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Southern California Couple Reflects On Fleeing Their Home

We've been bringing you voices from across California where fires rage on both ends of the state. Johnny and Shandra Fortier fled their mobile home which didn't survive the wildfire.

Cars pass a sign for gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker about an hour before the polls closed on Nov. 6, 2018.

Pritzker Announces Transition Team — Includes Republican Gov. Edgar

A day after defeating incumbent Bruce Rauner, Illinois Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker is beginning his transition into government.

Police officers pass a collapsed oceanside boardwalk in the Spanish port city of Vigo on Monday, hours after the wood planks gave way during a concert.

Boardwalk Collapses In Spain, Injuring More Than 330 People At Oceanside Concert

Witnesses told a local news site that the collapse occurred shortly after the concert headliner tried to pump up the crowd by telling people to jump.

State Farm To Pay $250 Million To End $10 Billion Suit

State Farm Insurance is settling a class action conspiracy suit for $250 million. At stake if the matter Hale vs. State Farm had proceeded to trial was…

SIUE Now Has Higher Enrollment Than SIUC

Both SIU Carbondale and SIU Edwardsville saw a drop in enrollment this fall - but Carbondale's larger decline pushed Edwardsville to top its sister…

Fiona Hill (left), the National Security Council's former senior director for Europe and Russia, and David Holmes, an official from the American Embassy in Ukraine, are sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

READ: Fiona Hill, David Holmes Opening Statements For Thursday's Impeachment Hearing

Former Russia Director for the National Security Council Fiona Hill as well as David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat from the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, are testifying in the inquiry.

Starting in October 2021, passengers on domestic flights will probably need a REAL ID-complaint identification document to board a domestic flight.

Tougher ID Requirements For Domestic Flights Postponed To 2021

The Dept. of Homeland Security has pushed back the enforcement deadline for REAL ID from Oct. 1, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2021 in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

A man stands in front of a countdown display for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, on Monday. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged that a postponement of the crown jewel of the sporting world could be unavoidable.

Japan's Abe Admits Tokyo Olympics Might Be Postponed

Speaking before Parliament, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "[W]e may have no choice but to decide to postpone the Games." The Olympics are set to start on July 24.

An American flag flies from a crane on July 4th next to the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of victims remain missing more than a week after it partially collapsed.

Search Efforts Remain Paused In Surfside As Officials Race To Prepare Demolition

Preparations are underway in Surfside, Fla. for the demolition of a portion of the Champlain Towers South still standing after much of it collapsed in the early morning of Thursday, June 24.

Poland's Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk celebrates her silver medal for the women's javelin throw at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 7. She auctioned the medal to help fund heart surgery for an 8-month-old.

An Olympian Sold Her Silver Medal To Fund A Boy's Surgery. The Buyer Let Her Keep It

Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk of Poland announced she would sell her medal in the javelin throw to help fund heart surgery for an 8-month-old. A convenience store chain had the winning bid of $125,000.

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