SAN FRANCISCO – Flames devoured swaths of brush and trees in Northern California on Wednesday amid unseasonably hot and dry weather.High winds that spread new fires this week in the Napa and Sonoma wine country and in a far northern area of the state were reduced to breezes, but vegetation remained ripe for burning in high temperatures amid very low humidity.The National Weather Service said the weather conditions would last for several days due to high pressure centered over the state.

Heat advisories were in effect or pending along about three-quarters of the California coast and many areas had poor air quality due to smoke.

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California rapist awaiting trial for 14 years ordered freed

SAN FRANCISCO - A convicted rapist who spent 13 years in prison and nearly 14 years in a state mental hospital while awaiting a trial that never came was ordered released Wednesday by a state appeals court.The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco agreed with a lower court judge who said there had been a “systemic breakdown in the management” of Terrance Butler’s case, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.However, Butler will remain confined while prosecutors decide whether to appeal, the paper said.Butler was convicted in 1993 of raping two women and attempting to rape a minor. His 18-year sentence was reduced because of time off for good behavior.

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Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash slammed for travelling to Wales amid coronavirus pandemic

Stacey Solomon and partner Joe Swash have recently come under fire after their recent family 'staycation' in Wales has been criticised by local residents. Last week, the Loose Women panelist enjoyed a mini getaway with her family and documented the full trip over on her Instagram stories.

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Biden, Harris aim to tip battleground Arizona for Democrats

PHOENIX – When Dolores Novoa left Orange County, California, for her new home in a Phoenix suburb, there was one thing at the top of her to-do list. “As soon as I got here, I did my civic duty.

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Coronavirus aid: President Trump presses for $1,200 stimulus checks

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to salvage a few priority items lost in the rubble of COVID-19 relief talks that he blew up, pressing for $1,200 stimulus checks and new aid for airlines and other businesses hard hit by the pandemic.In a series of tweets, Trump pressed for passage of these chunks of assistance, an about-face from his abrupt and puzzling move Tuesday afternoon to abandon talks with a longtime rival, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The California Democrat has rejected such piecemeal entreaties all along.

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The Latest: Swiatek slated to face Podoroska at French Open

PARIS – The Latest from the French Open (all times local):___12:25 p.m.Polish teenager Iga Swiatek and Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska will open play in the main stadium at the French Open.The first women’s semifinal match is scheduled to start at 3 p.m.

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Disney to lay off nearly 9,000 part-time workers

ORLANDO, Fla. – Due to a lack of crowds caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Walt Disney Co. is expected to lay off thousands of workers between California and Central Florida.Disney’s parks closed last spring as the pandemic began spreading in the U.S.

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Fly on Mike Pence’s head sets social media abuzz during VP debate

LOS ANGELES - An uninvited participant swooped into Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate, and it set social media abuzz.For several minutes, a fly landed on Vice President Mike Pence’s hair, not moving as he answered questions about racial injustice and whether justice has been done in the death of Breonna Taylor.Conversation about the fly shot up on Twitter’s trending list, where debate watchers discussed their distraction and inability to focus on Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris’ answers.

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VP debate: Pence, Harris clash on coronavirus, taxes, climate, health care

SALT LAKE CITY - Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris clashed Wednesday on the administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic during the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election — forgoing the traditional handshake and speaking while separated by plexiglass.Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen.

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Fly lands on Vice President Pence’s head during debate, distracting internet

There was briefly another participant swooping into Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate.For several minutes, a fly landed in Vice President Mike Pence’s hair, not moving as he answered questions about racial injustice and whether justice has been done in the death of Breonna Taylor.Conversation about the fly briefly dominated corners of Twitter, where debate watchers discussed their distraction and inability to focus on Pence and California Sen.

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Watch the VP debate: Pence, Harris clash on coronavirus, taxes, health care

SALT LAKE CITY - Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris faced off Wednesday for the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election, forgoing the traditional handshake, separated by plexiglass due to the COVID-19 pandemic after taking the stage. The debate, taking place at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, is happening as President Donald Trump recovers at the White House after testing positive last week for the coronavirus and spending three days at Walter Reed Military Medical Center.Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen.

