Tesla boss Elon Musk has unveiled the firm's long-awaited robotaxi, the Cybercab, at the Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California.
The futuristic-looking vehicle featuring two wing-like doors and no pedals or steering wheel deposited Musk in front (...)
A California firefighter has been arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with a series of small fires in wine country, officials announced.
Robert Hernandez, 38, a Cal Fire apparatus engineer, is accused of starting five fires between August (...)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating TikTok for its data and security practices, two sources told CNN on the condition of anonymity.
The probe is yet another complication for the social media platform, which is already facing the (...)
In the wake of the 2020 election, the president of the far-right network One America News sent a potentially explosive email to former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell, with a spreadsheet claiming to contain passwords of employees from the voting (...)
Massive waves and coastal flooding are wreaking havoc for a third day in many of California's coastal communities, where extreme conditions have forced water rescues, washed away cars and injured a handful of enthralled onlookers.
The unusually (...)
Snowfall is declining globally as temperatures warm because of human-caused climate change, a new analysis and maps from a NOAA climate scientist show.
But less snow falling from the sky isn't as innocuous as just having to shovel less; it threatens (...)
Glaciers in East Antarctica could lose ice faster in the future than previously thought, scientists reported Friday, in an alarming feedback loop where glacier meltwater is triggering even more ice loss and sea level rise as the planet warms.
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A NASA spacecraft captured the eerie glow of lightning inside a swirling vortex on Jupiter.
The green lightning bolt was seen inside one of the many vortices that cluster near Jupiter's north pole.
Scientists are still trying to understand many (...)
Millions of California residents are under a freeze warning, with a state of emergency declared in over a dozen counties to deal with a string of brutal winter storms.
Rescue crews are working all hours to dig out communities in mountainous regions (...)
Hollywood star Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film 'One Million Years B.C.' made her an international sex symbol throughout the 1960s and '70s, has died. She was aged 82.
Welch passed away early on (...)
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk says he donated around $1.95 billion (£1.6 billion) worth of shares in his electric carmaker to charity last year.
The donation of 11.6 million shares was described in a filing with US regulators as "a bona fide (...)
Dignitaries from the US and Indian space agencies, along with members of the media, were invited to see NISAR's science payload in a Jet Propulsion Laboratory clean room.
It's nearly time for the scientific heart of NISAR — short for NASA-ISRO (...)
Around 25 million people in California are under a flood watch this weekend as the latest in a parade of deadly storms drenches the state.
Several waterways have flooded, at least 19 people have died and thousands have been told to evacuate their (...)
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck northern California's Eureka area early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, injuring at least two people, drawing reports of damage to roads and homes, shaking residents from their sleep and leaving tens of (...)
Flash flooding triggered by a near-record downpour on Friday over one of the hottest, driest spots on Earth has stranded nearly 1,000 people inside California's Death Valley National Park and forced its temporary closure, park officials said.
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Cases of the viral disease monkeypox in the United States have been identified for the first time in children - a toddler in California and an infant who is not a U.S. resident, Reuters cited health authorities as saying on Friday.
The two cases are (...)
After enjoying a long reign as the king of streaming, Netflix faces a tough fight to keep its crown.
It lost almost 1 million subscribers between April and July, as the number of people quitting the service accelerated.
But that was not as many as (...)
Less than a year after his sex assault conviction was thrown out and he walked free from prison, comedian Bill Cosby is facing another allegation in court.
Cosby, 85, is embroiled in a civil lawsuit over a claim he sexually assaulted Judy Huth, now (...)
Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Swaha, currently on a visit to the USA, had met the day before yesterday (Tuesday), May 17, 2022, in California, United States of America with Artur Bergman, the (...)
A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl at a high school in Stockton, California, Monday, police said.
The girl was stabbed by an intruder at Stagg High School, Stockton Unified School District officials (...)
Facebook owner Meta Platforms is beginning to test tools for selling digital assets and experiences within its virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds, a key part of its plan for creating a metaverse, it said.
The tools will be available initially (...)
Five people are dead, including three children, after an apparent murder-suicide shooting at a church in Sacramento, California, authorities said Monday.
A father walked into a church in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood and shot three of his kids -- (...)
Warner Bros, Disney and Sony have halted the release of films in Russian cinemas, after the invasion of Ukraine.
The announcements mean the releases of major movies The Batman, Turning Red and Morbius will now not go ahead as scheduled in the (...)
Investors are being urged to vote against a $99m (£73m) pay package awarded to Apple boss Tim Cook last year.
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) said it has "significant concerns" over the size of the award, up from $14.8m the year (...)
The gas emitted from household stoves and ovens is not only dangerous to public health but also has a much more significant impact on the climate crisis than previously thought, new research shows.
The study, from scientists at Stanford University, (...)