PG&E will give $100 back to residential customers who were affected by an earlier power shutoff
After a request from the state’s leader, California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) on Tuesday said it will credit customers for…
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‘Inherit the red gene’: China issues Xi-focused morality guidelines
Chinese citizens have been urged to “inherit the red gene” by following new morality rules which use President Xi Jinping’s…
Continue Reading A Georgia sheriff can’t put signs on 3 sex offenders’ homes this year warning trick-or-treaters, a judge ruled
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the three sex offenders who sued a Georgia sheriff after his deputies put signs in the men’s yards last…
Continue Reading What Boeing’s humbling means for America
Rarely has a global corporation as respected and powerful as Boeing been so humbled. Deep political connections that normally grease the airplane…
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Trump claimed ISIS leader ‘whimpered’ in final moments. Top officials don’t know where he got that detail
President Donald Trump asserted in his televised address from the White House Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was “whimpering and…
Continue Reading Iraq on edge after al-Sadr calls for removal of prime minister
One of Iraq’s leading Shiite clerics and powerful politicians has called on other parties to back him in removing Prime Minister Adil Abdul…
Continue Reading UN members issue dueling statements over China’s treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Two groups of United Nations member states issued dueling statements over China’s treatment of the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority in…
Continue Reading Fire conditions near LA prompt the National Weather Service to issue its first-ever extreme red flag warning
It’s one word the National Weather Service in Los Angeles doesn’t want Southern California residents to overlook — extreme. As in,…
Continue Reading A Florida man jumped off his surfboard and landed on a shark
A Florida surfer was riding the waves Sunday at New Smyrna Beach when he got one good bite of reality. Stephen Michelena, 32, was surfing in about 4…
Continue Reading Lebanon’s Hariri resigns after nearly two weeks of nationwide protests
Lebanon‘s Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Tuesday he was resigning, succumbing to the demands of protesters who have staged nationwide…
Continue Reading Dramatic video shows moment Los Angeles wildfire begins
The Getty Fire that has burned more than 600 acres in Los Angeles and destroyed a dozen homes likely was started by a eucalyptus tree limb that fell…
Continue Reading Deaths among homeless people in Los Angeles have doubled since 2013, report says
The deaths of homeless people in Los Angeles doubled from 2013 to 2018, according to a report released Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Department…
Continue Reading Judge strikes down assault weapons ordinances passed after Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh
A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday struck down three assault weapon restrictions passed in Pittsburgh after the Tree of Life synagogue shooting last…
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Some Hong Kong protesters are adopting the Joker as their own. Others are horrified
Halloween is just days away — and with “Joker” smashing box-office records, it seems inevitable that throngs of film fans will…
Continue Reading Father of missing backpacker Amelia Bambridge fears she’s been kidnapped
The father of a 21-year-old British woman who disappeared after a beach party on a Cambodian island fears she has been kidnapped. Amelia Bambridge…
Continue Reading LeBron James sends taco truck to feed firefighters in LA
Firefighters and first responders battling the Getty Fire were treated to a warm meal courtesy of NBA star LeBron James, according to Los Angeles…
Continue Reading Grandfather charged in death of toddler on cruise ship
The grandfather of a toddler who fell to her death on a cruise ship in July has been charged with negligent homicide in her death, Puerto Rican…
Continue Reading Ex-San Bernardino policeman under investigation after shooting a man whose hands were in the air
San Bernardino, California, police command the man to drop his gun and put up his hands. He complies, albeit slowly, but when he refuses orders to…
Continue Reading What the ‘Getty’ in ‘Getty Fire’ actually means
By now you may have heard of the Getty Fire, which broke out Monday morning in Los Angeles and is just one of several ongoing fires in California.…
Continue Reading A family lost their home in a wildfire two years ago. They just had to evacuate again
Every time Stephanie Stauer hears about a red flag warning, her anxiety spikes off the charts. In 2017, the home in Santa Rosa, California, where she…
Continue Reading The new texting suicide case is not as similar to Michelle Carter’s manslaughter trial as you may think
The case of a former Boston College student charged Monday in her boyfriend’s death bears striking similarities to one of the most compelling…
Continue Reading A taco truck served ICE workers, apologized, then apologized again
A taco truck company is in the middle of a controversy after serving workers at an immigration detention center in upstate New York, then apologizing…
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg declined a climate award because the world needs more action, fewer awards
Teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg was awarded the 2019 Nordic Council Environment Prize, but she won’t be accepting it. Thunberg said…
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Man accused of killing 5 employees in newsroom shooting pleads guilty
Jarrod Ramos, the man accused of killing five employees at the Capital Gazette newspaper last year, pleaded guilty on Monday, days before his trial…
Continue Reading NCAA says athletes may profit from name, image and likeness
The NCAA Board of Governors on Tuesday voted unanimously to allow student-athletes to be paid for the use of their name, image and likeness once its…
Continue Reading A plane crashed into a home in suburban New Jersey
A Cessna 414 airplane crashed into a suburban home in New Jersey on Tuesday, killing the pilot and sparking a house fire, authorities said. The…
Continue Reading The El Paso Walmart where 22 people were killed will reopen, with a permanent memorial in the works
Three months after an assailant gunned down 22 people at an El Paso Walmart, shattering a tight-knit community, the store will reopen with plans for…
Continue Reading Dogs have been in the military since 600 BC. And they do some serious work
This week, President Donald Trump shared a declassified photo of a military working dog that was injured during the weekend raid that took down ISIS…
Continue Reading Something crashed into Earth and helped wipe out mammoths and other animals 13,000 years ago, study says
Around 13,000 years ago, giant animals such as mastodons, mammoths, saber-toothed cats and ground sloths disappeared from the Earth. Scientists have…
Continue Reading A Canadian organization is building tiny house communities for homeless veterans
Fifteen tiny houses lined up like military barracks are set to open Friday as a living complex for homeless veterans, the first of its kind in…
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