2024 year in review: How did California pay for everything?
In summary The California state budget has been a rollercoaster over the past few years. Big deficits generally mean cutting plans and programs. To understand what happened with the state budget in 2024, you have to go back to 2023. That year
Finland boards Russian-linked oil tanker after undersea power and internet cables cut
An oil tanker transporting oil to Russia, which is suspected of severing power and internet cables in the Baltic Sea, has been seized by Finnish authorities.The
Two sailors die in Australia yacht race
Two sailors have died after being struck on their yachts during a race in Australia amid poor weather conditions, organisers have said.Both were taking part in
Syrian equestrian champion tells of prison ordeal lasting two decades after beating Bashar al Assad’s brother
A Syrian former equestrian champion has told how he was jailed and tortured for 21 years after he beat Bashar al Assad's older brother in a
World’s Oldest Known Lizard Finally Finds Its Place in Family Tree
It only took 200 million years.
The First ‘Murder Hornet’ Of 2021 Has Been Discovered In Washington State
Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample sent from Japan and brought in for research last year in Blaine, Wash.; Credit: Elaine Thompson /AFP via Getty Images Joe Hernandez | NPRMurder
Retraction of US-backed Gaza famine report draws anger, scrutiny
Report by USAID-funded network said 'highly likely' the threshold for famine has been surpassed in northern Gaza.
NASA Runs X-59 Engine in Maximum Afterburner
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed its first maximum afterburner test at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. This full-power test, during which the engine generates additional thrust, validates the additional power needed for meeting the testing
Authorities investigate cause of Azerbaijan Airlines crash that killed 38
The flight was en route from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Grozny, in Russia’s south, when it diverted and attempted an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
Phoenix airport returns to normal after Christmas night shooting that injured 4
Operations are back to normal at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport Thursday after an apparent family fight erupted into gunfire in the airport's busiest terminal Wednesday night, injuring four people, one critically.
Killer whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days has new baby
The killer whale that carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks for 1,000 miles in 2018 has a new baby, according to the Center for Whale Research.
