Fire officials from both states say no engines were prevented from entering California and none of the vehicles underwent any emissions testing.
In a meeting with dozens of college officials across the country Wednesday, immigration advocates outlined ways to safeguard undocumented students.
Spirits giant Brown-Forman Corp. said Tuesday it's reducing its global workforce by about 12% and closing its hometown barrel-making plant in Louisville. The actions are projected to produce about $70 million to $80 million in annualized cost savings, a portion of which is expected to be reinvested as part of the company's growth strategy, said Louisville-based Brown-Forman, whose flagship brand is Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey. The closure is part of the overall 12% reduction in the company's 5,400-employee global workforce.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama won’t be attending President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
A former Northeastern University employee who lied to the FBI about a package blowing up in his arms at the Boston campus has been sentenced to just over a year in prison for the hoax. Jason Duhaime, 47, from San Antonio, Texas, was convicted on the federal charges in June of intentionally conveying false and misleading information related to an explosive device and two counts of making materially false statements to a federal law enforcement agent. “Bomb hoaxes are not a harmless act, they inflict fear, divert resources and put both first responders and the public at real risk as they race to the scene,” United States Attorney Joshua Levy said in a statement.
Federal prosecutors told family members Tuesday they will not bring charges in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, closing the books on a lengthy FBI investigation into the white troopers who stunned, punched and dragged Greene on a roadside and allegations of an attempted cover-up by the Louisiana State Police. The U.S. Justice Department informed Greene's family of the decision as officials were also preparing to release findings from a broader civil rights investigation that found a pattern of state troopers using excessive force, according to two officials familiar with the inquiry.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense secretary is publicly facing senators for the first time after weeks of questions from Democrats — and praise from Republicans — about his “unconventional” resume. Pete Hegseth, a former combat veteran and TV news show host, says he will be a “change agent” and a “warrior” for the department as Republicans demand new and strong leadership in the Pentagon. Democrats say Hegseth’s lack of experience, his past comments about women and Black troops and allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct, make him unfit to serve.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Tuesday private equity veteran Adebayo Ogunlesi, who is currently the CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), has joined its board. Ogunlesi, 71, will be advising OpenAI on securing access to the infrastructure necessary for advancing its artificial intelligence development, OpenAI said in a statement. Founded in 2006, GIP is a PE firm specializing in infrastructure that manages more than $100 billion in assets and has a portfolio including Britain's Gatwick airport, the Port of Melbourne and major offshore wind projects.
The Panama Canal will remain Panamanian, the secretary general of the United Nation's maritime body told AFP on Tuesday, after Donald Trump refused to rule out using military force to seize the key waterway.The canal passed into the hands of Panama, which continues to manage this vital waterway, and will continue to do so," said Arsenio Dominguez, head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Donald Trump would have been convicted for his "criminal efforts" to retain power after the 2020 election if the case had not been dropped because of his November White House victory, special counsel Jack Smith said Tuesday."When it became clear that Mr Trump had lost the election and that lawful means of challenging the election results had failed, he resorted to a series of criminal efforts to retain power," the special counsel said.
Stock markets moved in different directions on Tuesday with traders' attention fixed on President-elect Donald Trump's tariff plans, earnings updates and inflation data.Investors will be paying more attention to US and UK consumer price inflation data due on Wednesday.
If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting will stop in Gaza for 42 days, and dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed. In this first phase Israeli troops will pull back to the edges of Gaza, and many Palestinians will be able to return to what remains of their homes as stepped-up aid flows in. In those talks, Israel, Hamas, and the U.S, Egyptian and Qatari mediators will have to tackle the tough issue of how Gaza will be governed, with Israel demanding the elimination of Hamas.
Damage caused by Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire in Altadena were captured by photojournalists as L.A. officials map the extent of the blazes.
Alvin Bragg started his tenure in chaos. A political rebranding and a successful case against the president-elect changed everything.
The FTC released a 60-page report Tuesday targeting the biggest three pharmacy benefit managers, claiming the companies hiked the prices of specialty drugs to generate $7.3 billion in revenue from 2017 to 2022.
Speaker Johnson is suspending a 30-day mourning period for Jimmy Carter to allow flags at the US Capitol to fly at full staff at Trump's inauguration.
US flags will fly at full-staff at the Capitol during Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, the leader of the House of Representatives announced Tuesday, after he complained about having them lowered to honor late president Jimmy Carter."On January 20, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump," Johnson said in a statement.
Online retailer Amazon has purchased 202 electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 vehicles from Germany's Daimler Truck, the automaker said Tuesday, marking both firms' largest-ever order for battery-powered lorries.Daimler Truck, one of the world's largest truck manufacturers by volume, last year delivered 4,035 electric vehicles out of more than 460,000 worldwide.
Tunisians protested in the capital on Tuesday, calling for the release of jailed political figures as they marked the 14th anniversary of the uprising that sparked the Arab Spring revolts across the region.Many Tunisian activists and protesters still commemorate the revolution on January 14, the day Ben Ali fled Tunisia.
Britain’s anti-corruption minister resigned on Tuesday, bowing to mounting pressure over her links to her aunt, ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Tulip Siddiq said that she had been cleared of wrongdoing but was quitting as economic secretary to the Treasury because the issue was becoming “a distraction from the work of the government.” Siddiq, 42, is a former local councilor who was elected lawmaker for a north London district in 2015.
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