Highway 50 fully reopens after deadly afternoon standoff in Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man shot and killed a woman in the parking lot of a Panera Bread restaurant in Sacramento on Tuesday and later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff with authorities who closed Highway 50 Tuesday afternoon, the sheriff’s office … Read more
Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau erupted again this week, sending plumes of volcanic ash into the sky and disrupting hundreds of flights. More than 300,000 passengers have been affected. Anak Krakatau, meaning “child of Krakatau” in Indonesian, has erupted intermittently for almost a hundred years. This volcano arose from the devastation caused when its predecessor, Krakatau … Read more
MIAMI (AP) — Flight data suggests an Amazon cargo plane attempted to abort an unstable landing at Miami International Airport before crashing into a pickup truck and killing five people inside, according to information investigators released Tuesday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators will interview the pilot and co-pilot Wednesday as they try to determine why … Read more
We still know almost nothing about Persona 6, as Atlus has only really shown a trailer for the upcoming RPG that doesn’t tell us much. Whether it’s because the game is further away than we think or because the company wants to keep as much focus as possible on the upcoming Persona 4 Revival remake … Read more
49ers defensive tackle Alfred Collins tore his patellar tendon in practice this week, according to coach Kyle Shanahan. Collins is out for the rest of the season. The 49ers had listed Collins as a limited participant in Tuesday’s practice. (The 49ers are in Australia, so it was Wednesday in Australia.) The 49ers have Osa Odighizuwa, … Read more
Scientists may finally know why Earth’s twin Venus lacks a moon, discovering that the solar system’s hottest planet may have consumed its own natural satellite. Venus is often called Earth’s twin due to its size, mass, rock composition, and distance from the sun, but there are some obvious differences between the two planets. Aside from … Read more
Lancaster County coroner identifies two infants in Lancaster County measles-associated deathsLANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. —The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office has identified two infants who recently died either from measles or in connection with the disease, following a right-to-know request filed by News 8. Coroner identifies infants in measles-related deathsIvan S. Miller died on August 14 in … Read more
Tung Chee-hwa, the first leader of Hong Kong after the city returned to Chinese rule, has died at the age of 89. The former shipping scion took the reins from the last British governor, Chris Patten, in July 1997, when the UK handed Hong Kong back to China, ending more than 150 years of British … Read more
A single juror in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three children, declined to acquit Clancy despite expressing reasonable doubt about whether she was guilty, the jury foreman said in an interview broadcast Monday. Speaking to NBC 10 Boston just days after Clancy’s trial ended in a mistrial, Roni … Read more
UK announces sanctions on West Bank settlements, prompting furious Israeli response. The British Foreign Secretary accuses settlers of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians, as Israel responds by closing the UK consulate in East Jerusalem. 50 minutes ago