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The 153-year-old California Historical Society announced it has sunsetted its operations in downtown San Francisco, permanently closing the international orange-painted building housing its ...

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President Trump said he is signing an executive order on Wednesday to prepare a massive facility at Guantanamo Bay to be used ...

Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question ...

The earthquake, which struck just after 10 a.m., was centered about 6 miles southeast of York Harbor. Its effects were felt as far north as Bangor and south as New York City.

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A preliminary 2.8-magnitude earthquake struck in East San Jose just after midnight Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was 6 miles east of the Alum Rock district of San Jose ...