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Watch the VP debate: Pence, Harris clash on Trump’s handling of coronavirus

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LEADING OFF: Homers fly in playoffs, Atlanta arms dominate

A look at what's happening around the majors on Thursday:OCTOBER OCTANEMaybe it’s the Southern California air or the indoors atmosphere in Texas, but the ball is really flying this postseason.With Chad Pinder, Travis d’Arnaud and others powering up, there had been 75 home runs in just 26 playoff games this year through Wednesday afternoon. That was before the Yankees-Rays and Padres-Dodgers started their Division Series matchups.That average of 2.88 homers per postseason game tops the regular-season mark of 2.57.The Athletics and Astros combined to connect seven times as the A’s avoided a sweep with a 9-7 win.

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United Kingdom’s divisive and dry tactic to combat COVID-19

Pubs and restaurants in Scotland’s two biggest cities will shut down, starting Friday, for 16 days to control the spread of COVID-19. As Crystal Goomansingh reports, the strategy is fuelling frustration.

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California governor’s staff member positive for COVID-19

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 03, 2020 - - California Governor Gavin Newsom visits Harun Coffee in Leimert Park after several days of protest in Los Angeles on June 3, 2020. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A member of California Gov.

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Study: Early coronavirus cases in SoCal linked to New York

HOBOKEN, NJ - OCTOBER 5: People walk through the park on Pier A as the sun sets on lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on October 5, 2020 in Hoboken, New Jersey.

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Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash under fire for travelling to Wales amid coronavirus

Stacey Solomon and boyfriend Joe Swash's recent family 'staycation' in Wales has been criticised by some local residents.

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Trump changes tune, pushes for some COVID-19 relief after shutting down talks

White House on Wednesday tried to salvage its favorite items lost in the rubble of COVID-19 relief talks that President Donald Trump blew up, with his administration pressing for $1,200 stimulus checks and a new wave of aid for airlines and other businesses hard hit by the pandemic.In a barrage of tweets, Trump pressed for passage of these chunks of assistance, an about-face from his abrupt and puzzling move on Tuesday afternoon to abandon talks with a longtime rival, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The California Democrat has rejected such piecemeal entreaties all along.Trump’s tweets amounted to him demanding his way in negotiations that he himself had ended.

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‘We’re part of the problem.’ Astronomers confront their role in—and vulnerability to—climate change

Daniel CleryIn August, as wildfires crept close to the historic Lick Observatory near San Jose, California, Claire Max watched as live webcams showed flames edging toward observatory buildings and several telescopes. In the end, firefighters kept the flames at bay.

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‘We're part of the problem.’ Astronomers confront their role in—and vulnerability to—climate change

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The Salzburg contrast amid Odsonne Edouard Covid case as Celtic stars retain international status

UEFA normally forcing clubs to free their players for international games. It comes amid Celtic star Odsonne Edouard 's positive test while on international duty with France under 21s.

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Mike Pence and Kamala Harris set to take vice-presidential debate stage

SALT LAKE CITY - Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen.

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CRISPR, the revolutionary genetic "scissors", honored by Chemistry Nobel

Science News StaffThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to the two scientists who transformed an obscure bacterial immune mechanism, most commonly called CRISPR, into a tool that can simply and cheaply edit the genomes of everything from wheat to mosquitoes to humans. The award went jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier of Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens and Jennifer A. Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley "for the development of a method for genome editing." But the Nobel committee did not include Feng Zhang of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, who led the work that resulted in the first published evidence that CRISP could edit DNA in mammalian cells.

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Pence-Harris debate to unfold as Trump recovers from virus

SALT LAKE CITY – Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic challenger, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are poised to meet for a debate that will offer starkly different visions for a country confronting escalating crises.The faceoff Wednesday night in Salt Lake City is the most highly anticipated vice presidential debate in recent memory.

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Viewer's Guide: Virus response on stage with Pence, Harris

Mike Pence and Kamala Harris do not have a tough act to follow.The vice presidential debate set for Wednesday night follows the disorderly prime-time spectacle last week that had viewers of President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden’s matchup bemoaning the moderator’s inability to shut off a candidate’s microphone.As vice president Pence has worked to level Trump’s roughshod style and steer his response to the coronavirus pandemic. He will face a U.S.

