Firefighters are battling to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent […]
Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind battle to let his guilty plea go forward
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging a federal appeals panel to let his scheduled guilty plea Friday n Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, go forward in […]
Stock market today: A mixed day for world shares as Wall Street steadies
BANGKOK — World shares were mixed on Thursday after the latest U.S. economic data calmed frazzled nerves on Wall Street. U.S. futures edged lower, with the contract for the S&P […]
US ‘notorious markets’ report warns of risks from online pharmacies
BANGKOK — Nearly all of the world’s 35,000 online pharmacies are being run illegally and consumers who use them risk getting ineffective or dangerous drugs, according to the U.S. Trade […]
Winning numbers drawn in Wednesday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 01-20-36-38-43, Powerball: 24, Power Play: 2 (one, twenty, thirty-six, thirty-eight, forty-three, Powerball: twenty-four, Power Play: two) Estimated jackpot: […]
Out-of-control Los Angeles wildfires burn thousands of homes and other structures
LOS ANGELES — A fast-moving fire broke out in the hills above Hollywood Boulevard and threatened some of the most popular Los Angeles tourist spots as firefighters battled to get […]
New Orleans hires former New York police czar amid probe into security after attack
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said she had hired former New York Police Commissioner William J. Bratton as a consultant during a tense city council meeting […]
Biden cancels trip to Italy, meant as final foreign visit, amid California wildfires
President Joe Biden on Wednesday canceled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in […]
Another 14-year-old arrested with a gun at Georgia high school after deadly shooting
WINDER, Ga. — A 14-year-old student has been arrested after bringing a gun on Wednesday to Apalachee High School, the same Georgia high school where a shooting in September killed […]
Leader of Japan crime group pleads guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials
NEW YORK — The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief […]