A 71-year-old man fatally shot two elderly people and wounded a third with a handgun during a potluck dinner at an Alabama church where he occasionally attended services, police said Friday. The suspect was subdued and held by an attendee of the event until police arrived Thursday evening, sparing...
California Bill Would Make Gunowners Buy Liability Insurance
California would be the first state to require gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover the negligent or accidental use of their firearms, if lawmakers approve a measure announced Thursday. “Guns kill more people than cars. Yet gun owners are not required to carry liability insurance like car...
Jan. 6 Takeaways: ‘Heated’ Trump, Pence’s Near Miss With Mob
The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection used its latest public hearing on Thursday to focus on the pressure that then-President Donald Trump put on his vice president, Mike Pence, to delay or reject the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory on Jan. 6, 2021. The committee is trying to...
Beauty Icon Revlon Flounders in Crowded Market, Files for Bankruptcy
Revlon, a cosmetics maker that broke racial barriers and dictated beauty trends for much of the last century, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has been a mainstay on store shelves since its founding 90 years ago in New York City as it oversaw a stable...
Anti-Vaccine Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Capitol Riot
A California doctor who is a leading figure in the anti-vaccine movement was sentenced on Thursday to two months in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where she delivered speeches to rioters during the mob's attack. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C., also sentenced Dr. Simone Gold to 12 months...
PG&E Moves to Reduce Outages, Wildfires by Burying 10K Miles of Power Lines
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is working on an ambitious project to bury thousands of miles of power lines in an effort to prevent igniting fires with its equipment and avoid shutting down electricity during hot and windy weather. PG&E announced last year that it planned to bury 10,000...
Israeli Court Finds Gaza Christian Aid Leader Guilty of Terror Charges
BEERSHEBA, Israel — An Israeli court on Wednesday found a Gaza aid leader guilty of several terrorism charges in a high-profile case in which his employer, independent auditors, and the Australian government say they have found no evidence of wrongdoing. Mohammed el-Halabi, the Gaza director for the international Christian...
US Sending $1 Billion More Military Aid to Outgunned Ukraine
WASHINGTON — The U.S. announced it will send an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, as America and its allies provide longer-range weapons they say can make a difference in a fight where Ukrainian forces are outnumbered and outgunned by their Russian invaders. President Joe Biden and...
Historic Yellowstone Floodwaters Rip Out Bridges, Alter Landscape
RED LODGE, Mont. — Floodwaters that rushed through Yellowstone National Park and surrounding communities earlier this week moved through Montana's largest city on Wednesday, flooding farms and ranches and forcing the shutdown of its water treatment plant. The water in the Yellowstone River hit its highest level in nearly...
Fed Attacks Inflation With Largest Rate Hike Since 1994
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades — and signaling more large rate increases to come that would raise the risk of another...