Beginning Tuesday, a severe windstorm has the potential to cause extensive damage and a high risk of fire across Southern California, and emergency services are prepared to respond in force. The storm started Tuesday afternoon and peaked early Wednesday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a severe fire risk signal for portions of Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. In the foothills and mountains, winds will be higher than 60 mph, with gusts as high as 80 to 100 mph. Authorities are not taking any chances since the ideal circumstances for fire spread have been established by warm Santa Ana winds and extremely low humidity. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that he will deploy 109 specialized staff, seven water tenders, seven helicopters, and 65 fire engines in ...

CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that Meta is discontinuing its program of fact-checking with reliable partners and replace it with a community-driven approach like to X's Community Notes. "We're gonna get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms," Zuckerbergsaid in a video. "To be more precise, this is what we intend to do. First, beginning in the United States, we will replace fact checkers with community notes that resemble x. Due in part to the politics of moderation decisions and initiatives, Meta and social media businesses in general have reversed their path on content moderation in recent years. Meta's fact-checking method and fact-checking in general have long been condemned by Republicans as ...

During normal post-flight inspections on Monday, JetBlue said that two passengers were discovered dead in the landing gear compartment of a plane in Florida. Tragically, both people had passed away. The business stated in a statement early Tuesday that the identities of the individuals and the circumstances surrounding their access to the aircraft are still being investigated. "This is a heartbreaking situation, and we are committed to working closely with authorities to support their efforts to understand how this occurred," the statement continued. According to JetBlue, the aircraft most recently took flight 1801 from New York JFK Airport to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The identities of the two deceased and how they entered the aircraft were not disclosed. Keep check...

Trump attempts to prevent the public from viewing the final report of special counsel Jack Smith. Biden has been asked to commute the sentences of two federal death row convicts. Additionally, California prepares for strong winds as a winter storm begins to move offshore of the eastern United States. What to know today is as follows. Trump seeks to block release of final report from Jack Smith An attempt has been made by President-elect Donald Trump and his erstwhile co-defendants in the Florida classified papers case to prevent the publication of special counsel Jack Smith's final report, which includes discusses the election interference case. According to Justice Department regulations, the special counsel's office must provide the aforementioned report. The confidential report m...

Hong Kong At least 95 people were killed Tuesday by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred close to one of Tibet's most sacred cities, according to Chinese state media. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the earthquake, which was detected just after 9 a.m. (8 p.m. ET Monday), was centered at a depth of almost 6 miles. The earthquake struck Dingri County in Shigatse, a hilly area of western China that borders Nepal, and was measured by Chinese authorities as a magnitude 6.8 earthquake. The Panchen Lama, the second most significant spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama, resides in Shigatse, which is roughly 240 miles from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. China's state-run news agency, Xinhua, reports that at least 95 people were killed and 130 injured. Some people we...

The nation's corruption investigation agency announced on Tuesday that a South Korean court had reissued a warrant to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. Investigators have had difficulty executing an arrest warrant for him in order to question him about alleged insurrection. The director of the inquiry unit, who was last week barred from entering his home by a human chain of hundreds of military and presidential security agency officers, stated earlier Tuesday that they were still committed to bringing him in. According to a court official on Tuesday, Yoon's attorneys requested an injunction to overturn the arrest order at a Seoul court, but the court rejected their motion on Sunday.Note: Every piece of content is rigorously reviewed by our team of experienced writers and editors to...

Although severe weather prohibited its staff from boarding the ship to conduct an investigation, Taiwan's coast guard has stated that it believes a ship broke an underwater communications line over the weekend. A ship registered to both Tanzania and Cameroon was suspected of causing damage to an underwater communications cable northeast of the island, the coast guard said on Saturday. The Coast Guard said late Monday that bad weather had prevented it from boarding the ship and that it had proceeded to Busan, South Korea. They claimed that the owner, who was not identified, was based in Hong Kong and that all seven crew members were Chinese. The coast guard cited incidents of underwater cables being damaged in the Baltic Sea in Europe last year, citing incidents that Baltic Sea nations have...

Doraville, Georgia. Authorities said a suspect was in custody after a shooting at the Honduran embassy just outside of Atlanta on Monday left one person dead and another injured. The Mexican Foreign Affairs secretary said in a statement shared on social media that the victim was a Mexican national who was employed as a security guard at the consulate. Around 2:30 p.m., Doraville police responded to a gunshot call and discovered two victims, according to municipal spokesperson Emily Heenan. According to her, one of the victims was pronounced dead at the site, while the other was transported to a hospital for medical attention. According to Heenan, a suspect was apprehended on the spot and brought to the Doraville police station to be questioned. She gave no details regarding a potential r...

Washington After detaining 11 Yemenis without prosecution at the U.S. naval facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than 20 years, the Pentagon announced on Monday that it has transferred them to Oman this week. The transfer was the most recent and significant move made by the Biden administration in its last weeks to remove the last remaining detainees who had never been charged with a crime from Guantanamo. With the most recent disclosure, there are now 15 men in all who are being held at Guantanamo. That is the fewest since the administration of President George W. Bush converted Guantanamo into a prison facility for the primarily Muslim detainees arrested worldwide in what the United States referred to as its "war on terror" in 2002. The September 11, 2001, al-Qaida attacks were ...

Even after President Joe Biden banned the $15 billion proposal last week due to national security concerns, Tokyo, the largest steelmaker in Japan, announced on Tuesday that it will not abandon its efforts to acquire U.S. Steel. Concerned that it would damage U.S. relations with a crucial diplomatic and commercial ally in Asia—the two nations are each other's largest foreign investors—the blockage of the proposed agreement by Nippon Steel clouded outgoing Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's final trip to Japan. The chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel, the fourth-largest steelmaker in the world, Eiji Hashimoto, stated that there was no need or motive to abandon the proposal. In Tokyo, he told reporters, "This is not just the most important matter for our company's business strategy." I since...