COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country. Data shows overall respiratory virus spread is very low in the U.S.

CDC wastewater also shows the XFG variant — nicknamed stratus — is most common in the U.S. Stratus can cause a “razor blade” sore throat and is considered a “variant under monitoring” by the World ...

In California’s Death Valley National Park, one of the hottest places on Earth, summer temperatures can soar into the 130s F.

A pedestrian fleeing immigration authorities outside a Home Depot store in Southern California was struck by a vehicle and killed on a nearby freeway. Monrovia City Manager Dylan Feik says ...