Ron DeSantis best chance to reinvigorate his campaign could come this week, with the first Republican presidential candidate debate. But a strong showing, or new campaign manager and strategy still may do little to halt the commanding lead by Trump. Challenging Trump was always going to be a major obstacle …
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Tropical storm Hilary batters California, causes deadly flooding in Mexico
Deadly floodwaters inundated streets across Mexico's arid Baja California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary moved ashore carrying torrential rain into Southern California, and concerns mounted that flash floods could strike in places as far north as Idaho that rarely get such heavy rain. Person in Mexican town of Santa …
Read More »Hilary batters Southern California, remnants of storm threaten Oregon and Idaho
Deadly floodwaters inundated streets across Mexico's arid Baja California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary moved ashore carrying torrential rain into Southern California, and concerns mounted that flash floods could strike in places as far north as Idaho that rarely get such heavy rain. Person in Mexican town of Santa …
Read More »Man fatally shoots California store owner in dispute over shop’s Pride flag, police say
A dispute over an LGBTQ Pride flag at a California clothing store spiralled into deadly violence this weekend when a man shot and killed the 66-year-old business owner right in front of her shop, authorities said. Laura Ann Carleton killed outside her clothing store in Cedar Glen, Calif. A dispute …
Read More »Wildfire on popular Spanish tourist island Tenerife was started deliberately, official says
Canary Islands regional President Fernando Clavijo said Sunday that police have confirmed that a wildfire raging on the Spanish tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately. Worst wildfire in decades threatens 11 towns, forces thousands to flee Canary Islands regional President Fernando Clavijo said Sunday that police have confirmed that …
Read More »Maui wildfire survivors in unrelenting search for loved ones despite waning odds
Officials acknowledge they don't have a firm number on the missing from the recent Maui wildfires that flattened the Hawaiian town of Lahaina. Many initially listed as unaccounted for have since been located. 'I'm not going to give up until I see them,' Kevin Baclig says of wife Angelica and …
Read More »Raging wildfire on Spanish island of Tenerife drives 26,000 from their homes
Thousands more people were evacuated from their homes on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday as a wildfire in the north remained out of control, though the flames have so far avoided major tourist areas. Heat, wind driving flames that have burned 50 square kilometres of the island, affecting …
Read More »Hurricane Hilary threatens ‘catastrophic’ flooding in Mexico and California, now in a state of emergency
Hurricane Hilary roared toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula late Saturday as a Category 2 hurricane that's likely to bring "catastrophic" flooding and cross into the southwest U.S. as a tropical storm. One person drowned in a Mexican town when their vehicle was swept away in an overflowing stream and California …
Read More »Russian missile attack leaves 7 dead, over 100 injured in Chernihiv, Ukrainian officials say
Seven people, including a six-year-old child, were killed and 129 were wounded when a Russian missile struck a central square in the historic northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, Ukraine's Interior Ministry said on Saturday. An ordinary Saturday 'turned into a day of pain and loss,' Zelenskyy says Seven people, including …
Read More »Man with Winnipeg ties identified as homicide victim in 1997 cold case, but Florida police still seek answers
Cold case detectives in Florida say a homicide victim found floating near a beach in the Sunshine State more than two decades ago was a Canadian man with ties to Winnipeg, a discovery made thanks to DNA technology, and police hope the information leads to answers about who killed him. …
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