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California governor signs law raising taxes on guns and ammunition to pay for school safety

California governor signs law raising taxes on guns and ammunition to pay for school safety

California Sep 27, 2023 / 7:04 am

California will ban people from carrying firearms in most public places while doubling the taxes on guns and ammunition sold in the state under two new laws...

Azerbaijan arrests former head of separatist government after recapturing Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan arrests former head of separatist government after recapturing Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan Sep 27, 2023 / 6:43 am

Azerbaijan said it arrested the former head of Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist government as he tried to cross into Armenia on Wednesday, following...

Why did Maui fire spread so quickly? Overgrown gully, stubborn embers may be key to probe

Why did Maui fire spread so quickly? Overgrown gully, stubborn embers may be key to probe

Hawaii Sep 27, 2023 / 6:39 am

Melted remains of an old car tire. Heavily burned trees. A charred stump of an abandoned utility pole. Investigators are examining these and other pieces of...

Three astronauts return to Earth after a year in space, NASA's Frank Rubio sets US space record

Three astronauts return to Earth after a year in space, NASA's Frank Rubio sets US space record

International Space Station Sep 27, 2023 / 6:29 am

A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after being stuck in space for just over a year. American Frank Rubio set a record...

US officials say Travis King, who crossed into North Korea, is in American custody

US officials say Travis King, who crossed into North Korea, is in American custody

North Korea/US Sep 27, 2023 / 6:20 am

The American soldier who crossed into North Korea two months ago is in American custody, two U.S. officials said Wednesday. One official said that Pvt. Travis...

Fire at wedding hall in Iraq kills 100 people and injures 150

Fire at wedding hall in Iraq kills 100 people and injures 150

Iraq Sep 27, 2023 / 6:09 am

A raging fire seemingly caused by fireworks set off to celebrate a Christian wedding consumed a hall packed with guests in northern Iraq, killing around 100...

Las Vegas hospitality workers could go on strike as union holds authorization vote

Las Vegas hospitality workers could go on strike as union holds authorization vote

Las Vegas Sep 26, 2023 / 1:50 pm

Tens of thousands of hospitality workers who keep the iconic casinos and hotels of Las Vegas humming were set to vote Tuesday on whether to authorize a strike...

New cars are supposed to be getting safer. So why are fatalities on the rise?

New cars are supposed to be getting safer. So why are fatalities on the rise?

United States Sep 26, 2023 / 6:50 am

Alyssa Milligan was someone who intuitively knew when another person needed help, encouragement or a kind word. Although she was new to Tennessee, the 23-year...

Colombian club president shot dead after match

Colombian club president shot dead after match

Colombia Sep 26, 2023 / 6:48 am

Colombian second division club Tigres FC has announced its president, Edgar Paez, was fatally shot after his team’s loss on Saturday night. According to...

New book alleges Trump's ex-chief of staff's suits smelled 'like a bonfire' from burning papers

New book alleges Trump's ex-chief of staff's suits smelled 'like a bonfire' from burning papers

United States Sep 26, 2023 / 6:40 am

A former aide in Donald Trump’s White House says chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers so often after the 2020 election that it left his office smoky...

California governor signs law barring schoolbook bans based on racial, gender teachings

California governor signs law barring schoolbook bans based on racial, gender teachings

California Sep 26, 2023 / 6:37 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from...

Lahaina residents begin returning to sites of homes destroyed by deadly wildfire

Lahaina residents begin returning to sites of homes destroyed by deadly wildfire

Hawaii Sep 26, 2023 / 6:20 am

Some Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks ago....

Captain found guilty in Hungary for 2019 Danube collision that killed at least 27

Captain found guilty in Hungary for 2019 Danube collision that killed at least 27

Hungary Sep 26, 2023 / 6:08 am

The captain of a river cruise boat that collided with another vessel in Hungary's capital in 2019, killing at least 27 people most of them South Korean...

At least 20 dead in gas station explosion as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia

At least 20 dead in gas station explosion as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia

Nagorno-Karabakh Sep 26, 2023 / 5:56 am

At least 20 people were killed and nearly 300 others were injured in an explosion at a crowded gas station in Nagorno-Karabakh as thousands of people rushed to...

Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack

Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack

Texas Sep 25, 2023 / 9:56 am

A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 agreed Monday to pay more than $5 million to families of...

Senator says cash found in home was from personal savings, not bribes

Senator says cash found in home was from personal savings, not bribes

New Jersey Sep 25, 2023 / 9:14 am

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey defiantly pushed back against federal corruption charges on Monday, saying cash authorities found in his home...

Driver pleads not guilty in Vermont crash that killed actor Treat Williams

Driver pleads not guilty in Vermont crash that killed actor Treat Williams

Vermont Sep 25, 2023 / 9:08 am

A Vermont driver on Monday pleaded not guilty to a charge in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams. Ryan Koss, 35, could be sentenced to up to 15...

NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft

NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft

Utah Sep 25, 2023 / 6:38 am

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the...

Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs

Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs

United States Sep 25, 2023 / 6:35 am

Randal Quran Reid was driving to his mother's home the day after Thanksgiving last year when police pulled him over and arrested him on the side of a busy...

After summer's extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit

After summer's extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit

United States Sep 25, 2023 / 6:15 am

Kathleen Maxwell has lived in Phoenix for more than 20 years, but this summer was the first time she felt fear, as daily high temperatures soared to 110 degrees...

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