A potent cold front from the Gulf of Alaska pushed into drought-stricken California on Tuesday, and forecasters predicted it would bring widespread rain, mountain snow, gusty winds, and unusually low temperatures in much of the state. With the calendar still saying autumn, winter storm warnings went into effect in much...
SoCal Man Sentenced for Murder of 13-Year Old Bakersfield Girl He Met Online
A man who admitted raping and killing a 13-year-old Bakersfield girl he met online, then setting her body on fire, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday. Armando Cruz, of Inglewood, accepted an agreement to plead guilty to murder, rape, kidnapping and other charges in...
Exit Polls Point to Netanyahu Win in Israel Election
Exit polls in Israel on Tuesday indicate that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies may have won enough seats to return to power in a nationalist and religious government after three and a half years of political gridlock. The polls are preliminary, however, and final results could change...
BBC Tries to Understand Politics by Creating Fake Americans
Larry, a 71-year-old retired insurance broker and Donald Trump fan from Alabama, wouldn't be likely to run into the liberal Emma, a 25-year-old graphic designer from New York City, on social media — even if they were both real. Each is a figment of BBC reporter Marianna Spring's imagination. She created five...
Job Openings Hit 10.7M Despite Fed Attempts to Cool Economy
U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in September, suggesting that the American labor market is not cooling as fast as the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve hoped. Employers posted 10.7 million job vacancies in September, up from 10.3 million in August, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Economists had expected the...
Migos Rapper Takeoff Dead After Houston Shooting, Rep Says
The rapper Takeoff, best known for his work with the Grammy-nominated trio Migos, is dead after a shooting early Tuesday outside a bowling alley in Houston, a representative confirmed. He was 28. Kirsnick Khari Ball, known as Takeoff, was part of Migos along with Quavo and Offset. A representative for...
Roberts Delays Handover of Trump Tax Returns to House Panel
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday put a temporary hold on the handover of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee. Roberts' order gives the Supreme Court time to weigh the legal issues in Trump's emergency appeal to the high court, filed Monday. Without court intervention, the tax...
Israel Election: 4 Things That Could Impact Outcome
JERUSALEM — Israeli voters appear to be hopelessly deadlocked as the country heads to elections once again on Tuesday, with opinion polls saying the race is too close to predict. Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who governed for 12 years before he was ousted last year, is asking voters to...
Thousands Commemorate Italy’s Fascist Dictator Mussolini
Several thousand black-clad fascist sympathizers chanted and sang in praise of the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on Sunday as they marched to his crypt, 100 years after Mussolini entered Rome and completed a bloodless coup that gave rise to two decades of fascist rule. The crowd of 2,000 to...
Trump Organization Faces Criminal Tax Fraud Trial Over Perks
For years, as Donald Trump was soaring from reality TV star to the White House, his real estate empire was bankrolling big perks for some of his most trusted senior executives, including apartments and luxury cars. Now Trump's company, the Trump Organization, is on trial this week for criminal tax fraud — on the...