Sacramento County is threatening to fine Caltrans millions in taxpayer dollars for drilling hundreds of wells over a period of decades in violation of laws aimed at protecting groundwater, records show. The county set the possible fine at as much as $5.23 million per day to locate and follow proper procedures for a fraction of...
A North Carolina mother charged in the death of her 2-year-old daughter commissioned "after life" photos to be made weeks after the toddler's death, according to the photographer who created the images. Spring Lake resident Jeanie Ditty, 23, and her live-in boyfriend, Zachary Keefer, 32, were arrested and charged...
Donald Trump is an out-of-the-mainstream candidate vying to lead a fractured party whose nomination would make some traditionally Republican states competitive for Democrats, Hillary Clinton's chief strategist argues. But Joel Benenson also acknowledges none of that guarantees the billionaire businessman would lose in...
Minneapolis police officers will not be charged over the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old unarmed man. The prosecutor said evidence showed he was not handcuffed when he was shot, contrary to reports at the time. Police responded in November to an alleged assault by Clark and said he interfered with paramedics. His...
Ivanka Trump shared an adorable Instagram photo of 4-year-old daughter, Arabella, with her husband, Jared Kushner, holding their newborn son, Theodore, on Tuesday, March...
RUSSIAN security services have detained around 20 jihadis working as recruiters for the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group. Most of those arrested were Uzbek nationals caught with fake documents, including false Turkish driving licences. Authorities believe the group, whose location inside Russia is not yet known, were...
ARGENTINA has boasted of “wealth we don’t even know about yet” after a controversial United Nations decision expanded the country’s waters to include the Falklands. The South American country has been celebrating after a UN commission boosted its maritime territory in the South Atlantic Ocean by 35 per...
Colombia has announced it is starting formal peace talks with the country's second largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). Government and ELN negotiators made the announcement in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, where the two sides have been holding informal talks. The two sides have been engaged in a...
Psychologists have profiled the average personality of nearly 900 cities. So where is your spiritual home? They say that birds of a feather flock together – so how does your personality fit with the people living nearby? Do you sometimes wish you lived among people who were just a bit more adventurous? Or would you prefer...
French President Francois Hollande has dropped plans to change the constitution to strip militants convicted of terror attacks of their French nationality. "A compromise appears out of reach," Mr Hollande said after the two houses of parliament failed to agree the reforms. The proposal followed November's Paris...
There's no shortage of worthy new cars for buyers' consideration, but figuring out the worst of the lot is another matter. Consumer Reportstackled the challenge, looking for the lowest-rated car in 10 vehicle categories. In this case, the low score wasn't just about the car's projected propensity to break down....
Monday afternoon the FBI announced it had been able to unlock the iPhone without Apple’s aid and did not need to move forward with its case. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym vacated her Feb. 16 order on Tuesday afternoon. Left unanswered is what Justice’s abandoned legal action means for the many other law enforcement...