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Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake Tahoe.

Sears will be closing its last major location in its home state of Illinois.

Apple executives signaled to employees this week that they plan to take an active role in discussions on key political issues that have roiled Capitol Hill in recent weeks, including the fight over Texas’ abortion law and current U.S. immigration policy under the Biden administration.

Sales of a few dozen liquor products will be limited to two bottles per customer in an effort to deal with Pennsylvania's liquor supply shortage.

A burrito chain restaurant in Georgia was forced to close after the entire staff quit, citing they all worked seven days a week for the past month.

New Mexico laws have prevented Tesla from opening a store, until a loophole was found.

A prized and historic ranch in Montana that was listed this spring for upward of $136 million closed in the past week for close to its asking price—a record sum for the state.

A New Jersey state treasury official said on Wednesday it is set to divest $182 million in Unilever Plc (ULVR.L) stock and bonds held by its pension funds over the restriction of sales by the consumer giant's Ben & Jerry's ice cream brand in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.

A Maryland seafood company and its owner entered guilty pleas Wednesday after being accused of employing at least 89 illegal immigrants and engaging in visa fraud, according to reports.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is asking Google for answers, suggesting in a Wednesday letter that the search engine giant showed ideological bias towards pro-life groups.

The Instagram account belonging to Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old woman reported missing on Sept. 11, appeared to be down temporarily on Wednesday morning before it reappeared.

Rapper Pitbull has thrown his hat into the ring alongside many others banding together in order to save the famed Palm Beach International Raceway (PBIR).

A University of California, San Diego student obtained the cell phone accounts of at least 40 people in an effort to milk their cryptocurrency information from his dorm room and blackmailed one victim by threatening to release compromising photos, federal prosecutors said Monday.

The effort to fight a recall of California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has far outraised his closest GOP rival, and Newsom has enjoyed a boost with help from some big names in business.

Gubernatorial candidates California State Assemblymember Kevin Kiley, Riverside County supervisor Jeff Hewitt and YouTuber Kevin Paffrath stated their platforms to replace Gavin Newsom on "Kennedy."

Salesforce, an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, is offering to help employees who have concerns about access to "reproductive healthcare" to move out of Texas in light of the state’s new law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected around six weeks.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Sunday he will not vote in favor of his party’s $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package, which needs the support of all 50 Democratic senators to pass.

Gov. Pete Ricketts threatens to sue President Biden over the vaccine mandate, arguing that there will be economic implications.

Dick Grasso remembers lives lost and reflects on the 20 years since the September 11 attacks.

California recall candidate Kevin Paffrath says the meme stock subreddit r/wallstreetbets banned him without warning this week after a profile on his candidacy compared his popular YouTube channel to the viral retail investment forum.