A former suburban Texas police officer has been executed for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago. Robert Fratta, 65, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the November 1994 fatal…
Storms bring mudslides, evacuations to California
The latest Pacific storm unleashed torrential downpours and damaging winds in California, knocking out power and turning city streets into rivers as mudslides cut off highways and entire communities faced evacuation orders. More than 33 million Californians were threatened by…
Ellen DeGeneres videos show flood waters near her home as the residents of Montecito are ordered to evacuate
Ellen DeGeneres is giving people a look at just how dangerous the recent heavy rains have made the area of Montecito, where she and other stars like Oprah and Prince Harry live. In a clip posted on Twitter, the former…
Classified files from Joe Biden’s VP tenure found at think tank
Classified documents from Joe Biden’s time as vice president were discovered in November by the US president’s personal lawyers at a Washington think tank, a White House lawyer has said. Nearly 10 documents were found at Biden’s office at the…
Rema and Selena Gomez’s ‘‘Calm Down’’ climbs to No. 1 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart
Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” claims the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, jumping from No. 8 and marking each act’s first leader on the list. Plus, two songs reached the Global Excl. U.S. top…
UK’s 1st satellite launch fails to make it into orbit
The UK attempted its first orbital space launch from UK soil on Monday evening, making it the privately-owned Virgin Orbit’s first international launch. However, it failed when a reported “anomaly” early Tuesday prevented the rocket from reaching orbit. The repurposed…
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts again as the summit crater glows
Hawaii’s Kilauea began erupting inside its summit crater Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, less than one month after the volcano and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a glow in webcam images…
Where is Bolsonaro? In hospital, his wife says
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted with abdominal pain to a hospital in Florida, his wife said. It comes a day after thousands of his supporters stormed government offices in the Brazilian capital. Mr Bolsonaro was taken to…
Bolsonaro’s Florida stay puts ball in Biden’s court after Brasilia riots
The United States has a Jair Bolsonaro problem. The far-right former Brazilian president flew to Florida two days before his term ended on Jan. 1, having challenged the Oct. 30 election he lost to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da…
Lula vows to punish Brazilian Congress invaders
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed to punish supporters of the country’s ex-leader, Jair Bolsonaro, after they stormed Congress. The dramatic scenes – which saw hundreds of protesters clad in Brazil football shirts and flags – come…