Los Angeles: A powerful winter storm struck California this week, bringing heavy rain, high winds, flash flood warnings and significant mountain snow, officials said. The National Weather Service issued watches and winter storm warnings across the state Monday, prompting evacuation warnings for burn scar areas and travel restrictions. Pacific Gas...
Polk County, Fla. authorities arrested a Bartow High School teacher on Feb. 15 after a backyard debris fire spread to about five acres, police said. The blaze occurred amid a county burn ban and a state of emergency declared for drought conditions. Deputies said the homeowner burned cardboard and materials...
Baton Rouge, Local authorities arrested a man accused of setting a woman's car on fire, continued a search for a work-release inmate who walked off a job site, and ceremonially commissioned a 13-year-old cancer patient into the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office this week. Fire officials say the car...
Atlanta, NAACP and allied groups asked a federal judge this week to restrict federal use of voter records seized by FBI agents from the Fulton County elections hub on Jan. 28, seeking limits to prevent use beyond the criminal probe and demanding inventories of seized materials. Fulton County separately filed...
United States. Regional gasoline prices moved modestly this week as national averages edged higher, according to GasBuddy and AAA surveys. Michigan averages rose to $2.98 per gallon after a 15-cent weekly increase, while Indiana averaged $2.80 and Ohio's Toledo area held at $2.74. South Carolina's state average fell to $2.55,...
Indianapolis and regional forecasts report an unseasonable warmup this week, with dense fog advisories Monday morning and highs expected to climb into the 60s and 70s by midweek. Meteorologists warn gusty southerly winds Wednesday with a midweek cold front bringing scattered showers and limited rain late week. Forecast models show...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Michigan's men's basketball team claimed the No. 1 spot in Monday's Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time since January 2013, receiving 60 of 61 first-place votes after a dominant win over UCLA and a 24-1 record. Arizona dropped after consecutive losses to Kansas and...
WINDER, Ga. Prosecutors opened a trial Monday against Colin Gray, the father of the teenager accused in the Sept. 4, 2024, Apalachee High School shooting that killed four people and wounded nine. Gray faces 29 felony counts alleging he supplied a firearm and ammunition after warnings; jurors were seated this...
Wilmington, N.C. Law enforcement agencies across southeastern U.S. counties are actively searching for multiple missing teenagers this week. Pender County deputies reported 15-year-old Landen Hairr missing after he was last seen Sunday near Pinnacle Parkway in Hampstead. Brunswick County officials said 17-year-old Natayah McCree did not board her bus Feb....
Inglewood, Calif. — Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown disputed Beverly Hills officials' account after police shut down a private event he hosted before the NBA All-Star Game. The Beverly Hills Police Department told The Boston Globe the city denied an event permit because of prior violations at the Trousdale residence...
