Evacuees in Los Angeles recount harrowing escape from Palisades fire
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Foad Farid, a data scientist and engineer who lives in the Pacific Palisades, left home on Tuesday morning for an appointment in Malibu when he began receiving alerts on his
Winter Weather Advisory For Entire KSGF Listening Area
The National Weather Service in Springfield (NWS) has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the KSGF listening area. The advisory is in effect from Thursday starting at 5 PM, to 6 PM Friday. The Counties impacted include:
Squabble grows as US government holds back 2024 funding from world anti-doping watchdog WADA
The U.S. government did not pay the more than $3.6 million due to the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2024, making good on a long-running threat anchored in unhappiness with the global watchdog’s handling of cases involving Chinese
Man who randomly killed 3 on Detroit streets pleads guilty but mentally ill
DETROIT (AP) — A man who randomly killed three people on Detroit streets, leaving victims at a bus stop and in the doorway of a church, pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday in a deal that carries
Los Angeles wildfire economic loss estimates top $50 billion
(Reuters) – U.S. private forecaster AccuWeather said on Wednesday that estimated damage and economic loss from the California wildfire, already one of the worst in history, is over $50 billion at a preliminary level. Raging wildfires in
Supreme Court Justice Alito spoke to Trump on Tuesday, ABC News reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke to President-elect Donald Trump by phone on Tuesday to recommend a former law clerk for a job in the new administration, ABC News reported on Wednesday. “William Levi,
US troops need to stay in Syria to counter the Islamic State group, Austin says
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — The U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat following the ouster of Bashar Assad’s government, Defense Secretary Lloyd
Stargazers’ delight: Efforts to cut unwanted light pollution win praise
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Advocates for limits on indiscriminate outdoor lighting that are obscuring night skies worldwide are recognizing efforts by an oil and natural gas developer to reduce scattered light in New Mexico. DarkSky International,
Vermont school district settles with federal investigators over allegations of racial harassment
MORRISTOWN, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont school district’s inadequate response to serious and widespread harassment of Black and biracial students has led to a settlement agreement with the federal government, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. The
NY Fed beats lawsuit by Puerto Rican bank over Venezuela-related account cutoff
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday dismissed a Puerto Rican bank’s lawsuit challenging the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s decision to cut off its access to the U.S. central banking
