HONOLULU — Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died. He was 105. Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California, after suffering a bout of pneumonia, said Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to the President of Azerbaijan for the crash of the civilian airliner that killed 38 people, the Kremlin said Saturday. “Vladimir Putin apologized for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace,” the Kremlin said. The airliner had “repeatedly attempted to land” at the Grozny airport, Putin told...
For better or worse, most of what you already know about health insurance isn’t changing next year. The good news is that you won’t need to relearn the basics if your plan is changing in 2025. The bad news is that the risk of unexpected bills remains, in part because the fine print for most...
A handful of downballot elections at the outset of the new year will serve as the first tests of the political environment following Donald Trump and the Republicans’ victories in November. In the opening months of 2025, there will be special legislative elections in Virginia, a race in battleground Wisconsin that will yet again determine...
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...