Cuba left reeling after Category 3 hurricane ravages island and knocks out power grid
Cuba was left reeling Thursday after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island and knocked out the country’s power grid. The magnitude of the impact remained unclear ...
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupts again as residents to relocate from its danger zone
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted again Thursday, spewing a column of hot clouds that rose 2,500 meters (8,200 feet) from its peak, three days after a midnight ...
Mitchell scores 29 and the Cavaliers beat the Pelicans 131-122 for their first 9-0 start
Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 131-122 on Wednesday night to open 9-0 for the first time in their 55-year NBA ...
AP Race Call: Democrat Raul Ruiz wins reelection to U.S. House in California’s 25th Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Raul Ruiz won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday. Ruiz was first elected to the House in 2012 when he defeated Republican incumbent Mary Bono. His ...
European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again
For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 ...
Here’s how the Harris/Trump vote broke down in Bay Area counties
While Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris for the 2024 presidential bid on Tuesday night, the Bay Area unsurprisingly threw its support behind Harris. However, some local counties ...
AP Race Call: Republican Abraham Hamadeh wins election to U.S. House in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District
Republican Abraham Hamadeh won election to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona on Wednesday. He defeated Democrat Gregory Whitten. Hamadeh is endorsed by presidential nominee Donald Trump and ...
AP Race Call: Democrat Jimmy Gomez wins reelection to U.S. House in California’s 34th Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday. He defeated fellow Democrat and children’s court attorney David Kim, who was running ...
Judge blocks Pentagon chief’s voiding of plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, others in 9/11 case
A judge at the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has ruled that plea bargains struck by alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two codefendants were valid, ...
In this Florida school district, some parents are pushing back against a cellphone ban
It’s no surprise that students are pushing back on cellphone bans in classrooms. But school administrators in one South Florida county working to pull students’ eyes away ...
Colorado postal carrier and a friend accused of forging stolen mail ballots to test voting security
A postal worker and her friend were arrested Wednesday in connection with the forging of stolen mail ballots in an alleged attempt to test the security of Colorado’s voting ...
Appeals court orders new trial for man on Texas’ death row over judge’s antisemitic bias
A Texas appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a Jewish man on death row — who was part of a gang of prisoners that ...