A California man who spent more than three decades behind bars for a murder he did not commit was exonerated of the crime Monday, clearing the way for his release from prison, officials said. Joaquin Ciria, who is now 61, was arrested in 1990 and convicted of a shooting...
Gilroy Victim of Notorious ‘Happy Face Killer’ ID’d After 29 Years
A victim of the Happy Face Killer has been identified nearly 30 years after her body was left near a Central California highway, authorities said Monday. Patricia Skiple of Colton, Oregon, had been known only as “Blue Pacheco" for the color of her clothing until genetic genealogy was used...
Migrant Crossings Spike Along Mexico Border Title 42 End Nears
Migrants attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border at the highest level in two decades as the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seekers. Immigration authorities stopped migrants 221,303 times along the Southwest border in March, a 33% increase from...
Twitter Shareholders Await Musk’s Next Move in Takeover Bid
DETROIT — Twitter has dropped a major roadblock in front of Elon Musk’s effort to take over the company, leaving investors to wonder about the mercurial Tesla CEO’s next move. The social media company has adopted a “poison pill” defense that makes it difficult for Musk or any other investor to...
PG&E’s Giant Power Storage System Now Operational
A 182.5-megawatt energy storage system in Northern California that was designed and constructed in a partnership between Tesla and Pacific Gas and Electric Company is now operational, the utility announced Monday. The system includes 256 Tesla Megapack battery units on 33 concrete slabs and has the capacity to store...
Man Held in Fatal Stabbing of Girl at Stockton High School
Police identified a 52-year-old man as the suspect in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl on a high school campus in Stockton. Anthony Gray was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail for investigation of murder, the Police Department said in a statement late Monday. “Detectives believe this appears...
Russia Ratchets up Battle for Control of Eastern Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland Tuesday, assaulting cities and towns along a boomerang-shaped front hundreds of miles long in what both sides described as a new phase of the war. After a Russian push to overrun the capital failed, the...
Russians Drop Bunker-Busters on Holdout Mariupol Steel Plant
KVIV, Ukraine — Russia has begun dropping bunker-buster bombs on a Mariupol steel plant where Ukrainians are refusing to surrender, the commander of the Azov Regiment of the National Guard said Monday. Denys Prokopenko, whose soldiers have been holding out against Russian forces in the key southern port city,...
FDA Investigating Lucky Charms After Reports of Illness
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after dozens of customers complained of illness after eating it. The FDA said Saturday it has received more than 100 complaints related to Lucky Charms so far this year. “The FDA takes seriously any reports of possible adulteration...
US Rocked by 3 Mass Shootings During Easter Weekend; 2 Dead
Authorities in South Carolina are investigating a shooting at a nightclub early Sunday that wounded at least nine people. It was the second mass shooting in the state and the third in the nation during the Easter holiday weekend. The shootings in South Carolina and one in Pittsburgh, in which two minors...