‘Whole town is burning’: Residents flee Northern California wildfire
A fast-moving Northern California wildfire burned dozens of structures on Thursday, injuring residents and firefighters, as tens of thousands of people fled in a “chaotic” mass evacuation, state authorities said.
California mass shooting shatters America’s ‘safest neighborhood’
Alicia Wagner says she moved her family six years ago from the affluent Los Angeles-area enclave of Pacific Palisades to the sleepier and more distant Thousand Oaks, in the Santa Monica Mountains, away from urban hustle and bustle.
Hundreds line up to donate blood after California bar shooting
The fatal shooting of a dozen people at a Western-themed bar in Thousand Oaks, California, inspired hundreds of area residents to line up for hours on Thursday to donate blood for the wounded.
Ex-Marine apparently acted alone in California bar shooting: FBI
A former U.S. Marine combat veteran opened fire in a Los Angeles area bar packed with line-dancing college students, killing 12 people in a mass shooting that stunned a bucolic Southern California community with a reputation for safety.
Recounts, runoffs loom over high-profile elections in Florida, Georgia
High-profile U.S. elections in Georgia, Florida and Arizona remained unresolved on Thursday, two days after the vote, with the prospect of legal challenges, recounts and ballot reviews setting the stage for possible weeks of uncertainty.
Captain of deadly Missouri duck boat charged in federal court
The captain of the World War Two-style tourist “duck boat” that sank on a Missouri lake during a storm in July, killing 17 people, was charged on Thursday with misconduct, negligence and inattention to duty in an indictment by a federal grand jury, pro…
Factbox: Democrats pick up net 32 seats in U.S. House, with some races still undecided
Democrats have gained a net 32 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after elections on Tuesday, with only seven races still undecided, according to the latest projections by media outlets and data provider DDHQ.
Ex-Marine identified as suspect in mass shooting in California bar
An ex-Marine opened fire in a crowded Southern California bar popular with college students, killing 12 people including a sheriff’s deputy, police said on Thursday, in the latest U.S. mass shooting that stunned a community with a reputation for safety…
Unresolved high-profile U.S. elections could be headed to recounts
High-profile U.S. electoral races in Georgia, Florida and Arizona remained unresolved on Thursday, two days after the vote, with the prospect of legal challenges, recounts and ballot reviews setting the stage for possible weeks of uncertainty.
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg, 85, breaks three ribs in fall
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a prominent liberal who at age 85 is the oldest U.S. Supreme Court justice, was hospitalized on Thursday after fracturing three ribs in a fall the night before at her office at the court, a court spokeswoman said.
