AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is suing the utility company whose downed power lines sparked the largest wildfire in state history. The deadly Smokehouse Creek fire in 2024 destroyed homes and livestock, and charred miles of landscape, causing more than $1 billion in damage. The lawsuit accuses Xcel Energy of neglecting aging utility poles that…… MORE
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union is moving to dial back its total ban on cars with gas or diesel engines by 2035. Tuesday’s proposal would replace a mandatory reduction of emissions by 100% by that date with a 90% reduction. That would leave a little room for cars with internal combustion engines. But…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – SHELBY COUNTY, TX – Last Thursday, testing uncovered the case in Shelby County, which is located about an hour southeast of Tyler. USDA inspectors and federal health officials are working to contain the virus, which includes quarantining the infected birds. Officials with the CDC stated that the risk of transmitting the bird flu…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say the younger son of Rob Reiner is in jail for what investigators believe was the fatal stabbing a day earlier of the director-actor and his wife Michele at their home in Los Angeles. It was not immediately clear what charges 32-year-old Nick Reiner would face. A police statement said…… MORE
Rob Reiner, a renowned filmmaker known for classics like “The Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally …,” has died at 78. He and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead Sunday at their Los Angeles home. Authorities on Sunday arrested the Reiners’ son, Nick Reiner, and booked him for murder. Reiner, son of…… MORE
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities are again searching for the person seen in grainy video walking away from the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine. Officials said late Sunday that they released a person of interest they had detained earlier in the day, finding no reason to keep him in custody.…… MORE
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. At least 15 people died in the attack. It has fueled criticism that authorities are not doing enough to combat a surge in antisemitic crimes. Among the new measures…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities have announced the arrests of four alleged members of an extremist group suspected of planning coordinated bombing attacks in Southern California. The arrests took place last week in the desert east of Los Angeles. According to a federal criminal complaint, the suspects were preparing to test improvised explosive devices…… MORE
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to four top retail stores for failing to promptly pull contaminated infant formula tied to a dangerous outbreak from their shelves. The FDA sent letters posted Monday to leaders at Walmart, Target, Kroger and Albertsons, saying the companies continued to sell ByHeart infant formula for days…… MORE
BERLIN (AP) — U.S. officials say Washington has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year war, and more talks are likely this weekend. The officials spoke Monday following the latest discussions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin. European leaders there said they and…… MORE
