The teenage victim was identified as Jerilynn Brown, who had beaten osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, just weeks before ...

A 13-year-old girl died in a house fire sparked by Fourth of July fireworks just two weeks after she beat cancer.

An early morning fire in Independence left one person dead and two others badly injured, according to the Independence Fire ...

Gavin Newsom has shifted his image-building efforts into higher gear, bolstering assumptions that he will run for president.

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

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

Jerry Brown was sworn in as California Secretary of State, his first statewide office, in 1971 by U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren, left. Brown was joined at the ceremony by his parents, ...

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

Missouri Department of Public Safety spokesman Mike O’Connell confirmed the state fire marshal’s office is investigating if fireworks may have caused the fire in Independence. The fire marshal’s ...

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.

Former California Gov. Jerry Brown is living off the grid in retirement, but he's still deeply connected on two issues that captivated him while in office and now are center stage globally ...

An early morning fire in Independence left one person dead and two others badly injured, according to the Independence Fire ...