On Saturday night in Glendale, a sinkhole on the southbound 5 Freeway caused concrete pieces to fall onto Western Avenue, closing both the freeway’s lanes and the street below. After 9 p.m., Caltrans District 7 tweeted that repairs were being made. The
Congressional leaders secured a bipartisan agreement on the framework for a big government spending plan that they expect to pass before the holidays on Tuesday. “Today, Vice Chairman Shelby, Chair DeLauro, and I reached a bipartisan, bicameral framework that should allow us
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown revealed intentions Tuesday to commute the sentences of 17 individuals on death row to life without the possibility of parole, most likely exercising her executive clemency powers for the final time as governor. Brown said in a statement
Three US defense sources said Tuesday that the US is about to authorize delivering a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally yielding to an urgent request by Ukrainian leaders anxious for more strong weapons to fire down incoming Russian missiles. Defense Secretary
The Coast Guard reported Tuesday that two boaters and their dog were discovered alive, 10 days after they were last heard from. Kevin Hyde, 65, and Joe Ditomasso, 76, were planning a trip from New Jersey to Florida. The Coast Guard reported
President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law that seeks to permanently protect same-sex and interracial marriages. The “Respect for Marriage Act” codifies protections for married couples of all races and sexual orientations and requires the federal government to recognize these
A more convenient way to wear a Rolex Watch? Just Asking. A Las Vegas woman found herself in hot water with cops after allegedly stealing a high-end watch and concealing it in her genitals. According to 8 News Now, police were called
CVS and Walgreens have agreed to pay a total of $10.7 billion to resolve charges that they failed to effectively monitor narcotic painkiller prescriptions, adding to America’s opioid addiction issue. The monies will be allocated to states, local governments, and federally recognized
Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers returned to work Monday at all ten University Of California campuses after ratifying a labour agreement, but thousands of other graduate students remain on strike. According to a statement from United Auto Workers Local 5810, the five-year
Soldiers from India and China clashed this week along their disputed border, according to India’s defence minister, in the latest violence along the disputed border since a deadly skirmish in June 2020. According to Rajnath Singh, who addressed members in parliament on
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the United States Capitol Police, who was injured in the Capitol disturbance on January 6, expressed his intention to resign this week in a letter. Gonell informed Police Chief J. Thomas Manger in a letter on Friday that
President Joe Biden launched a new interagency group to devise a national strategy to combat antisemitism on Monday, the White House stated, after an increase in hateful discourse and violence. The action comes at a time when prominent public personalities are spreading
Former cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas… and it appears his legal problems are only going to get worse, with criminal charges in the United States on the way. SBF was arrested Monday, according to Bahamas Attorney General
A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Mexico on Sunday morning, sending residents of the city into the streets. According to the US Geological Survey, the epicentre of the earthquake was 212 miles northwest of Corral Falso in the southern state of Guerrero.
According to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, an audience member yelled a racial insult at a concert last week. The orchestra stated on Facebook that it was “deeply disappointed by an incident” on Friday night. “Racism and bigotry have no place in Orchestra
Officials reduced the alert level for Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano from a warning to a watch on Saturday, predicting that the world’s largest active volcano’s eruption will finish shortly. “High eruption rates will not resume based on past eruptive behaviour and current
Heavy snow fell in the Sierra Nevada as a winter storm with strong winds tossed ski lift chairs and stopped mountain highways, while downpours at lower elevations issued flood warnings across broad regions of California and Nevada on Sunday. More than 250
