A road is closed in the Portuguese Bend area of Rancho Palos Verdes due to landslide damage. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Coastal dwellers in Rancho Palos Verdes can now add gas shutoffs to the litany of headaches they have endured as a stretch of their idyllic community slips steadily to the sea. “Due … Read more
Ukrainian soldiers take part in tactical and medical training exercises at an undisclosed location in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine on July 22. (Andrii Marienko / Associated Press) Ukraine on Sunday said it struck an oil depot in southern Russia that supplies the Kremlin’s troops as Russian strikes in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Moscow … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at campaign event in Pittsfield, Mass. on July 27, 2024. AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough Democrats are nothing short of giddy. President Biden, who looked like a sure loser, bowed out of the presidential race and was seamlessly replaced by Kamala Harris through deft and lightning-fast intraparty maneuvering. The race is reset! All … Read more
Saturday’s attack came at a sensitive time. Israel and Hamas are negotiating a cease-fire proposal to end the nearly 10-month war in Gaza Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in the Druze town of … Read more
The visual damage assessment showed 410 addresses as destroyed, 10 with visible damage and 620 with no visible damage The remains of the historic Jasper Anglican Church in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. Wildfires encroaching into the townsite of Jasper forced an evacuation of the national park and have destroyed over 300 of … Read more
Parks Canada and the Municipality of Jasper said an early morning infrared scan of the town via helicopter was planned for Sunday in an effort to better identify any areas where the flames had yet to be extinguished Burnt buses and cars in Jasper, Alta., on Friday, July 26, 2024. Wildfires encroaching into the townsite … Read more
Potential Dem veep contender and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — who stood by President Biden during the party’s mutiny against him — said Sunday that Kamala Harris has given Democrats a “new burst of energy.” Walz, 60, seemed to imply that Democrats’ chances of victory have gone up now that Biden, 81, stepped aside and … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris’ approval rating with the public jumped by nearly eight points compared to a week ago after President Biden withdrew from the race, a new poll revealed. Harris’ favorability rating now sits at 43% to 42% favorable to unfavorable, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll. Last Sunday, that same poll pegged her … Read more
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer mused that Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance was a boon for Democrats. Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ridiculed former President Donald Trump’s selection of Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential pick, and suggested the GOP nominee may want to ditch him. “The addition of JD … Read more
US Border Patrol agents rescued 17 migrants, including children, who were locked inside a tractor trailer traveling along the Texas highway. Agents patrolling the Laredo Sector of the border came across the vehicle on Tuesday night in Encinal, 40 miles north of the border, with 17 migrants found sitting inside the locked empty, metal trailer, … Read more
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