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Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected - a distant, rocky world that's similar in size to our own and exists in the Goldilocks zone where it's not too hot and not too cold for life.
Officers opened fire on a man at Neel Park Thursday morning, police say.
A late surge of sign-ups pushed California's health insurance exchange beyond the original enrollment projections of the Obama administration.
The lawyer who argued before the Supreme Court in favor of upholding California's ban on gay marriage learned while he was handling the case that one of his children is gay and now is helping her plan her wedding with another woman.
The mix of 38 million gallons of treated water and one teen's urine has proven unacceptable to Portland officials who plan to flush away the whole lot — the second time in less than three years the city has gone to such lengths to keep its water pure.
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Police say that a high-speed chase with a motorcycle ended after the rider ran out of gas.
A Monterey Park firetruck heading to a blaze collided with another engine and then plowed into a restaurant, injuring 15 people including six firefighters, authorities said.
Yahoo's recently fired chief operating officer, Henrique de Castro, left the Internet company with a severance package of $58 million even though he lasted just 15 months on the job.
Aaron Negrete has a rare syndrome called tetra-amelia syndrome, but he doesn't let his disability stop him. But his mother's old, worn out van might.
While he was in the Army, he was told he could get U.S. citizenship if he volunteered for service in Vietnam, which he did for three years.
Three counties have already fully declared to withdraw under the State of Jefferson plan: Modoc, Siskiyou, and Glenn counties. Tehama County could also put the issue on the ballot for voters to decide.
Members of a local search team known as Strike Force 7 are back home from Washington after a long search effort following a deadly mudslide.
Amy Konold is expecting her second daughter in July, but this pregnancy came with more stressors than it did when she carried 2-year-old Reese.
For the first time in three years the threat of the Sacramento Kings possibly leaving town isn't looming over the city's head when the team closes out its season.
