A fire at one of the world’s largest battery-storage plants in northern California flared up again on Friday afternoon, sending up plumes of toxic smoke after authorities had said the blaze was mostly over. The fire in Moss Landing in Monterey county started on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of up to 1,500 people and the…
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David Ortiz explains why “Weekend with Papi” is so important to the MLB hall of famer David Ortiz stops by Sports Seriously to explain why he loves “Weekend with Papi” and how it funds life-saving surgery for children. CHICAGO — They slept overnight on couches, folding chairs and on the lobby floor at the Sheraton…
Sheng Thao, the former mayor of Oakland, and three others have been indicted for a slate of federal charges including conspiracy and bribery. The indictment, which was unsealed and announced in California on Friday, is the culmination of an investigation led by the FBI, the US Postal Inspection Service, and the US Internal Revenue Service….
When the weather is hot and midsummer’s bounty of berries, stone fruit, melons and bananas need a life after the fruit bowl, these frozen desserts are just a quick blitz away. Who needs an ice-cream machine when granita, sorbet and ice blocks can be devised with a swift spin in a blender and a few…
Senior police officers fear that government pressure to reinvestigate closed historic cases of gang grooming could make it harder to catch those targeting children today. The government on Thursday announced more reviews of past cases and also that victims, whose cases did not end in prosecutions, will be given a new right of appeal to…
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption, another setback for the beleaguered leader who has already spent over 18 months in jail and is facing more than 100 cases. Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were found guilty of illegally obtaining lucrative plots of land, worth…
We are a quarter of the way into the 21st century and just as the world feels more fractured and more online than ever before, here is some welcome news: put the kettle on, teapots are the new whimsy. Popularised by the “cottagecore” trend beloved by celebrities including David Beckham, Harry Styles and Taylor Swift,…