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Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer, according to son

CHULA VISTA, CA - SEPTEMBER 30: Guitarist Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen performs on stage at Sleep Train Amphitheatre on September 30, 2015 in Chula Vista, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - Eddie Van Halen, rock icon, legendary guitarist and co-founder of Van Halen, has died of cancer.

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Small gyms devastated by coronavirus fear, restrictions

NEW YORK – There’s little evidence of Americans’ passion for fitness at the tens of thousands of small and independent gyms around the country. Gyms, health clubs and workout studios began reopening in late spring following government-ordered shutdowns aimed at halting the coronavirus spread.

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Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh, who recently shared stage with Rahul Gandhi, tests Covid positive

Rahul Gandhi tested positive for the novel coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday.Mohali civil surgeon Manjit Singh said Sidhu has mild fever and a sore throat. "The minister is stable and in isolation at home.

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No more status quo: Boris Johnson vows to transform Britain after Covid crisis

Boris Johnson promised on Tuesday to transform Britain rather than settle for the "status quo" after the coronavirus crisis by building more new homes, improving education, fighting crime and boosting the green economy.In a speech aimed at rallying his Conservative Party, which has become increasingly critical of its leader, Johnson laid out his vision for Britain, where deep-rooted inequality has been laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic.Using his own battle with weight loss which made a bout of COVID-19 more difficult to overcome as a metaphor for changing Britain, he listed the areas he wanted to tackle - housing, education, jobs, climate change and crime.But he offered few clues on funding and opposition parties criticised the speech for

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Physics Nobel honors discoveries about black holes

Science News StaffThe Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to astrophysicists who made pioneering discoveries about the nature of black holes, and their existence at the center of the Milky Way.One half of the prize went to Roger Penrose, of the University of Oxford, who showed in 1965 that black holes were a direct consequence of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. The other half of the prize is shared by Reinhard Genzel, of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, and Andrea Ghez, of the University of California, Los Angeles.Since the 1990s, they have led studies of the stars at the center of the Milky Way that whirl at incredible speeds around a heavy, unseen object.

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Here's How 'American Idol' Auditions Will Be Different Due to COVID-19

Production has begun on the upcoming fourth season of ABC’s version of American Idol and a new report has revealed how the audition episodes will be different due to COVID-19.

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Blood red moon: Wildfires cause moon to glow red over California

LOS ANGELES - It’s an eerie sight to see in California: wildfires in the state have given the moon a blood-red cast.According to local meteorologists, the red hues were due to wildfire smoke in the state, which caused hazy skies and a red tint to the moon.Igor A. Chicherin captured a timelapse video on Instagram, which revealed a crimson moon rising over Mount Shasta on Sept.

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Long Covid: Your questions about lingering devastation of coronavirus answered

Long Covid could become a more serious public health problem than excess deaths caused by coronavirus, a leading academic has warned.

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What Donald Trump’s coronavirus treatment could tell us about his condition

coronavirus infection, U.S. President Donald Trump’s doctors said he may be released Monday.

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Remote Manitoba First Nation hits critical status on province’s pandemic response system

coronavirus.The province announced Sunday that the cases on Little Grand Rapids First Nation are connected to public events at the community’s recreation centre from Sept. 24 to 27.Little Grand Rapids, located almost 280 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, has been moved to critical, or “red,” status on Manitoba’s pandemic response system.Chief Raymond Keeper said the community has responded quickly, urging residents to stay home except when they need medical care, and to get tested immediately if they’re showing any symptoms.Travel in and out of the community is also currently forbidden.

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Epic scale of California wildfires continues to grow

SAN FRANCISCO – The staggering scale of California's wildfires reached another milestone Monday: A single fire surpassed 1 million acres.The new mark for the August Complex in the Coast Range between San Francisco and the Oregon border came a day after the total area of land burned by California wildfires this year passed 4 million acres, more than double the previous record.The August Complex began as dozens of fires ignited by lightning in the Mendocino National Forest in mid-August and became California's largest fire on record in September. As of Monday, it covered nearly 1,566 square miles (4,055 square kilometers).

