Police carry a ballot box to a vehicle for transport to a counting center after voting ended at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Britney Spears was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs near her Southern California home and released, authorities said. A statement from Spears’ representative calls the arrest “inexcusable.”
Chevron, the energy company that began relocating its headquarters from the Bay Area to Texas in 2024, wrote a letter Tuesday to Gavin Newsom’s office warning about the proposed changes to the state’s Cap-and-Invest regulations.
Gavin Newsom’s green agenda and global oil turmoil risk sending California’s gas prices above a wallet-crushing $8 a gallon — potentially returning drivers to the desperate fuel rationing not seen since the 1970s, state lawmakers and industry experts warned.
The war in the Middle East has roiled oil and gas markets. Under a severe scenario, with more strikes on energy infrastructure, Bloomberg Economics estimates that crude could reach $108 a barrel, adding a significant boost to inflation and even pushing some European economies to the brink of recession.
MANILA, Philippines—The Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB) issued a traffic advisory on Friday, warning motorists to expect heavy traffic near the site of a fire incident in Tondo, Manila.
Cadillac driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland signs autographs as he arrives ahead of the first practice session for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Scott Barbour)
Three people were rescued from this vehicle outside Wilcannia on Thursday afternoon. By Friday morning it was submerged in floodwater. (Supplied: Matthew Apps)
HAVANA, Cuba — Cuban authorities said Thursday that electricity was restored for the majority of households after a blackout hit two-thirds of the beleaguered country, stemming from a lack of fuel under US pressure.
President Trump is moving to keep Chinese tech out of America’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. But California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom is signing on to a network tied to Beijing. Someone should tell him.
The Swedish flight tracking tool, spun out of a price comparison portal, is tracking the travel chaos sparked by the US-Israel war on Iran in real time
A group of fed-up techies and “radical centrists” is launching a counteroffensive to what they call an out-of-touch lefty agenda that’s driving people out of California.
The state antitrust regulator said Friday it will closely monitor possible price gouging practices of gas stations across the country and take necessary measures as fuel prices recently soared amid the military conflict in the Middle East.
One of the state’s largest disability service providers is withdrawing its transport services, telling residents they will need to use taxis and public transport to leave their homes from June 30.
LAS VEGAS, March 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LiuGong (000528.SZ) presented 13 machines across multiple product lines at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 under the theme "Tough Customers. Tough Equipment," covering applications from urban construction to quarrying, mining, and large-scale infrastructure projects.
Politicians and auto industry leaders in the United States and Europe have long argued that state-sponsored subsidies for Chinese electric vehicle makers have distorted global competition.
Just weeks after a Los Angeles judge ruled that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) could be held liable for the catastrophic water system failure and aging electrical infrastructure that fueled the Palisades Fire, the utility’s CEO and chief engineer is stepping down, announcing her return to her …
An Iowa madman accused of killing an elderly woman at her home, stealing her car and slaughtering two more on a Utah hiking trail was captured after a multi-state manhunt, authorities said.
On a brisk January morning, physician assistant Brett Feldman searched the streets of Los Angeles for patients, knocking on car windows and peering into tents. It was the day after a winter storm had doused the city, and many of the unhoused people Feldman usually treats had moved to find somewhere dry.
A former upstate New York cop, who also served as a D.A.R.E. officer, pleaded guilty to 40 narcotics-related charges for peddling drugs on the job last May.
Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (IRCSL) Dr. Ajith De Mel said that moves will be taken promptly to streamline the motor insurance sector since it has been identified that a considerable amount of vehicles are running on roads without having a proper insurance policy.