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LOS ANGELES (AP) — After weeks of windy and dry weather, rain has fallen in parched Southern California and is expected to aid firefighters who are mopping up multiple wildfires. But potentially heavy downpours on charred hillsides could bring new troubles such as toxic ash runoff.Los Angeles County crews spent much of the past week removing vegetation, shoring up slopes and reinforcing roads in devastated areas of the Palisades and Eaton fires, which reduced entire neighborhoods to rubble and ash after breaking out during powerful winds Jan. 7. Most of the region was forecast to get around an inch (about…

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would like Egypt, Jordan and other Arab nations to increase the number of refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip, potentially clearing out enough population to ‘just clean out’ the war-torn Palestinian enclave and create a ‘virtual clean state.’ Donald Trump news live: President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House (AP) Donald Trump, who began his second and final term on January 20, returning to the White House after four years, had a 20-minute Q&A session with reporters aboard the Air Force One, the presidential plane.…

Despite leading by six points with 1:31 left in regulation, No. 12 Kansas lost at home to No. 7 Houston, 92-86 in double overtime on Saturday night. Shortly after the game, Bill Self talked about the loss, what went wrong down the stretch, the performance of Flory Bidunga, and more. This article was originally published by a kansas.rivals.com . Read the Original article here. .

A Turriff grandmother of four says she’s “really excited” to be representing Scotland at the Hyrox World Championships in Chicago.Carole Munro qualified for a spot to represent her country after competing in the gruelling fitness competition, which sees competitors run a total of eight kilometres, with a different functional exercise in between each lap.Competitors ski, push and pull sleds, row, burpee, lunge and throw heavy medicine balls at a target in an effort to get the fastest time.The 71-year-old has kept fit all her life – and says it was never her intention to become a world championship athlete.“My son, who is…

THE number of lags setting fire to their cells has more than doubled in four years — with soaring numbers of vapes to blame.Inmates started a record 2,931 blazes deliberately or by accident in the year to March 2023, well up on the 1,273 between 2019 and 2020.1The number of lags setting fire to their cells has more than doubled in four years with soaring numbers of vapes to blame (stock picture)Credit: AFPIt is believed the 126 per cent surge was caused by vape pens — either smuggled in, or bought with cash earned for jail work.The most blazes —…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A West Palm Beach man was arrested Friday night after police say he made a series of Facebook posts suggesting that President Donald Trump should be assassinated. Shannon Depararro Atkins, 46, is now charged with written threats to kill or do bodily injury as well as smuggling contraband and possession of a controlled substance. Police had found baggies of cocaine when … This article was originally published by a www.sun-sentinel.com . Read the Original article here. .

Oracle and a group of investors that includes Microsoft are in talks to take over TikTok’s global operations, reports NPR. The deal, which the White House is reportedly negotiating, would see ByteDance keeping a minority stake in TikTok while “the app’s algorithm, data collection and software updates will be overseen by Oracle.”Oracle’s server network already provides the bulk of TikTok’s backbone, and under the deal, the company would “effectively monitor and provide oversight with what is going on with TikTok,” according to one of NPR’s anonymous sources, who added that the agreement’s goal is to “minimize Chinese ownership.” Microsoft’s reported…

In the ever-ambitious Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink, this penchant for disruption has been on the cards for a long time. His purchase of Twitter late in 2022 was no different. But Musk wants to reach much further than owning the platform: He wants to remake Twitter into an ‘X,’ an ‘everything app’ that will redefine how people communicate on the internet. While the above is done to create an integrated digital ecosystem, this bold rebranding to X is the first step of an initially shocking yet lasting strategic pivot away from an ‘appearance’ refresh. However,…

According to OSHP, a semi traveled off the left side of the road, through the median and hit a Honda Pilot head-on. This article was originally published by a www.whio.com . Read the Original article here. .

What to KnowThe Palisades Fire, which burned more than 23,000 acres, was at 79% containment.The Eaton Fire, which burned more than 14,000 acres, was at 95% containment.With Southern California preparing for its first significant rainfall in months, there’s concern for mudslides where debris stands in the aftermath of the fires.The incoming storm comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s visit to Los Angeles County, where he assessed the destruction of the disasters. Follow below for the latest coverage. This article was originally published by a www.nbclosangeles.com . Read the Original article here. .