Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

Latest From JAIMIE DING, AMY TAXIN and EUGENE GARCIA

Environment|News|World

An earthquake shakes the Los Angeles area as wildfires rage nearby

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake has rattled the Los Angeles area

An earthquake shakes the Los Angeles area as wildfires rage nearby
Americas|News|Opinion|World

US sanctions 16 allies of Venezuela's president over accusations of obstructing the election

The U.S. government has responded to Venezuela’s disputed July presidential election by imposing sanctions against 16 allies of President Nicolás Maduro

US sanctions 16 allies of Venezuela's president over accusations of obstructing the election
Business|Crime|News

Managers of a state fuel company in Trinidad are charged in the 2022 deaths of four divers

Managers of a state-owned fuel trading company in Trinidad and Tobago are facing 15 charges linked to the 2022 deaths of four divers who became trapped in a pipeline while repairing it

Crime

Karen Read asks Massachusetts high court to dismiss two charges

Karen Read’s lawyers have filed an appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court challenging a judge’s decision not to dismiss two of three charges against her

Karen Read asks Massachusetts high court to dismiss two charges
Crime|Sports

Spanish footballer convicted of sexual assault for inappropriately touching a mascot

Spanish soccer player Hugo Mallo has been convicted of sexual assault for inappropriately touching a mascot before a La Liga game in 2019

Crime|News|World

Austria carries out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists ahead of 9/11 anniversary

Austrian security forces carried out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists this week ahead of the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States

Austria carries out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists ahead of 9/11 anniversary
Asia|Crime|Health

Gunmen kill a policeman guarding polio workers in northwestern Pakistan

Police say a pair of gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire and killed a policeman guarding a group of polio workers going door-to-door in a vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan

Gunmen kill a policeman guarding polio workers in northwestern Pakistan
Crime|Europe|News|World

A trial begins for lawyers who once represented the Kremlin's late foe Alexei Navalny

Three lawyers who once represented the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny have gone on trial in Russia

A trial begins for lawyers who once represented the Kremlin's late foe Alexei Navalny
Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|World

US companies see record-low profits in China amid geopolitical tensions and slow growth, report says

A report by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has found that U.S. companies in China are seeing record-low profits, with business confidence at an all-time low amid U.S.-China tensions and a slowing Chinese economy

US companies see record-low profits in China amid geopolitical tensions and slow growth, report says
Crime|Entertainment|Sports

Reggie Bush was at his LA-area home when 3 male suspects attempted to break in

Former football star Reggie Bush was at his Encino home Tuesday night when three male suspects attempted to break in, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday

Reggie Bush was at his LA-area home when 3 male suspects attempted to break in
Asia|World

Death toll climbs to 199 in Vietnam as typhoon's aftermath brings flash floods and landslides

Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and 128 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll

Death toll climbs to 199 in Vietnam as typhoon's aftermath brings flash floods and landslides
News|Sports

A’ja Wilson becomes the WNBA’s single-season scoring leader, Aces beat Fever for 14th straight time

A’ja Wilson became the WNBA’s single-season scoring leader and finished with 27 points and 12 rebounds to help the Las Vegas Aces beat the Indiana Fever 86-75 on Wednesday night for their 14th straight win in the series

A’ja Wilson becomes the WNBA’s single-season scoring leader, Aces beat Fever for 14th straight time
Sports

White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf `impressed' by team's professionalism during `very painful' season

With his team slogging through the worst season in franchise history, Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf says this has been a “very painful” year but he’s been “impressed” by the professional attitude from players and staff

White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf `impressed' by team's professionalism during `very painful' season
News|Sports

Aces star A'ja Wilson breaks WNBA single season scoring record as Aces beat Fever

A’ja Wilson broke the WNBA single season scoring record just before the first half of the Las Vegas Aces’ game against the Indiana Fever on Wednesday night

Aces star A'ja Wilson breaks WNBA single season scoring record as Aces beat Fever
Celebrity|Entertainment

Jon Bon Jovi helps talk woman down from ledge on Nashville bridge

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jon Bon Jovi and a video production assistant have talked down a woman standing on the ledge of a pedestrian bridge in Nashville

Jon Bon Jovi helps talk woman down from ledge on Nashville bridge
Crime

A man accused of trying to set former co-workers on fire is charged with assault

Prosecutors have charged a Detroit man accused of trying to set two former co-workers on fire with multiple counts, including assault with intent to murder

Crime|News

Man convicted of killing Chicago officer and wounding her partner is sentenced to life

A judge has sentenced a man convicted of killing a Chicago police officer, wounding her partner and firing at a third officer to life in prison

Asia|News|World

North Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles after Kim vowed to bolster war readiness

North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea

North Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles after Kim vowed to bolster war readiness
Crime

A man is charged with drugging and raping women he met through a 'sugar daddy' website

A suburban Philadelphia man is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women he met online over the past 15 months

Business|Economy|Finance

Fed official broke ethics rules but didn't violate insider trading laws, probe finds

A government investigation into Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic's securities trades and investments has found he violated several of the central bank's ethics policies

Fed official broke ethics rules but didn't violate insider trading laws, probe finds
Crime|News

A Colorado man is charged with arson in a wildfire that destroyed 29 homes

A Colorado man has been charged with arson after an investigation into a wildfire that burned 15 square miles, destroyed 29 homes and caused more than $30 million in property damage

Sports

Blue Jays pitcher Bowden Francis has no-hitter through 8 innings against the Mets

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Bowden Francis has not allowed a hit through eight innings against the New York Mets

Blue Jays pitcher Bowden Francis has no-hitter through 8 innings against the Mets
Sports

Rays pitcher Edwin Uceta suspended 3 games for intentionally throwing at Phillies' Nick Castellanos

Tampa Bay pitcher Edwin Uceta has been suspended for three games and fined for intentionally throwing at Nick Castellanos, an action that prompted the Philadelphia Phillies outfielder to say “that’s like my 2-year-old throwing a fit.”

Rays pitcher Edwin Uceta suspended 3 games for intentionally throwing at Phillies' Nick Castellanos
Americas|Crime

The US sanctions a man it says leads a fuel theft ring for hyper-violent Mexican cartel

The U_S_ Treasury has sanctioned a man close to the leadership of Mexico’s hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation cartel and known as “the tank."

Crime|News

Girl, 3, dies after being found in a hot car in Southern California, and her mother is arrested

A 3-year-old girl has died after being found unconscious inside a hot car with her mother in southern California during a heat wave marked by triple-digit temperatures

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