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4h ago

Man plotted 'mass casualty' attack at Cybertruck event attended by Elon Musk in Texas, officials say

Paul Ryan Overeem, a 28-year-old Florida resident, challenged authorities that it's "up to you guys to stop me.”
People walk inside the Tesla gigafactory.
People walk inside the Tesla gigafactory.
4h ago

Wet weekend ahead for both coasts while Hawaii gets drenched by a Kona storm

Two rounds of rain are expected for the East Coast this weekend, up to 7 inches of rain could fall over the Pacific Northwest and double-digit rainfall totals have been recorded over Hawaii.
Weather over the continental U.S. on Dec. 1, 2023.
Weather over the continental U.S. on Dec. 1, 2023.
5h ago

Trailblazing Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's life in photos

O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the justice who held the court's center for more than a generation, died Friday She was 93.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor
5h ago

Felicity Huffman says she feels shame for falsifying SAT score in college admissions scandal

“It felt like I had to give my daughter a chance at a future,” the “Desperate Housewives” star said in an exclusive interview with KABC in Los Angeles. “And so it was sort of like my daughter’s future, which meant I had to break the law."
Felicity Huffman
Felicity Huffman

18 more people sickened in salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupe

Some brands of pre-cut cantaloupe sold at stores including Kroger, Trader Joe's, Sprouts and Aldi have been recalled.
Two halves of cantaloupe melon.
Two halves of cantaloupe melon.
7h ago

Family of Marine killed in Afghanistan fails to win lawsuit against Alec Baldwin

The lawsuit was filed as Baldwin faced legal peril for the death of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set in 2021.
Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming who was killed in the Kabul airport bombing on Aug. 26, 2021.
Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming who was killed in the Kabul airport bombing on Aug. 26, 2021.
8h ago

Remains found in pit lead to murder charges for Indiana man suspected in teen neighbor's disappearance

Valerie Tindall, 17, told her parents on June 7 that she was going to work for the defendant, Patrick Scott, who owns a lawn mowing business.
Missing Indiana teen Valerie Tindall
Missing Indiana teen Valerie Tindall

Tinnitus may be linked to ‘hidden hearing loss’ missed on common tests, study suggests

An underlying cause of tinnitus may be similar to phantom limb syndrome, according to the research.
Side portrait of a man
Side portrait of a man
10h ago

Japan ‘concerned’ by continued U.S. Osprey flights after fatal crash

Japanese officials said they had made a formal request that the U.S. military planes be grounded pending investigation, though the Pentagon said it had not been received.
A U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 into the sea off southern Japan, and the Japanese coast guard is heading to the site for search and rescue operations, officials said.
A U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 into the sea off southern Japan, and the Japanese coast guard is heading to the site for search and rescue operations, officials said.

Former Marine pleads guilty in California Planned Parenthood firebomb attack

A Molotov cocktail was hurled against the Costa Mesa building in March 2022, and the clinic had to reschedule about 30 appointments.
Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, Calif.
Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, Calif.
16h ago

Buffalo Bills linebacker Von Miller turns himself in after allegedly assaulting pregnant woman

Dallas police had issued an arrest warrant for Miller, who is best known as the 2016 Super Bowl MVP when he was playing for the Denver Broncos.
Von Miller.
Von Miller.