LOS ANGELES (AP) — The push for clean energy to reduce greenhouse gases has led to multibillion-dollar investments in wind and solar projects, but finding an economical way to store renewable energy that comes and goes like the breeze or the sun has proved challenging. An alliance of four companies say they have found an […]
Wind Energy Proposal Would Light Los Angeles Homes
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Venezuelan President Follows Chavez’s NY Footsteps
NEW YORK (AP) — Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is following in the footsteps of the late Hugo Chavez in his first presidential visit to the Big Apple. The South American president met with labor and peace activists at a Venezuelan-sponsored event in the South Bronx on Tuesday billed as an encounter with “the people’s president.” Spanish-speakers […]
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Fire Destroys Michael Brown Memorial In Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A fire has destroyed one of two memorials at the site where 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson resident Meldon Moffitt said the fire started around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday on Canfield Drive, the street where Brown was fatally shot Aug. 9 by Ferguson police […]
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US, Arab Allies Hit IS Strongholds In Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — Combined U.S.-Arab airstrikes hit Islamic State group military strongholds in Syria and Iraq, and a simultaneous U.S. strike targeted an al-Qaida cell said to be plotting assaults on American and other Western interests, the U.S. military said. President Barack Obama declared Arab support for the airstrikes “makes it clear to the world […]
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CSUN’s Oviatt Library Celebrates Banned Books
The Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge will throw the spotlight on banned books with a reading of books some people would like to see taken off library shelves. A read-out and pizza party will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 24, in observance of national Banned Book Week, which has been held annually since […]
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Accused White House Intruder to Appear in Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Following an embarrassing security breach at the White House, one of the most closely protected buildings in the world, the Secret Service is said to be considering establishing new checkpoints to screen tourists in public areas near the presidential mansion. Meanwhile, the man accused of scaling a security fence and getting into […]
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Obama and Immigration: High Hopes, a Mixed Record
WASHINGTON (AP) — There were about 30, all Mexican nationals desperate to avoid deportations that would separate them from their families. Living in Illinois, they appealed for help from their new U.S. senator, Barack Obama. He turned them down. It was one of the first times Obama could have used the power of his office […]
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Valley Area Animal Advocates Want “Justice for Indy”
Sylmar resident Lily Wissell and her husband are the proud “parents” of three pit bulls and consider themselves unapologetic animal lovers. So when Lily learned about the cruelty afflicted upon “Indy,” a young pit bull who was severely burned and left to die in an alley in Van Nuys last year, her blood ran […]
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Scotland: Who Won? Who Lost?
LONDON (AP) — Who won and who lost in Scotland’s independence referendum? WINNERS: The 55.3 percent of Scottish voters who wanted to stay in the United Kingdom. LOSERS: The 44.7 percent who disagreed. WINNER: Gordon Brown. The former prime minister broke out of what seemed to be a long sulk since losing the 2010 election, […]
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Convicted Florida Felon Kills His 6 Grandchildren
BELL, Fla. (AP) — A man who spent time in prison a decade ago for the shooting death of his young son killed six of his grandchildren, including an infant, his adult daughter and himself in a rampage at a home where authorities in the small Florida town say they had been called to in […]