Month: October 2019

Erin Donalson/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Ferocious winds are hitting Southern California, fueling the already dangerous flames and igniting two new fires early Thursday. With wind gusts reaching 60 or 70 mph, the winds can easily shoot [Read More…]

US Department of Defense(WASHINGTON) — U.S. armored vehicles and infantry troops have arrived in eastern Syria as part of a new deployment to defend oil facilities from falling into the hands of the Islamic State, [Read More…]

Cesare Ferrari/iStock(LONDON) — The United Nations migration agency has halted Ebola screenings at five border crossings in East Africa after three of its aid workers were killed. The International Organization for Migration said several of [Read More…]

Noah Domingo Family(IRVINE, Calif.) — Five young men have been charged in connection with the death of their fraternity brother, who succumbed to alcohol poisoning after a booze-soaked party earlier this year. Zavier Larenz Brown, [Read More…]

bigtunaonline/iStock(MENLO PARK, Calif.) — Facebook cracked down on three networks of accounts originating from Russia for “engaging in foreign interference” campaigns on the platform in Africa. The removal of the Russian-backed inauthentic accounts comes as [Read More…]

maroke/iStock(CHICAGO) — Negotiations are resuming in the Chicago teachers’ strike after the Chicago Teachers Union voted to accept a tentative deal with the city but continued striking over makeup days for the time they spent [Read More…]