encouraging players to take a stand against racial injustice got its first test as some fans of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs booed during a moment of silence to promote the cause, touching off a fresh debate on how players should use their voice.

Journalists have captured searing, intimate images of active and dangerous wildfires burning California, due in large part to a state law that guarantees press virtually unfettered access to disaster sites.

A panel of government advisers says there's no clear evidence that a harder-to-crush version of the painkiller OxyContin resulted in fewer drug overdoses.

Afghanistan's warring sides will start long anticipated negotiations to end decades of war and provide an exit for U.S. troops.

Antarctica remains the only continent without COVID-19.

Officials say more than 50 people are dead after landslides collapsed three artisanal gold mining wells near the city of Kamituga in eastern Congo’s South Kivu province on Friday.

Hundreds of people in Italy have walked in a funeral procession for a young Black man whose brutal beating death has shaken up the country and drawn condemnation from the highest levels of government.

Thousands of asylum-seekers spent a fourth night sleeping in the open on the Greek island of Lesbos, after successive fires destroyed the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp during a coronavirus lockdown.

Iran’s state TV is reporting that the country’s authorities has executed a wrestler for allegedly murdering a man after President Donald Trump asked for the 27-year-old condemned man’s life to be spared.

The Venice Film Festival is wrapping up the first COVID-era international cinema showcase with critics, filmmakers and actors alike cheering organizers for having dared to hold the festival amid a pandemic.

The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution on tackling the coronavirus pandemic over objections from the United States and Israel, which protested a successful last-minute Cuban amendment that strongly urges countries to oppose unilateral economic, financial or trade sanctions.

The 2020 NFL season kicks off tonight (September 10) as first scheduled, with the Chiefs and the Texans going head-to-head.

Can you think of someone who has been impacted by breast cancer? It could be your mother, your sister, your brother, a co-worker, a grandparent. It could be you. That’s because one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. That’s why, this fall, people will be coming together to walk in the “I Pink I Can” marathon to support “Women Supporting Women.”

The pandemic left many student athletes wondering if they would be able to play sports this year. If they didn’t get to play, how would they stay in shape for when it is time to get out on the field? 102.5 WBOC’s Corey Phoebus visited GRIT Strength and Conditioning to see how they’re helping students in the gym before they hit the field.

The winner of the 146th Kentucky Derby is 'Authentic'.

Saturday was the first day of the Boston Marathon virtual experience.

The Governors Challenge is set to return for its 40th anniversary this December. In addition to a modified team tournament, organizers will introduce Governors Challenge Select, an elite basketball experience designed for the individual athlete. Because of the uncertainty of public high school sports in the different states this year's event will only feature private schools.

Legendary New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver, one of baseball's most celebrated players in the 1960's and 1970's, has died.

Veteran Eagles' quarterback Carson Wentz is giving the team a bit of a scare just two weeks ahead of the season opener on Sept. 13 against the Washington Redskins. Wentz left practice on Sunday with what's being described as a soft tissue injury but the silver lining is he's listed as day-to-day and the ailment itself is viewed as minor.

It took every bit of seven games, but Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics are headed to the Eastern Conference finals.

Brock Nelson broke a tie with 3:25 left, Semyon Varlamov made 34 saves and the New York Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 in Game 3 of the NHL’s Eastern Conference final on Friday night.

John Fahey, a former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and a key figure in getting the 2000 Summer Olympics for Sydney, has died.

Alexander Zverev has reached the first Grand Slam final of his career as the U.S. Open by staging the first comeback from a two-set deficit of his career.

Jacob deGrom, wearing an NYPD cap in honor of first responders on the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, pitched six strong innings and the New York Mets backed him in a big way, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 18-1.

Paul Millsap scored 14 of his 17 points in a pivotal third quarter, Michael Porter Jr. knocked down a late 3-pointer and the Denver Nuggets stormed back from a 15-point, second-half deficit to stun the Los Angeles Clippers 111-105 in Game 5.

The NFL’s new stance encouraging players to take a stand against racial injustice got its first test as some fans of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs booed during a moment of silence to promote the cause, touching off a fresh debate on how players should use their voice.

Friday night’s game between the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres was postponed minutes before the scheduled first pitch.

St. Louis Zoo officials are trying to solve the mystery of how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs without being around a male python for at least two decades.

A serval cat named Spartacus has run away from the home of its owner in Merrimack, New Hampshire, and is missing.

A drone carrying marijuana, cigarette lighters and cellphones got caught up in a net above a Mississippi prison fence, resulting in the arrest of two men.

Researchers at the John F.

Official says customs officers at a Florida airport found nearly a half-million dollars being smuggled out of the United States hidden inside furniture.

Authorities are searching for a tiger in East Tennessee.

People from San Francisco to Seattle woke up Wednesday to a massive clouds of smoke hanging in the air, darkening the skies in some areas to an eerie orange glow.

A voter bared her arms, and more, after she was told she couldn’t wear an anti-Trump shirt at a polling place and responded by whipping it off and doing her civic duty topless.