Tag: Local News

Driver Killed, 2 Passengers Critically Injured In Newport Beach Crash

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—The driver was killed and two passengers were critically injured after a Mercedes-Benz slammed into the rear of a parked box truck. The crash occurred just after 8 p.m. at 3334 westbound Pacific Coast Highway, according to the Newport Beach Fire Department. All westbound lanes of the highway between Hoag and Riverside drives…


Biden Sending Federal Aid as New York Digs Out From Huge Snowstorm

BUFFALO, N.Y.—President Joe Biden is sending federal aid to western New York to help state and local authorities clean up from the massive storm that dumped as much as 6 feet (1.8 meters) of snow in western and northern New York, the White House announced Monday. The emergency declaration authorizes the Department of Homeland Security…


Sheriff Carl DuBois Reflects on 20 Years Service For Community

Orange County’s longest-serving sheriff Carl DuBois said he made the office a better place than he found it. First elected in 2002 as a change agent on the Republican ticket, DuBois turned a scandal-burdened office into a nationally accredited operation, securing the recognition of standard-setters in almost every facet of the profession. He sailed to…


Florida Offers ‘Blueprint for Success’: DeSantis Says at Major GOP Gathering in Las Vegas

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential presidential hopeful in 2024, said during the weekend that the midterm results show that the Sunshine State presents a “blueprint for success” for the Republican Party looking forward. “What the election results in Florida show is that Florida really has a blueprint for success,” DeSantis told the influential crowd…


LIVE NOW: NYC Mayor Eric Adams Discusses Coordinated Efforts That Stopped Potential Attack on Jewish Community


NYC Mayor Discusses Coordinated Efforts That Stopped Potential Attack on Jewish Community


1 Dead, 2 Dozen Injured, When Bus Carrying Students Crashes

WALTHAM, Mass—A college student died while more than two dozen other passengers and the driver were injured when a bus returning from a hockey game struck a tree in suburban Boston, authorities said. The preliminary investigation suggests the bus was returning to Brandeis University from a hockey game at Northeastern University in Boston at about…


Ringleaders in Massive COVID-19 Fraud Extradited to US

LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles couple who fled to Europe after being convicted of running a fraud ring that stole $18 million in COVID-19 aid money were returned to the United States to face prison, authorities announced Friday. Richard Ayvazyan and his wife, Marietta Terabelian, were extradited from the Balkan country of Montenegro, where they were…


3 People, 56 Dogs Survive US Emergency Landing

Three adults and 56 dogs survived an emergency landing of their light plane on a golf course in Wisconsin on Tuesday, according to local officials. The passengers on the turbo-prop plane, that went down at Western Lakes Golf Club in the Waukesha County community of Pewaukee, suffered non-life threatening injuries. The 56 dogs, that were…


California Workers Win $125,000 After Vaccine Discrimination Lawsuit

Five months after filing a lawsuit against the Goleta Water District in Santa Barbara, attorneys have secured a six-figure award in favor of five plaintiffs resulting from the utility’s restrictive COVID-19 employee vaccine mandate. “This was fairly early on that they offered this judgment that the plaintiffs were the prevailing parties, which means they did…