PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. East Coast was beginning a whiplash-inducing stretch of weather on Wednesday that was rainy, windy and potentially dangerous, due in part to an atmospheric river and developing bomb cyclone. Freezing Rain Gives Way to Deluge and High Winds Parts of Maine experienced freezing rain that...
Bulldog Women Faced USC and JuJu Watkins. How Did Fresno State Fare?
LOS ANGELES — Kiki Iriafen had 24 points and 12 rebounds, JuJu Watkins added 21 points and No. 5 Southern California defeated Fresno State 89-40 on Tuesday night for the Trojans' fifth win in a row. Iriafen and Watkins combined for 18 of USC's 22 free throws. Rayah Marshall had...
San Diego Sheriff Defies New Policy to Limit Cooperation With Immigration Officials
SAN DIEGO — The sheriff of the nation's fifth-largest county on Tuesday defied a new policy to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, setting up a showdown over a new obstacle to President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation plans. County Supervisors Vote to Restrict Sheriff's Cooperation with ICE Earlier Tuesday, San...
US Warns Russia May Be Ready to Use New Lethal Missile Against Ukraine Again in ‘Coming Days’
WASHINGTON — A U.S. intelligence assessment has concluded that Russia may use its lethal new intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine again in "coming days," a U.S. official said Wednesday. The experimental Oreshnik missile is seen by U.S. officials more as an attempt at intimidation than a game-changer on the battlefield...
Malibu Wildfire Forces Evacuations and Warnings for 20,000, Including Dick Van Dyke and Cher
MALIBU, Calif. — Weather conditions were forecast to improve in Southern California, aiding firefighters in their battle against a wind-driven wildfire that has forced up to 20,000 people, including Cher, Dick Van Dyke and his wife, from their homes in Malibu. With much of the coastal city under evacuation orders...
Saquon Barkley Is Chasing Eric Dickerson’s NFL Season Rushing Record. Can He Do It?
PHILADELPHIA — Eagles fans serenaded Saquon Barkley with chants of "MVP!" after a 9-yard run gave him the team's season rushing record. Barkley set the record in style — passing Eagles Hall of Famers Wilbert Montgomery and record holder LeSean McCoy in a single game — as he rushed for...
What Did You Google in 2024? Here’s What Search Trends Show
NEW YORK — Remember what you searched for in 2024? Google does. Google released its annual “Year in Search” on Tuesday, rounding up the top trending queries entered into its namesake search engine in 2024. The results show terms that saw the highest spike in traffic compared to last year...
Suspect in the UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Killing Struggles, Shouts Entering Courthouse
ALTOONA, Pa. — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO struggled with deputies and shouted while being led into court Tuesday as new details emerged about his possible motivation behind the ambush. In his first public words since a five-day search ended with his arrest at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania,...
Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Proposed $24.6B Kroger-Albertsons Merger
A federal judge has temporarily halted a proposed merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons, an action that could scuttle the deal. U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson issued the ruling Tuesday after holding a three-week hearing in Portland, Oregon. Kroger and Albertsons in 2022 proposed what would be the...
From Wealth and Success to Murder Suspect, the Life of Luigi Mangione Took a Hard Turn
Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York City, apparently was living a charmed life: the grandson of a wealthy real estate developer, valedictorian of his elite Baltimore prep school and with degrees from one of the nation's top private universities. Friends at an...