Richard Gonzales

A year ago, Sessions resigned as attorney general after months of tension with President Trump, who complained that the former Alabama senator was not sufficiently loyal.

One of the accused accessed more than 6,000 Twitter accounts, allegedly looking for information about critics of the Saudi government, according to court documents.

He won awards for his depictions of rural Louisiana featuring universal themes of hard work, sacrifice and resilience. His book The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman became a much-honored TV movie.

The next hurdle is a federal trial in December in which a coalition of state attorneys general are challenging the merger as anti-competitive.

California voters approved the sale of recreational marijuana in 2016. But the legal market is still struggling to compete with the illicit market.

Democrat Gavin Newsom has been critical of the state's largest utility, PG&E, in the face of planned power outages that left 2 million customers without electricity.

About 10,800 residents are under evacuation orders because of the Maria Fire, one of two wildfires threatening Ventura County. Farther north, the Kincade Fire is 70% contained.

The group cites rising insurance costs. The reaction from adult volunteer leaders ranged from annoyance to skepticism, mainly about the timing of the announcement.

The Nats were initially handcuffed by Houston starter Zack Greinke, who gave up only two hits in six innings. Washington scored all six runs in the last three innings.

Gen. Frank McKenzie says even without an apparent leader ISIS may be disjointed, but "they will be dangerous."

The game featured timely home runs, stifling pitching by the Nationals' Stephen Strasburg and a controversial call by the umpires that nearly changed the course of the game.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought an early general election in the hope of gaining ground in Parliament in support of the question that has roiled British politics since 2016: leaving the EU.

A month after signing an agreement with El Salvador to cooperate in limiting asylum seekers at the southern border, the U.S. extends protections for Salvadorans to legally work in the U.S.

The Kincade Fire continues to menace Sonoma County, but firefighters are gaining optimism. In Los Angeles, the dramatic Getty Fire wildfire erupted near the busiest highway in the U.S.

Houston got on the board first and led throughout the game as Washington stranded 12 runners. The Nationals lead the best-of-seven series 2-1.

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.

The Washington Nationals, playing on the road, took two games from the heavily favored Astros by beating Houston's pitching aces Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander on consecutive nights.

California's largest utility says "critical fire weather" makes outages necessary in 17 counties.

Washington's Juan Soto was a standout, blasting a solo home run, then a two-run double that gave his team a lead over Houston that the Nationals never lost. His 21st birthday is Friday.

A government review says most of the dead were killed by gunshot wounds to the head or chest. Over 3,000 people were wounded.