Police officer dies after shooting near US’s CDC headquarters
A police officer has died from injuries sustained while responding to a shooting outside the headquarters of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is near Emory…
L.A. County fire captain faked work injury to collect insurance, D.A. says
A Los Angeles County Fire Department captain is facing felony charges following allegations that he faked a work injury and forged doctors’ notes to fraudulently claim thousands of dollars in…
Dodgers’ Roki Sasaki faces hitters in simulated game – Orange County Register
Roki Sasaki #11 of the Dodgers throws live batting practice prior to a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, Aug. 8,…
Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn’t be allowed to vote
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who oversees the nation’s military reposted a video about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer…
Bus crash kills 25 people returning from funeral in Kenya
A bus carrying mourners from a funeral has crashed in western Kenya, killing 25 people, local authorities say. The driver lost control, veered off the road and overturned into a…
SpaceX hopes to nearly double the rocket launches off the California coast; a state panel likely to object
SpaceX wants to nearly double the number of rocket launches into space from the California coast, with plans for almost 100 a year from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The plan…
‘Silence is violence’: Teachers, retirees, first-time activists stand up to immigration raids
“Thank you so much for showing up this morning,” Sharon Nicholls said into a megaphone at 8 a.m. Wednesday outside a Home Depot in Pasadena. As of Friday afternoon, no…
Sammy Davis uses fancy hoofing to win $100K Graduation Stakes at Del Mar
DEL MAR — Trainer Doug O’Neill’s hopes of doubling in this weekend’s 2-year-old features at Del Mar were dashed Friday afternoon as soon as the gates opened for the $100,000…
Residents in Alaska’s capital city prepare for possible glacial flooding
By MARK THIESSEN ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Residents and officials in Alaska’s capital city prepared Friday for the possibility of glacial flooding that in past years has swept away houses,…
Ukraine must be part of peace solution, Zelensky says ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has underlined he will make no territorial concessions to Russia ahead of a scheduled meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on the future of the…