News Microsoft: Russia Behind 58% of Detected State-Backed Hacks BOSTON (AP) _ Russia accounted for most state-sponsored hacking detected by Microsoft over the past year, with a 58% share,... Read More
West News California Encourages Prescribed Burns to Counter Wildfires SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is encouraging more use of fire to fight fire, such as when deliberately set burns... Read More
West News Ship Anchored Near Oil Pipeline Made Unusual Movements HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A massive cargo ship made a series of unusual movements while anchored in the closest... Read More
News Shell Flags $400M Hurricane Hit, But Boost From Soaring Prices Royal Dutch Shell warned on Thursday of a $400 million hit to third-quarter earnings from the damage caused by August’s... Read More
International News S. African Insurer Santam Loses Appeal in Coronavirus Case With Hotelier JOHANNESBURG, — South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled Santam is liable to cover the impact of COVID-19 restrictions... Read More
News Climate Scientists Created a SWAT Team for Weather Disasters When weather disaster strikes, observers near and far ask the same question: Climate change—is it or isn’t it? The simplest... Read More
News Zuckerberg’s Early Notes on Privacy Now Haunt Facebook in Suit If Mark Zuckerberg’s “juvenile jottings” on privacy from 15 years ago still exist, they’re about to be pored over by... Read More
International News Pakistan Quake Kills at Least 20, Injures Hundreds QUETTA, Pakistan — An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 hit southern Pakistan in the early hours of Thursday, killing 20 people,... Read More
International News North Macedonia: Overheated Cable Caused Fatal Hospital Fire SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A fire in a COVID-19 hospital in North Macedonia that killed 14 people last month... Read More
West News California Lawmakers Vow to Investigate Offshore Oil Spill Democratic members of Congress from California seized on the oil spill off the state’s coast to call for investigations into... Read More