MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll in the attack by Islamic militants in Russia’s southern region of Dagestan has risen to 21 after a wounded police officer has died in a hospital, officials said Tuesday. Sunday’s attack, in which militants attacked Christian and Jewish houses of worship and fired at police in the cities of […]
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – PacifiCorp, a utility owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, agreed to a $150 million settlement with 378 plaintiffs arising from one of the 2020 wildfires that devastated parts of Oregon and northern California. The settlement announced on Monday resolves substantially all individual claims in northern California related to the Slater […]
The number of homeless people on Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard has increased since last year to its highest figure in 10 years, according to the annual point-in-time count released in early June. In total, the number of homeless increased to 568 people, 141 more than last year. Within that total of 568, the […]
The logo of Huawei at the electronics fair IFA. Fabian Sommer/dpa Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has reached 900 million active consumer devices with the company’s HarmonyOS operating system. The company announced that its premium devices sales have surged by 72% during the first five months of 2024. “No one can extinguish the starlight in the […]
VENICE – The Venice City Council will consider Tuesday whether to settle a 2022 lawsuit filed by developer Pat Neal over excess building permit fees for $1.6 million. Neal originally asked for at least $1.45 million. Funds collected through the fee were used to pay for a 7,000 square-foot expansion of the city’s building division, […]
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(Bloomberg) — Asian equities slipped as traders considered the sustainability of a tech-driven rally that’s pushed a key benchmark to a near two-year high. The offshore yuan weakened to the lowest this year. Most Read from Bloomberg Japanese and Chinese stocks led the weakness in regional equities. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell as much […]
A former educator arrested in April 2022 on charges of sexual acts with a child and rearrested the following month on 28 child porn charges, who remained on the run for a month, changed his plea Wednesday. Thomas Deane, 32, of Bonita Springs pleaded guilty to 19 counts of possession of child pornography before Lee […]
SACRAMENTO, California — Snapchat’s parent company agreed to a $15 million settlement on Wednesday following a three-year investigation into allegations of discrimination, retaliation and sexual harassment by its female employees. The probe, conducted by the California Civil Rights Department, found that Snap Inc. — the tech firm behind the popular social media app — failed […]
Authorities have lifted all road closures and evacuations warnings related to the 1,078-acre Hesperia Fire as firefighters managed to build containment lines around 86% of the perimeter. All road closures and evacuation orders were lifted at 8 a.m. Tuesday, according to CAL FIRE and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials. Smoke was expected to remain […]
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District firefighters were working Monday afternoon to douse a nearly 330-acre blaze near Rancho Cordova that was spreading in windy conditions. Firefighters were called to the area of Douglas Road and Sunrise Boulevard shortly after 3 p.m. as flames spread through dead grass around the Mather Golf Course and Mather Lake. Cal […]
The MAGA civil war surrounding House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good’s (R-Va.) primary in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District is coming to a head, pitting usual bedfellows against each other. The intraparty battle has positioned former President Trump against some of his key allies, including his former chief strategist Steve Bannon and Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) […]