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Farmworker advocacy groups noticed thousands of workers in the fields without protective equipment the day after the fire started.

The "bomb cyclone" is expected to move up the coast from Florida to Maine, but its impact on the East Coast depends on how far west it tracks and how wide of a swath it cuts.

Widespread thunderstorms have caused major damage and killed 22 people in the central U.S. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Washington Post meteorologist Matthew Cappucci as the storms move east.

Liberal bloggers are assembled en masse in Las Vegas this week for the first-ever convention hosted by the Daily Kos. The new media feels almost old school with keynote addresses by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, and panels on poverty, health care and the electoral process.

The 27th named storm of the season promises heavy rain and damaging winds. It's set to make landfall in the U.S. on Wednesday.

Jeff Sessions has already signaled he is ready to change course at the Justice Department, pledging more gun and drug prosecutions and vowing to treat police departments as partners, not problems.

Light beer doesn't have to mean less flavor. A growing trend is offering another option. Session beers emphasize craft-beer taste with alcohol as low as or lower than big-brand light beers.

Jeff Sessions, now attorney general, met twice last year with Sergey Kislyak, Russia's U.S. ambassador. This has raised more questions about contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.

"We've done it before. It's just the price we pay for living where we live," said a woman who runs an oyster restaurant in an area that was pounded by dangerous storm surge from Hurricane Michael.

Residents along the northern Gulf of Mexico are preparing for a strong tropical system. Tropical storm Gordon is expected to bring heavy rain, flooding and possible tornadoes from the Florida panhandle to Louisiana.