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Volunteers rescue climber stranded on small ledge in California's Sierra Nevada

Volunteers rescued a climber who was stranded on a ledge in the Sierra Nevada in an operation that spanned more than 15 hours

Shark sightings surge along southern Maine coast as experts explain what's driving the spike

According to researchers, white shark sightings are up this year, but it may be due to good beach weather and more people actively seeking them out.

North Carolina mountain town ‘whitewashing’ violence amid crime concerns, says pastor with former gang ties

Dr. Ronald Gates says Asheville, North Carolina, leaders ignored his gang prevention program for a decade before retaliatory shootings rattled the city.

Barabak: Don't look now, but suddenly the U.S. Senate is in play

MARK Z. BARABAK

The four-seat gain Democrats need to win control once seemed all but out of reach. Odds are looking up, though the party still faces a tough path, with toss-up races in a half dozen (mostly red) states.

A conservative California upbringing paved Natalie Harp's way to Trump

ANA CEBALLOS, HANNAH FRY

The presidential aide spent much of her early life in Southern California, where she was home-schooled and attended a mega-church on Sundays, her brother said.

France's wildfire nightmare echoes California's hard lessons on building in the woods

MICHAEL FINNEGAN, NOAH HAGGERTY

As France fights wildfires this summer, it looks to California and its experience with fighting or preventing fires.

TV exec fugitive accused of faking fortune before vanishing with millions – leaving her former star floored

Antonio Sabato Jr. says he was "speechless" to learn Bellum Entertainment executive Mary Carole McDonnell is wanted by the FBI for bank fraud.

Alleged tomb-raiding trio arrested in cross-country cemetery spree 'to steal from the dead,' police say

Surveillance video shows the accused trio breaking into cemetery niches across the eastern United States, stealing wedding rings and heirlooms, police say.

Social media influencer pleads guilty after prank videos at Arizona Chipotle, other businesses

Arizona influencer Heston James Cobb pleaded guilty to criminal impersonation after videos of his restaurant prank takeovers went viral online.

Colorado city leader dies after collapsing on mountain hike: 'Loss for our city'

Joe Anderson, Englewood Colorado's mayor pro tem, collapsed on Quandary Peak's lower slopes as fellow hikers rushed to perform CPR before help arrived.

NASA's Roman Space Telescope, set to probe universe with JPL tech, launches on SpaceX rocket

NOAH HAGGERTY

The $4.3-billion observatory will aid the search for "Earth twins" and explore the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

'RIP King': Fans pay respect to Tupac, hope for justice as murder trial nears the end

Rapper Tupac Shakur has been dead for nearly 30 years, but fans say they see signs that his spirit wants justice as the trial is coming to a close for Duane "Keffe D" Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the shooting of the rapper in Las Vegas

At least 3 dead, 18 wounded in separate blue state mass shootings less than 15 minutes apart

Police in two U.S. cities are searching for answers after separate shootings left 21 people shot overnight, including three who were killed.

Tuskegee University president defends dress code amid criticism: ‘Raise the bar, students will reach it’

Tuskegee University President Mark Brown says the dress code banning durags and bonnets is about workplace readiness, not respectability politics.

El-Sayed Apologizes for March Comment About Michigan Synagogue Attack

STEVE FRIESS AND TIM BALK

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, faced criticism from Jewish Democrats after remarking, “hurt people hurt people.”