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Vehicles pass through a roadway as the Kincade Fire burns through Sonoma County, Calif., on Thursday.

PG&E Warns Of Power Cuts To More Than 2.5 Million People As Wildfires Rage

8:00pm October 25, 2019

by Paolo Zialcita

The utility says widespread dry northeast winds reaching 45 to 60 mph with gusts of 60 to 70 mph at higher elevations raise the potential for a massive outages to prevent more wildfires.

A member of the United Auto Workers pickets earlier this month outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa. On Friday the union's members voted to ratify a tentative deal with the automaker, bringing an end to a national strike that lasted 40 days.

National

The Strike Is Over: UAW Members Ratify Deal With General Motors

6:08pm October 25, 2019

On Friday, the United Auto Workers and its nearly 50,000 GM employees signaled an end to the six-week stalemate, voting to OK a deal that the labor union struck with the automaker earlier this month.

Mazloum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces speaks to reporters near the northeastern Syrian Hassakeh province on Thursday.

Turkey Warns U.S. Against Hosting Syrian Kurdish Military Commander

5:16pm October 25, 2019

by David Welna

Turkey says U.S. officials should not meet with Syrian Democratic Forces chief Mazloum Abdi, whom Ankara considers a terrorist. In Syria, U.S. forces are preparing to protect the eastern oil fields.

In the BBC documentary about sexual harassment at universities in Nigeria and Ghana, several sources and reporters wore masks onscreen to preserve their anonymity.

How Undercover Journalists Exposed West Africa's 'Sex For Grades' Scandal

4:46pm October 25, 2019

by Emily Vaughn

Professors at prominent universities in Ghana and Nigeria were caught on camera by the BBC asking their students for sexual favors.

Attorney General William Barr, right, commissioned U.S. Attorney John Durham to look into the early phases of the Russia investigation.

Democrats Say White House Is Interfering As Russia Review Becomes A Criminal Case

4:37pm October 25, 2019

Attorney General Bill Barr commissioned U.S. Attorney John Durham to look into the early phases of the Russia investigation. Democrats say he is turning the Justice Department into a political weapon.

A military honor guard lays the U.S. flag on the casket of Rep. Elijah Cummings during his funeral service at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore on Friday.

Elijah Cummings Funeral: Watch Obama, Clinton Eulogize Baltimore's Favorite Son

4:24pm October 25, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

In addition to the former presidents, Kweisi Mfume, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton had been expected to speak at the service at the New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore.

Benzonia is one of more than 100 World War I-era wooden ships in Mallows Bay, Md. The ship was built in 1919 in Washington state. In 2003, Hurricane Isabel lifted the Benzonia wreck on top of another World War I steamship.

National

New National Marine Sanctuary For Shipwrecked Vessels Is A 'Time Capsule'

4:24pm October 25, 2019

by Jacob Fenston

Thirty miles from Washington, D.C., lies one of the largest collections of shipwrecks in the world. Now, these WWI-era vessels are attracting tourists and federal investment.

World Series star Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals turns 21 this Friday. He's from the Dominican Republic, where every major league baseball team runs a training academy for youth.

Sports

Juan Soto Of The Nationals Brings Dominican Zest To The World Series

3:46pm October 25, 2019

by David LaGesse

He's one of many Dominican players in the major leagues. In fact, every team has a training academy in the Dominican Republic.

Displaced Kurdish and Arab women, who fled from violence after a Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria, sit with their children at a public school used as shelter where they now live in Hasakah, Syria.

UNICEF's Top Syria Official: 'We Have Witnessed Huge Amounts Of Distress' Among Kids

3:43pm October 25, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

Turkey's invasion of Syria this month has displaced 80,000 children who are "really in deep distress," UNICEF's Fran Equiza tells NPR. "The price children pay is absolutely disproportionate."

The Trump International was built in the historic Old Post Office building in Washington and has often hosted diplomats, lobbyists and other D.C. bigwigs.

Trump Says He May Put His Washington Hotel On The Market

3:29pm October 25, 2019

by Jim Zarroli

The hotel was developed at the opulent Old Post Office building and has been at the center of complaints that Trump and his family are profiting off the presidency.