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PARADISE, Calif. — The catastrophic wildfire in Northern California is nearly out after several days of rain, but searchers are still completing the meticulous task of combing through now-muddy ash and debris for signs of human remains.Crews resumed the grim work Saturday as rain cleared out of the devastated town of Paradise. Some were looking through destroyed neighborhoods for a second time as hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. They were searching for telltale [...]

HOOVER, Ala. — Protesters on Saturday marched through an Alabama shopping mall where police killed a black man they later acknowledged was not the triggerman in a Thanksgiving night shooting that wounded two people.An officer shot and killed 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, Jr. of Hueytown while responding to the Thursday mall shooting. Police said Bradford was fleeing the scene with a weapon.Hoover Police initially told reporters Bradford had shot a teen [...]

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's incoming government denied a report Saturday that it plans to allow asylum-seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through U.S. immigration courts, a deal the Trump administration has been pursuing for months."There is no agreement of any sort between the incoming Mexican government and the U.S. government," future Interior Minister Olga Sanchez said in a statement.Hours earlier, The Washington Post quoted her as saying that [...]

STOCKTON — Small Business Saturday is a big deal for store owners such as Julie Van Noate.“When you support us, we support our employees and our employees can send their kids to camp and ballet,” said Van Noate, who owns Best Wishes, a boutique, home décor and gift shop at Lincoln Center.Small Business Saturday was started in 2010 by American Express to show support for locally owned businesses across the U.S. It is celebrated on the Saturday after [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 49 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. At that time, there were 1,286 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,550. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.Stockton PoliceRobbery: A man walked into a store about 11:16 a.m. Friday in the 3200 block of West Hammer Lane and stole candy. The [...]

Domestic violence suspect found with handmade gunSTOCKTON — A man who was in possession of a handmade gun was arrested after he beat and held a woman against her will, according to the Stockton Police Department.Andre Earnest, 39, was arrested on suspicion of weapons charges, false imprisonment and domestic violence charges, according to the San Joaquin County Jail records. His bail is set at $280,000.Stockton police said officers responded to a [...]

The harrowing details from the April fatal flight were released for the first time as the National Transportation Safety Board began a hearing Wednesday into the engine failure on Southwest Flight 1380, which carried 144 passengers and five crew members.

STOCKTON — A 19-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly attacking his neighbors with a knife and a baseball bat.Officers responded to the attack in the 900 block of Porter Avenue at 7 p.m., and upon arrival, found an adult woman suffering from multiple wounds, police said.[gh:iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3143.779190227912!2d-121.32362518467578!3d38.00561057971802!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2! [...]

In a legal filing ahead of a Wednesday hearing on CNN's request for a temporary restraining order to restore Acosta's access, the government argues it "was lawful" to punish Acosta for his behavior during a contentious Trump press conference last week.

May hailed the Cabinet decision as a "decisive step" toward finalizing the exit deal with the EU within days. It sets in motion an elaborate diplomatic choreography of statements and meetings.