Massive dust storm reduces visibility, causes vehicle pileup on central California highway

Former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse is set to stand trial early next year in Las Vegas on charges that he sexually abused Indigenous women and girls, a significant development in the sweeping criminal case after more than a year of stalled court proceedings while he challenged it. Prosecutors are now able to move forward with their case because Chasing Horse was again indicted last month following a Nevada Supreme Court decision that his original indictment be dismissed.

Some of the assumptions we made about the citizens the city’s destruction were pretty inaccurate.

Dean Dempster admitted sexually assaulting the child along with making indecent child sex images.

Blackstone has dropped plans to acquire a majority stake in the snacks business of India's Haldiram's but is now discussing purchase of a 20% stake at a valuation of $8 billion, which is still a sticking point, sources told Reuters on Thursday. Haldiram's, which Euromonitor International estimates has a share of almost 13% of India's $6.2-billion market for savoury snacks, has more than 150 restaurants, but many foreign investors are salivating over its popular snacks business. In May Reuters reported a consortium led by Blackstone was eyeing a stake of 75% in the business and had made a non-binding bid, but those talks did not materialise as Haldiram's is no longer keen to sell a big stake, said the sources, who sought anonymity as the discussions are private.

The company's shares fell about 4% in premarket trading. The stock is down 55% since Ernst & Young resigned as auditor in October after earlier flagging concerns about the company's governance, transparency and internal control over financial reporting. Earlier this month, the company said a special committee set up to probe the issues raised by EY in late July had not found evidence of fraud.

President Joe Biden's Environmental Protection Agency finalized a new rule Tuesday taxing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, but critics argue the move is "irrelevant" and will serve to boost Big Oil and stifle innovation.

While Kamala Harris never ended up sitting down with the podcaster, her Republican opponent took part in a three-hour-long interview on the show

Eighteen-year-old Jillian Ludwig, from New Jersey, was hit by a bullet fired from a nearby public housing complex.

The governors of Illinois and Colorado on Wednesday said they will co-chair a coalition of mostly Democratic-led states to fight back against polices incoming Republican President Donald Trump has vowed to push through. With their Governors Safeguarding Democracy group, Democrats J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Jared Polis of Colorado join attorneys general and other Democratic governors who have pledged to resist conservative Trump policies on everything from immigration to rollbacks on environmental protections. Among other things, Trump - who won a decisive victory over Democrat Kamala Harris in last week's election - has pledged to use federal law enforcement to investigate his political foes, launch the largest deportation effort in American history and purge colleges and universities of diversity programs.

Officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation estimate that a portion of I-40 in the Pigeon River Gorge will be open to traffic by the start of the new year.

Malaysia's law minister on Wednesday challenged a former sultan's heirs who lost a legal bid to obtain nearly $15 billion from the government over a land dispute to try leasing part of the country that they still claim rights to. Earlier this month, France's top civil court rejected an appeal from the Filipino heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu after a lengthy legal battle stemming from a colonial-era land lease agreement. The heirs had won a $14.9 billion award in a French arbitration court in 2022 but a Paris court later upheld the Malaysian government's challenge against enforcing a partial award.

A high school in Orange County closed Wednesday following an “unspecified threat,” and now school officials are looking for information surrounding it. According to a release sent out to parents of students at Brea Olinda High School in Brea, the school stated that officials were first notified of the threat on Tuesday evening. The threat, […]

Just a few weeks after another astronaut health scare, NASA is

Cerry Banks arranged to meet the child at a fast food restaurant in Jacksonville, unaware that he had been conversing with the girl’s mother

The Tennessean's letters reflect the views of the authors and add to public discourse. At issue today: Did Trump win because he faced women?

Efforts to resist the proposals would mark a continuation of Republican attempts to curtail direct democracy in Missouri as voters have passed policies seen as progressive at the ballot box.

More than two feet of rain could fall and trigger devastating flash flooding and mudslides.

