Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two major wildfires started by aging Northern California power lines belonging to the nation’s largest utility, prosecutors announced Monday. PG&E does not admit wrongdoing in the two settlements reached with prosecutors for last...
Mariupol Mayor Says Siege Has Killed More Than 10K Civilians
KYIV, Ukraine — The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol said Monday that more than 10,000 civilians have died in the Russian siege of his city and that the death toll could surpass 20,000, with corpses that were “carpeted through the streets.” Speaking by phone Monday to...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Won’t Join Twitter’s Board After All
Billionaire Elon Musk, one of Twitter's biggest shareholders, is reversing course and will no longer join the company's board of directors, less than a week after being awarded a seat. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced the news, which followed a weekend of Musk tweets suggesting changes to Twitter, including making the site ad-free....
California Bill Aims to Remove Homeless From River Parkways
RANCHO CORDOVA — Lawmakers in California want to make it easier to remove homeless people along rivers and other open spaces after the body of a 20-year-old woman was found close to some tents at a popular park near the state's capital city earlier this year. Emma Roark vanished...
Steelers QB Dwayne Haskins Killed in Auto Accident
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed in an auto accident Saturday in Florida. Haskins' agent, Cedric Saunders, told ESPN about the quarterback's death, and the Steelers released a statement extending their condolences. “I am devastated and at a loss for words with the unfortunate passing of Dwayne Haskins,”...
Man Found Guilty of Setting Central Coast Fire That Killed 12 Giant Condors
A man who started a 2020 wildfire that killed 12 endangered California condors and seriously injured a firefighter was convicted Thursday of arson and could face up to 24 years in state prison when he is sentenced, prosecutors said. Ivan Gomez, 31, was convicted by a Monterey County judge...
Proud Boys Member Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Riot
A North Carolina man on Friday became the second member of the extremist group Proud Boys to plead guilty to conspiring with other group members to stop Congress from formally certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. Charles Donohoe, 34, pleaded guilty during an appearance in federal court in Washington...
Musk Says Tesla Will Build Vehicle Designed to Be a Robotaxi
Tesla will build a vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi, and it will start making three new vehicles next year, CEO Elon Musk told fans at a party celebrating the opening of a Texas factory. Musk didn't give details of the robotaxi other than to say it will...
Sacramento Mass Shooting Suspect Served Less Time Due to Prop. 57
A suspect arrested in connection with last weekend's mass shooting outside bars in Sacramento served less than half his 10-year sentence because of voter-approved changes to state law that lessened the punishment for his felony convictions and provided a chance for earlier release. Smiley Allen Martin was freed in...
Missile Strike Kills 50 at Ukraine Train Station Packed With Evacuees
KYIV, Ukraine — A missile hit a train station where thousands of people had flocked to flee in eastern Ukraine, killing 50 people Friday, Ukrainian authorities said, while warning they expect to find more evidence of war crimes in areas abandoned by Russian troops. Photos from the scene showed...