Biden to deliver prime-time farewell to nation on Wednesday from Oval Office
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address to the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, five days before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in. The president’s remarks at 8 p.m. Eastern are set
California firefighters and fire victims flock to Rose Bowl camp
By Chad Terhune PASADENA, California (Reuters) – Thousands of jubilant fans packed Southern California’s Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day for a college football playoff game. Nine days later, hundreds of firefighters and other emergency workers were
Delta resumes flights at Atlanta hub, cancels 700 flights
(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines said on Friday that departures and arrivals at its Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta hub have resumed after extreme winter weather forced the closure of all five runways for more than two hours. The carrier
US Supreme Court justices weigh in on TikTok bid to avoid ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court’s nine justices heard arguments on Friday in a challenge by TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to a law that would force a sale or ban the widely used short-video
Milo Ventimiglia, Mel Gibson, Miles Teller among stars who’ve lost homes in Los Angeles fires
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be’s newly installed crib. CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house
‘Pizzagate’ gunman killed by police in North Carolina after traffic stop, authorities say
A man who fired a gun inside a Washington D.C. restaurant, motivated by a fake online conspiracy theory called “Pizzagate” nearly a decade ago, was shot and killed by North Carolina police during a weekend traffic stop.
Factbox-US companies tweak diversity policies as challenges mount
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms and Amazon.com have joined a growing number of U.S. companies in scaling back their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), meant to boost racial and ethnic representation at workplaces against the backdrop of rising pressure
Stunned and tearful, Angelenos return to find their homes are gone
By Matt McKnight and Fred Greaves LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Survivors of the wildfires that have been sweeping parts of Los Angeles have started to trickle back to their evacuated homes in recent days, hoping against the
LA Mayor Karen Bass faces critical leadership test as questions emerge about wildfire response
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Earlier this week, as hurricane-strength winds blew through bone-dry hillside subdivisions, Los Angeles saw its worst nightmare realized as long-predicted firestorms engulfed wide swaths of the nation’s second-largest city. For Mayor Karen Bass,
Excerpts from President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump spoke for six minutes. The judge talked for seven. In the end, the first criminal court sentencing of a former or future president took little more than half an hour.
