By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2024. There are 17 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman with a semiautomatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then ...
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — More than 3,700 residents were allowed to return to their Malibu homes on Thursday after calmer winds and rising humidity in Southern California helped firefighters battle a blaze that had forced thousands, including college students and celebrities, to evacuate earlier this week. But another 1,600 people with homes in Malibu — a city typically known for its rugged canyons, stunning bluffs and celebrities’ seaside mansions — remained under evacuation orders. All told, some 20,000 residents in the city and neighboring areas had been affected by mandatory ...
Marquette and vicinity: Today, mostly sunny, with a high near 31. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Tonight, mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Extended forecast: Sunday, a chance drizzle or freezing rain before ...
By JAE C. HONG, ERIC THAYER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MALIBU, Calif.— Officials in Southern California reported significant overnight growth of a wind-driven wildfire that has forced thousands of people, including celebrities like Cher and Dick Van Dyke, from their homes ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California’s notorious Santa Ana winds were predicted to return Monday night and utilities said they are prepared to cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers in areas where strong gusts could damage electrical equipment and spark wildfires. The National Weather Service issued a rare “particularly dangerous situation,” or PDS, red flag warning for high fire risk into Tuesday for Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The last time PDS red flags went up was the first week of November, when powerful, dry winds fed the Mountain Fire, which destroyed ...
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what age group is hit hardest by heat. Researchers found at higher temperatures and humidity, the heat kills far more young people under 35 than those older than 50. For decades, health and weather experts have warned that the elderly and the youngest children were most vulnerable in heat waves. But this study looking at all deaths in Mexico from 1998 to 2019 shows that when the combination of humidity and temperature reach uncomfortable levels, such as ...
