California sues Exxon over global plastic pollution
California and several environmental groups sued Exxon Mobil XOM.N on Monday and accused the oil giant of engaging in a decades-long campaign that helped fuel global plastic waste pollution.
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California police flatten pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, arrest protesters
Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, firing flash bangs, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling ...
The beauty of America is the ability of the system to be self-regulated
This letter is coming from California which is big both in terms of population (40 million) and land area (425 thousand square kilometres, compared to the area of Cyprus, which is less ...
Remains found in California mountains where actor Julian Sands went missing
Hikers have found human remains in Southern California’s Mount Baldy wilderness, the mountainous area where British-born film actor Julian Sands went missing in January, local authorities said late on ...
Soggy California drenched anew as Nor’easter buries New England, New York
The latest in a series of atmospheric river storms soaked California, bringing another deluge of rain to the already-saturated state, while a Nor’easter swirling over New York and New ...
California staggered by deadly back-to-back mass shootings
Just two days after a gunman killed 11 people at a Los Angeles-area dance studio, seven more victims were shot dead in an agricultural area near San Francisco, as California suffered ...
California is deluged by record rain with more storms coming
The seventh consecutive atmospheric river since Christmas dumped more rain on Northern California on Wednesday, offering little relief for a state already battered by floods, gale force winds, power outages ...
Thousands reported without power after strong quake rattles northern California
A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of northern California on Tuesday rocked people awake, damaged a bridge, caused gas leaks and left thousands without power.
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Magnitude 6.4 quake shakes northern California, leaves 2 dead, thousands without power (Update 3)
A powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the extreme northern coast of California before dawn on Tuesday, crumpling homes and roads, rupturing utility lines and leaving thousands of residents without running water ...
Thousands evacuated as California’s Oak Fire grows quickly
Fueled by extreme heat and tinder dry forests and underbrush, a wildfire just west of Yosemite National Park spread overnight, quickly turning into one of the largest fires of the ...
US agency warns that truckers’ protest could disrupt Super Bowl
The US Department of Homeland Security has warned law enforcement agencies that a convoy of truckers protesting against Covid-19 vaccine mandates could affect this weekend’s Super Bowl in Los ...
French battle to contain wildfire near Saint Tropez, California fire escalates
French firefighters battled throughout the night to contain a wildfire in the hills behind the coastal town of Saint-Tropez, said local government official for the region on Wednesday.
A local ...