A raccoon attacked an infant inside an Idaho home this week as the baby was in a carrier, the state wildlife department said Friday. The incident happened Monday in Cassia County after the infant’s mother had just returned home, Idaho Fish and Game said in a statement. The mother heard a noise, investigated and found...
Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing could reveal a winning ticket for the lottery game’s fifth largest jackpot: $1.22 billion. The winning numbers Friday were 3-7-37-49-55 with a Mega Ball of 6. The jackpot has been building since its clock was reset on Sept. 13 after someone in Texas took a $810 million jackpot, Mega Millions...
LAFD spokesperson Margaret Stewart said Friday that fire department arson investigators and police detectives from the Major Crimes Division are investigating the cause, but their involvement was not necessarily an indication arson is suspected. The investigation was customary and staffed this way “due to the nature of the fire,” she said. Several dozen people evacuated...
The Oklahoma Attorney General on Friday announced he was dismissing criminal charges brought against a police officer who slammed a 71-year-old man to the ground during a traffic stop in October. Attorney General Gentner Drummond said in a statement he was dropping the aggravated assault and battery charge brought by Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicky...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned congressional leaders Friday that the federal government will hit its debt limit as early as Jan. 14 unless Congress takes action or her department implements “extraordinary measures” to avoid default. Yellen’s letter indicates that the looming debt ceiling fight involving Congress and the new administration is likely to take place...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk faced accusations of censorship Friday from fellow conservatives after several prominent right-wing accounts who had criticized Musk’s views on immigration said that they subsequently lost access to premium features on Musk’s social media app, X. At least 14 conservative accounts said late Thursday or Friday that X had revoked their blue...
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to pause implementation of a law that would ban TikTok in the U.S. on Jan. 19 if the app is not sold by its Chinese parent company. The court is due to hear arguments in the case on Jan. 10. “President Trump takes no position on...
A toddler could have plummeted to his death on Christmas Day at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano if not for his mother’s quick reaction, officials said. The National Park Service said in a statement that the toddler wandered off from his family at the Kilauea Overlook and snuck past the barrier blocking onlookers from the volcano before running...
Google’s blowout earnings report in April, which sparked the biggest rally in Alphabet shares since 2015 and pushed its market cap past $2 trillion for the first time, tempered fear that the company was falling behind in artificial intelligence. As executives enthusiastically talked about the results with Google’s employees at an all-hands meeting the following week, it was clear that Wall...
A 51-year-old man went overboard from a Norwegian cruise ship Thursday during a trip to the Caribbean, and, despite an extensive search, he has not been found. Norwegian Cruise Line said the man was reported to have fallen off the ship around 3 p.m., while it was sailing from Ocho Rios, Jamaica, to Nassau, Bahamas....