The California Public Utilities Commission has begun an investigation into whether Pacific Gas and Electric’s maintenance of its power infrastructure in Sonoma and Napa counties may have played a role in the deadly fires in those regions. The regulatory agency sent a letter to the utility ordering that it preserve all equipment possibly related to […]
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USALarry Flynt, the founder and publisher of Hustler magazine is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Fox Anchor Liz Claman, who broke the story, tweeted an image of an advert for the money. Flynt himself subsequently retweeted the story. Hustler had not replied to a request
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USANorth Korea is believed to be preparing to launch a ballistic missile ahead of an upcoming joint naval drill by the US and South Korea, a news report said Saturday, citing a government source. The US navy said Friday that a US aircraft carrier will lead the drill in the coming week, a fresh show
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International, USALOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein — a once-dominant force in the Academy Awards who rewrote the rules of Oscar campaigning — was expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Saturday in response to mounting allegations of sexual harassment and assault against him. The film academy’s 54-member board of governors, which includes such
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAudrey Azoulay, former French culture minister, became UNESCO’s new director general over Qatar’s Abdulaziz al-Kawari after a tight fifth round of voting on Friday. She will be UNESCO’s eleventh director general and the second woman to occupy the position, at a time when the organisation is wracked by political controversy which led, Friday, to the
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InternationalSACRAMENTO, Calif.—California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law Saturday that will remove the rights of school administrators to decide whether employees with concealed weapon permits can bring guns on campus. State law already prohibited civilians who are not school workers from bringing firearms onto campuses, but a change in the law last year gave school
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USAEducation Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) will demand Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sever all ties with the Palestinian Authority (PA), Channel 2 reported. According to the report, Bennett will attend a Sunday meeting of the coalition party heads, and demand Netanyahu sever ties with the PA, and retroactively cancel all agreements with them. Among
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Middle EastPalestinian Authority (PA) figure Jibril Rajoub spoke to Channel 2’s “Meet the Israeli Press” program about the PA’s recent reconciliation agreement with Hamas. Part of the agreement includes the PA resuming full control of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip by December 1. “Hamas is part of the Palestinian nation, and we will continue the reconciliation process,”
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Middle EastUniversity of California Berkeley junior Adah Forer speaks to a student in front of a pro-Palestinian demonstration on campus. (Courtesy) NEW YORK — On Rebecca T. Stern’s to-do list when she returned to campus this fall was reviewing her class schedule, buying last minute school supplies and scrolling through the Students for Justice in Palestine
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe nuclear weapons disarmament campaigners awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize denounced US President Donald Trump’s decision on Friday to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, saying it makes proliferation more likely. “President Trump’s rejection of the JCPOA is an incitement to proliferation, makes achieving further agreements to rein in the nuclear threat more difficult, and
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International, Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — Fashion tycoon and film producer Sidney Kimmel and his wife, Caroline, have listed the former Johnny Carson estate in Malibu for sale at $81.5 million. The longtime “Tonight Show” host, who died in 2005 at 79, bought the Point Dume estate in 1984 for about $9.5 million, the Los Angeles Times previously
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA Wisconsin elementary school is banning children from wearing Halloween costumes during their annual fall parade on Oct. 31, instead instituting “Hat Day” so that all children of different religious and economic backgrounds can participate. Officials at Hillcrest Elementary School in Waukesha took references to Halloween out of its annual Fall Festival years ago, but
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USAA British court on Friday ruled an Islamic school in England is flouting the law by completely segregating boys and girls. Schools regulator Ofsted, which brought the challenge, said the Al-Hijrah school in Birmingham, central England, was failing to prepare its pupils for life in modern Britain. The Court of Appeal ruling overturns last year’s
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InternationalSANTA ROSA, Calif. — The widow of the late Charles Schulz, creator of the iconic “Peanuts” comic strip, escaped the fire racing through Santa Rosa this week, but the hillside home the couple shared since the mid-1970s was destroyed, according to family members. Jean Schulz fled her home at about 2 a.m. Monday and is
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