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Firefighters in California are battling over a dozen wildfires that have displaced thousands of people and left over a million without power.…
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Teenage girl pulled out of rubble as 42 people are killed in Cameroon landslide
A 12-year-old girl was among those pulled out alive from the wreckage of a landslide that has so far killed 42 people in western Cameroon. Her…
Continue Reading Rising sea levels threaten hundreds of millions — and it’s much worse than we thought
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are at risk of losing their homes as entire cities sink under rising seas over the next three decades,…
Continue Reading Power company says it is likely responsible for starting one of the most destructive fires in California history
Southern California Edison has acknowledged that it may be responsible for starting last year’s Woolsey Fire following an investigation by a…
Continue Reading Holy guacamole! Thousands of avocados spilled on Texas highway
Thousands of avocados were squashed in Texas on Tuesday, but they won’t end up on toast or be used to make guacamole. A truck accident led to…
Continue Reading Missouri health director reportedly maintained spreadsheet of Planned Parenthood patients’ periods
Missouri’s state health director, Dr. Randall Williams, told officials at a state hearing that he tracked the menstrual periods of women who…
Continue Reading British female MPs sign open letter to Meghan condemning ‘outdated, colonial undertones’ of press coverage
Seventy-two female MPs have written to the Duchess of Sussex to express their solidarity with her in the face of the “outdated, colonial…
Continue Reading Here’s what some athletes think about the NCAA move to let college players get paid
The NCAA has begun the process of allowing players to be paid for others using their name, image or likeness. Any rules on the subject will have to…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for October 30: Immigration, impeachment, China, Brexit, NCAA
Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, has announced he is stepping down after nearly two weeks of protests that ground the nation to a halt.…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading ‘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…
Continue Reading 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…
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