Mendocino becomes largest of California’s ‘killer’ wildfires
A wildfire churning among mountain towns in Mendocino County in California mushroomed into the largest in the state on Friday, threatening 9,200 homes, as fatigued firefighters battled gusting winds fanning multiple other blazes.
No clear motive found for 2017 Las Vegas massacre: sheriff
Police have uncovered no clear motive for the gunman who killed 58 people at outdoor concert in Las Vegas last year, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a sheriff said on Friday.
Hundreds line up for gushing West Texas oil jobs
Job fairs are stocked with people hungry for better opportunities, but inside the MCM Grande Hotel in Odessa, Texas, oil services giant Halliburton is the one doing the wooing.
More U.S. states join lawsuit over online 3-D gun blueprints
Eleven more U.S. states have joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the online distribution of blueprints for 3-D printed guns, after several states on Tuesday convinced a federal judge to block the planned publication of the designs.
Suspect in murder of Houston doctor committed suicide: police
The man suspected of murdering a prominent Houston doctor, who once treated former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, fatally shot himself in the head after being confronted by two police officers, authorities said on Friday.
U.S. deports Mexican wife of American Marine veteran
The U.S. government deported a Mexican woman on Friday who had lived in the country illegally for nearly two decades despite efforts by lawmakers to keep her in Florida with her husband, a Marine Corps veteran, and her two American children.
Police search for Chinese girl who disappeared from Washington airport
A 12-year-old Chinese girl who went missing from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is believed to be in “extreme danger,” authorities said on Friday.
U.S. appeals court rejects challenges to California gun laws
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the constitutionality of two California laws restricting the ability of people to buy and carry firearms, rejecting appeals by gun rights advocates.
Invasion of big, voracious lizards threatens U.S. South: study
A group of South American lizards that can grow up to four feet long (1.2 meters) has established a home in the Florida wild after being brought to the United States as pets, and the reptiles could begin a voracious march across the U.S. South, accordi…
Australia, NZ firefighters fly out to battle deadly California wildfires
Firefighters from Australia and New Zealand flew out of Sydney on Friday on a mission to relieve exhausted crews battling deadly wildfires sweeping the northwest of the United States.
