Author: Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY

Starbucks apologized for employees’ refusal to serve deputies in Riverside, California, the company’s third such incident with police in six months.

A weak spot in a federal law regulating which foreign nationals can possess guns in the U.S. is leaving Americans vulnerable to violence.

A report by California regulators puts the blame for last year’s deadly Camp Fire on PG&E, which says it’s exploring innovative solutions.

More than 50,000 people in southeast Texas remain under evacuation orders on Thanksgiving after two powerful explosions at a chemical plant.

Fears of a severe flu season have not materialized so far, perhaps an indication this year’s vaccine is a good match. It’s early, though.

Temperatures are plummeting to record-breaking lows in much of the U.S. Here are tips on how to keep your pets safe. Hint: Treat them like kids.

Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison have cut off power to minimize wildfire risk. Yet the wildfires haven’t stopped. What now?

A year after the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Jewish communities in the U.S. are still under threat. Here’s the latest.

In its second round of power outages, California utility PG&E will shut off electricity to nearly 180,000 customers, affecting about 450,000 people.