Canada’s forest fire centre is working on a request to send air tankers to Los Angeles as crews in the region continue to battle the deadly and devastating fires that have left at least five dead. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) said in a statement to Global News that it had received a…
A former FBI informant who fabricated a story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes that became central to Republicans’ impeachment effort was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison. Alexander Smirnovpleaded guilty last month in Los Angeles federal court to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about the phony bribery…
Firefighters battled to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area early Thursday that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes. Ferocious winds that drove the flames and led to chaotic evacuations have calmed somewhat and were not…
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people’s cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking, paving the way for a possible August trial. Chief Judge Richard Seeborg of the federal court in San Francisco rejected arguments that the search…
A former nurse in Virginia is facing charges after allegations that she intentionally hurt and abused at least one infant, and possibly more, in a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman of Chesterfield County has been charged with one count of felony child neglect, as well as one count of felony…
President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York. Trump’s lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial and conviction last May on…
Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke. The flames from a fire that broke out Tuesday evening near a nature preserve in the inland foothills northeast of LA spread so rapidly that staff…
The U.S.-Canada alliance is stronger because of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement a day after Trudeau announced he will be resigning. “Over the last decade, Prime Minister Trudeau has led with commitment, optimism, and strategic vision. The U.S.-Canada alliance is stronger because of him. The American and Canadian…
By Staff The Associated Press Posted January 7, 2025 5:17 pm Updated January 7, 2025 6:12 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las…
As residents fled, firefighters scrambled to corral flames churning along Los Angeles hillsides as winds gained strength Tuesday across Southern California, where forecasters said “life-threatening, destructive” gusts could last for days while toppling trees, creating dangerous surf and bringing extreme wildfire risk to areas that haven’t seen substantial rain in months. Fire crews responded Tuesday…