President-elect plans to take down any diversity programs within the federal government

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The man accused of shooting a FedEx employee in the hub parking lot in October has been released without bond. 18-year-old Tyreese Earnest was charged with attempted second-degree murder, employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, and vandalism. Earnest was released on […]

A dramatic moment was captured on camera as police officers in Pheonix, Arizona rescued a man who was trapped inside a car submerged in a pool.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A woman is now receiving treatment after she damaged power equipment and climbed a substation transformer in Salt Lake City Wednesday morning during what police say was a mental health episode. The incident, which took place near Gladiola Street and Decade Drive, led to authorities cutting power to more than […]

The results showed Whipps Jr won 5,626 votes, defeating his brother-in-law Tommy Remengesau who received 4,103 votes. Palau, which is important to the U.S. military amid tensions with China and is among a dozen diplomatic allies of Taiwan, held a national election for president and its senate on Nov. 5.

The next Atlantic tropical system is looking imminent to develop in the coming days.

Further excavations may reveal how ancient human populations likely interacted with each other, researchers say

APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – Fire crews in Appleton quickly worked to put out a fire at a home on Welcome Circle Tuesday night that caused an estimated $120,000 in damages. According to the Appleton Fire Department, crews responded to a home on Welcome Circle around 7:30 p.m. on November 12. When crews arrived smoke and […]

The suspect in a September hit-and-run turned himself in Tuesday night, authorities said.

Natural gas flares at oil wells sparked two North Dakota wildfires earlier this fall, according to reports from the North Dakota Fire Marshal's Office. Investigators concluded that flares combined with high winds and extremely dry weather and started a wildfire near the town of Keene and another near New Town, the Bismarck Tribune reported Thursday. Officials with ConocoPhillips and Hess Corp., which operate the oil wells, say they are still reviewing the reports.

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Winter officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on Dec. 21 with the winter solstice. Here's how much snow can we expect this winter in NYC.

AccuWeather puts Florida within a fledgling Hurricane Sara's sights in its latest update.

The Department of Agriculture says to "document it, report it, and kill it."

Subdivision was to highlight the natural environment of the Foothills with a boardwalk, pond system and wetlands.

The last day of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season​ is Nov. 30, but as we near that finish line, the Caribbean apparently has other thoughts in mind.

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On the edge of Peru’s coastal desert, a remote fishing town where a third of all residents have no running water is being transformed into a huge deep-water port to cash in on the inexorable rise of Chinese interest in resource-rich South America. The megaport of Chancay, a $1.3 billion project majority-owned by the Chinese shipping giant Cosco, is turning this outpost of bobbing fishing boats into an important node of the global economy. From the presidential palace in Lima, 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of the port inauguration ceremony, China’s President Xi Jinping watched a livestream of the ribbon-cutting alongside his Peruvian counterpart, Dina Boluarte, late Thursday.

A somewhat rare November storm system is gathering steam in the Caribbean Sea. Tropical Storm Sara will eventually make a turn to the east and Florida.

Do we really have to go through all of this again? This question is on the minds of millions of Floridians as hurricane season again displays the tenacity of the cockroach.

Here's an update on weather conditions in Bay County and information on the developing 99L in the Caribbean.

Five weeks to the day since Hurricane Milton tore across central Florida, one area in Volusia County is still underwater.

Lots of factors in play but Tropical Storm Sara is expected to form this week and could become a major hurricane threatening the US next week.

Forecasters tell residents of eastern Gulf Coast and Florida to monitor the forecast closely for potential impacts next week.

The Milwaukee County Zoo has announced that longtime resident Patti, a river hippopotamus, was humanely euthanized on Sunday, Nov. 10.

Spain's Civil Protection Agency sent a mass alert to phones warning of an "extreme risk of rainfall".

"This breakthrough brings us closer to achieving the ideal performance."

Ready or not, news about winter storms, blizzards, nor'easters, bomb cyclones and lake-effect snow is around the corner.

"Enables production of smaller, lower-cost batteries, supporting widespread adoption of EVs and grid batteries."

The historic Iowa River Power building in Coralville will be home to new restaurant by 2026.

Lava drifting over snow in Iceland is surprisingly not AI

The electric truck maker can now count DHL Supply Chain and Diageo North America among its growing customer roster.

It’s a deserted property that many of you drive by every day on Interstate 44. It’s also classified as an active hazardous substance clean-up site by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, but regulators have determined it can be cleaned up to a level that will make it safe for people to live here again.