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Coronavirus does not spread through surfaces like door handles, scientist claims

With coronavirus cases around the world now at over 35 million, scientists have been working around the clock to understand how the virus spreads.

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Coronation Street star Craig Charles stuck in Barbados after coronavirus ruins holiday

Coronation Street actor and DJ Craig Charles' peaceful family vacation has turned into a complete nightmare. The 56-year-old English actor, who once starred as Lloyd Mullaney on the ITV soap, is currently stuck in Barbados with his family as they are unable to get back to their home in the UK amid coronavirus pandemic restrictions.

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Trump could soon be discharged from hospital, but coronavirus condition remains unclear

Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19 as soon as Monday, according to his doctors, although his condition remains unclear and outside experts warn that his case may be severe.Sequestered at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington since Friday, Trump has released a series of videos in an effort to reassure the public that he is recovering from a pandemic that has infected 7.4 million Americans and killed more than 209,000.“It’s a very interesting journey.

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Wentz rallies Eagles to 1st win of season, 25-20 over San Francisco 49ers

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 04: Carson Wentz #11 of the Philadelphia Eagles runs with the ball against Kerry Hyder Jr. #92 of the San Francisco 49ers in the game at Levi's Stadium on October 04, 2020 in Santa Clara, California.

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Eagles beat San Fransisco 49ers 25-20 to pick up first win of season

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Doctors reveal more about Trump’s condition with COVID-19

Doctors say U.S. President Donald Trump’s condition is improving after contracting COVID-19, and that he could be discharged early this week.

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Coronavirus: Aide says Trump’s doctor was trying to ‘project confidence’ in downplaying condition

The White House director of strategic communications Alyssa Farah on Sunday addressed concerns over President Donald Trump’s doctor Sean Conley appearing to downplay his condition, saying Conley wanted to “project confidence” and lift Trump’s “spirits.”

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Drubbed in 2018, California GOP looks to regain House seats

LOS ANGELES – California’s tarnished Republican Party is hoping to rebound in a handful of U.S. House races but its candidates must overcome widespread loathing for President Donald Trump and voting trends that have made the nation’s most populous state an exemplar of Democratic strength.The presidential contest is essentially over in California — Trump lost by more than 4 million votes to Hillary Clinton in 2016 and appears headed for another drubbing from Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, the home-state senator.

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Trump's Covid-19 condition improving, could return to White House tomorrow: Doctors

Washington: President Donald Trump's condition is improving as he is being treated for COVID-19 at a military hospital, and he could return to the White House as early as Monday, the doctors leading his treatment said on Sunday.That word came the day after a series of contradictory messages from the White House about Trump's conditions caused widespread confusion about his health."The patient continues to improve. He has remained without fever since Friday morning, his vital signs are stable," Dr.

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Feds: California convict tried to steal $22M in virus relief

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A California man convicted five years ago of defrauding several local governments in the state has been charged with trying to steal $22 million from the Paycheck Protection Program.Attila Colar, 48, of Richmond, who goes by several aliases including Dahood Sharieff Bey, was charged with bank fraud in an alleged scheme where he falsified documents to take advantage of the federal program intended to keep small businesses afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S.

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Donald Trump deflects from his health status as hospital stay extends

Trump also lashed out in private at his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, after learning that it was Meadows who told reporters earlier in the day that the president’s vital signs looked troubling, and that the next 48 hours would be crucial as the president wasn’t yet on a clear path to recovery.That contradicted a public readout of Trump’s condition from Conley -- signaling that inside the White House, questions still linger about the president’s health as he entered a second full day at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.Trump’s re-election campaign is now mobilizing allies to counteract that image through appearances on television and other media, according to people familiar with the plans who also described Trump’s displeasure

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How Trump’s condition could impact the 2020 presidential campaign

U.S. President Donald Trump is being treated in hospital for COVID-19, just one month until Americans head to the polls. Jackson Proskow looks at how Trump’s positive test is impacting the final stretch of the presidential campaign.

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