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Extreme weather is battering the Western United States, with fires raging along the Pacific Coast and snow falling in Colorado.Right NowHelicopter flights by the California National Guard brought at least 78 people to safety on Tuesday as a fire burned in the Sierra National Forest.VideoWildfires wreaked havoc in states including California, Washington, Colorado and Oregon…

CLOSE COVID-19 widespread testing is crucial to fighting the pandemic, but is there enough testing? The answer is in the positivity rates. USA TODAYAfter U.S. health officials warned Americans to continue social distancing and wearing masks on Labor Day weekend, the United States may report its 190,000th death from the new coronavirus on Tuesday or Wednesday.In sports news, the American…

President Donald Trump during a news conference outside the White House on Monday.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York TimesDuring a Labor Day news conference outside of the White House, President Trump launched into a personal screed against his rival for president, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., calling him a “stupid person” and dismissing…

CLOSE COVID-19 widespread testing is crucial to fighting the pandemic, but is there enough testing? The answer is in the positivity rates. USA TODAYDespite a Labor Day weekend heat wave that would normally send them flocking to the beach, thousands of San Diego State University students have been ordered to stay indoors because of an…

Experts urge caution at Labor Day celebrations after cases spiked following other U.S. holidays. At-home virus tests remain aspirational. Melbourne, Australia, extended its lockdown by two weeks.Right NowSenator Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for vice president, said she would only receive a vaccine against the virus if medical experts said it was safe. “I would…