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An overnight fire takes the life of a 13-year-old girl, and leaves her parents fighting for life outside Buckner, Missouri.

Independence firefighters are at the scene of a deadly fire Friday morning in the area of N. Lake City Valley Road and E.

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Former California Gov. Jerry Brown had a more prosaic reason for mounting a run for mayor of Oakland in 1998: he was out of other options after having lost three presidential primaries and one U.S.

Gov. Jerry Brown and First Lady Anne Gust Brown pull the Christmas turkey out of the oven while hosting Christmas dinner in the Governor’s Mansion for family and friends on Friday, Dec. 25, 2015.

News about Jerry Brown, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Gov. Jerry Brown and First Lady Anne Gust Brown pull the Christmas turkey out of the oven while hosting Christmas dinner in the Governor’s Mansion for family and friends on Friday, Dec. 25, 2015.