LOS ANGELES — Powerful surf rolled onto beaches on the West Coast and Hawaii on Thursday as a big swell generated by the stormy Pacific Ocean pushed toward shorelines, causing localized flooding. Forecasters urged people to stay off rocks and jetties, and to not turn their backs to the ocean...
Pentagon’s Secretive Space Plane Blasts off on a Mission Expected to Last Years
The U.S. military's X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that’s expected to last at least a couple of years. Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a mini space shuttle carried classified experiments. There's no one on board. The space plane took off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon...
Russia Fires 122 Missiles and 36 Drones in What Ukraine Calls the Biggest Aerial Barrage of the War
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched 122 missiles and dozens of drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 24 civilians across the country in what an air force official said was the biggest aerial barrage of the war. The Ukrainian air force intercepted most of the ballistic and...
Cher Wants Court to Give Her Conservatorship Over Adult Son
LOS ANGELES — Cher has filed a petition to become a temporary conservator overseeing her son's money, saying the 47-year-old's struggles with mental health and substance abuse have left him unable to manage his assets and potentially put his life in danger. The Oscar and Grammy-winning singer and actor on Wednesday...
Maine Becomes Second State to Bar Trump From Presidential Ballot
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally in a decision that has potential Electoral College consequences. While Maine has just four electoral...
The Leaders, Influencers, Entertainers, and Notorious Who Died in 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia. Prigozhin's Aug. 23 death put an exclamation point...
Amazon Prime to Insert Ads in Movies and TV Shows Unless Subscribers Pay More
If you are an Amazon Prime Video user, get ready to see ads on movies and TV shows starting next month. Prime will include ads beginning on Jan. 29, the company said in an email to U.S. members this week, setting a date for an announcement it made back in September....
Mexican Officials Clear Border Tent Camp as US Pressure Mounts to Stem Migrant Influx
MATAMOROS, Mexico — A ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, is a long way from the country's National Palace, where a top level U.S. delegation met with Mexico's president seeking more action to curb the surge of migrants reaching the U.S. border. But as...
Israeli Strikes Across Gaza Kill Dozens of Palestinians, Even in Largely Emptied North
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza overnight and into Thursday, killing dozens of people in a widening air and ground offensive against Hamas that has forced thousands more to flee from homes and shelters in recent days. The war has already killed...
Nikki Haley, Asked What Caused the Civil War, Leaves out Slavery … Again
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked Wednesday by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn’t mention slavery in her response — leading the voter to say he was “astonished” by her omission. Asked during a town hall in Berlin, New...