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Shares of Edison International, whose Southern California Edison is the electricity utility for the areas immediately surrounding the city of Los Angeles, seem to be suffering from fear and uncertainty over the California wildfires. Wednesday afternoon trading saw a 13% decline in the stock price. The dip coincides with a number of big flames raging in the Los Angeles area, which may be challenging to suppress due to the strong winds predicted. Officials reported that at least five individuals had killed and that tens of thousands of people had been forced to flee. According to the utility's website, as of Wednesday morning, around 70,000 Edison customers were without power. For years, public utilities have struggled with difficulties related to preparedness and prevention of wildfires. Al...

Bill Bratton, the top police officer in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles, is coming to New Orleans to advise the city on security measures in the wake of the tragic attack on Bourbon Street, the city's police chief announced Wednesday. At a municipal Council hearing on Wednesday, New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick announced that Bratton, 77, a more than 50-year veteran of law enforcement, will be a tactical expert on evaluating municipal security. At a press conference on Thursday, he will be publicly unveiled, she said. Kirkpatrick stated that he personally took her call over the weekend to help assess any security vulnerabilities, citing Bratton as one of the nation's foremost authorities on terrorism and hard targeting a city. Before taking over the NYPD from 1994 to 19...

Los Angeles In a real-life Hollywood catastrophe, hundreds of people in Los Angeles County were forced to evacuate their homes and businesses on Wednesday due to out-of-control wildfires. Firefighters and locals using garden hoses were helpless to stop the massive flames from consuming everything in their path. While the night sky was painted orange by fire, terrified drivers stranded in the traffic on Tuesday left their cars where they were and fled for their life through the choking smoke, leaving the legendary Sunset Boulevard littered with abandoned cars.Note: Every piece of content is rigorously reviewed by our team of experienced writers and editors to ensure its accuracy. Our writers use credible sources and adhere to strict fact-checking protocols to verify all claims and data be...

With a sentencing hearing set for Friday, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday requested that the Supreme Court halt criminal proceedings in his New York hush money case. In order to give the justices time to take action prior to the sentencing hearing, the court has instructed New York prosecutors to reply to Trump's request by Thursday morning. "This Court should enter an immediate stay of further proceedings in the New York trial court to prevent grave injustice and harm to the institution of the Presidency and the operations of the federal government," the attorneys for Trump stated in the latest petition. They contend that since Trump was granted presidential immunity, which the Supreme Court acknowledged last year, the case shouldn't proceed. The New York State Court of Appeals,...

In order to resolve a federal discrimination action, United Airlines will pay $99,000 to an Asian American employee who claimed that a supervisor had physically assaulted him, called him an anti-Asian slur, and instructed him to remove his mask. According to a press release from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the event happened at the height of the pandemic, when anti-Asian hate crimes were on the rise, and involved Alsunbayar Davaabat, a Mongolian American who was a driver at the airline's Denver catering plant at the time. According to the announcement, Davaabat quit since the corporation did nothing in the immediate aftermath. According to the commission, the accusations started during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, when people of Asian origin and Asian Americans ...

According to Capitol Police, a guy brandishing three knives and a machete was taken into custody on Wednesday while undergoing a security check for those in line to see former President Jimmy Carter lie in state. As the man's suitcase passed through an X-ray machine at the Capitol Visitor Center, police said they noticed the machete inside. In addition to the machete, three other knives were discovered in the backpack. While we looked into it, security screening was momentarily halted at the Capitol Visitor Center's north side," police stated in a statement put on X. According to Capitol Police, the man, whose name has not been made public, was taken into custody on several counts of possessing a dangerous weapon. Capitol Police declined to respond when contacted for further information. O...

In the Los Angeles area, deadly wildfires have destroyed neighborhoods and forced tens of thousands of people running for their lives. As firefighters and the National Guard attempt to contain the large fires, smoke from the fires has spread for miles. Go here to watch live broadcast. View images of the California wildfires before and after:Note: Every piece of content is rigorously reviewed by our team of experienced writers and editors to ensure its accuracy. Our writers use credible sources and adhere to strict fact-checking protocols to verify all claims and data before publication. If an error is identified, we promptly correct it and strive for transparency in all updates, feel free to reach out to us via email. We appreciate your trust and support!

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said in a filing Wednesday that special counsel Jack Smith has given Attorney General Merrick Garland the completed final report on his two investigations that led to felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump. Garland plans to make part of the report public, provided a federal appeals court overturns an injunction imposed by a judge appointed by Trump. The Justice Department, acting independently of Smith's office, filed the case in a federal appeals court after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, temporarily blocked the report's release until three days after the 11th Circuit's decision on a pending request to block the report. The Florida judge, Cannon, sided with the claim that Smith's appointment was unlawful and ...

Residents of Los Angeles are using a free software developed by a nonprofit organization to assist them manage the devastating fires that are destroying the city. Launched in 2021 and currently available in 22 states, Watch Duty gives users real-time details on local wildfires and firefighting activities. According to its website, a team of volunteers and staff members, including dispatchers, veteran storm watchers, and active and former firemen, power the app. Many Angelenos shared screenshots of the app on social media throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, urging others to download it and describing it as a lifeline in the face of fast shifting weather. Far beyond the danger zones, the Los Angeles fires, which were started by a mix of dry weather and strong winds, are having a significant im...

Big and small IT companies alike are presenting ambitious ideas for AI-powered goods that may soon find their way into our daily lives. Unless tariffs cause them to stumble. Less than two weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House on a campaign pledge to significantly increase tariffs, also known as import duties or levies, on goods entering the United States from overseas, the head of the Consumer Technology Association, which is hosting its annual electronics show in Las Vegas, made that statement. The president-elect has pledged sweeping taxes of 10% to 20% on goods from almost every other nation, a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada, and surcharges of at least 60% on items arriving from China. Trump declared on the campaign trail that tariffs are the most beautiful ...