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Los Angeles and San Francisco are among the many cities where recreational pot will not be available right away because local regulations were not approved in time to start issuing city licenses needed to get state permits. (Photo: AP)

California legalises marijuana after 2 decades, allows for medical use

Pot is now legal in California for adults 21 and older, and individuals can grow up to 6 plants and possess as much as an ounce of the drug.

01 Jan 2018 3:36 PM

Nature Air is one of the small domestic airlines serving the area, typically flying tourists in a hurry to and from the capital San Jose. (Photo: AP)

10 foreigners, 2 crew members dies in plane crash in Costa Rica

The US embassy said it was aware of the crash and was 'trying to confirm if any US citizens are on board.'

01 Jan 2018 8:04 AM

A SWAT team searched the rest of the building and no other victims were found. (Photo: AP)

2 dead, including shooter, in gunfire at South California law firm

Police arrived to find the gunman and one victim dead and learned that the second victim had driven himself to a hospital.

30 Dec 2017 8:20 AM

The Thomas fire took only 2 weeks to burn its way into history books as unrelenting winds and parched weather turned everything in its path to tinder, including more than 700 homes. (Photo: AFP)

California fires largest in state history, kills 2, burns down 700 homes

By Thursday, most of the southern end of the fire also was surrounded and the last mandatory evacuation orders were called off.

23 Dec 2017 5:11 PM

Tow truck driver Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, was planning to target the city's busy Pier 39 tourist spot, according to an affidavit submitted by FBI Special Agent Christopher McKinney. (Photo: File/Representational)

Ex-Marine arrested for plotting Christmas attack in US, inspired by ISIS

The suspect inadvertently revealed his plans to an undercover FBI agent mistaking him for a senior leader of the ISIS.

23 Dec 2017 11:36 AM

Marlon Brando in a still from 'Godfather'.

Gear up for a new biopic on Oscar-winning actor Marlon Brando

'Brando: The Documentary' (2007) and 'Marlon Brando: The Wild One', are the other films made on him in the past.

16 Dec 2017 1:04 PM

Firefighters battle several intense wind-driven wildfires early on Friday that have swept across densely populated Southern California, destroying at least 500 structures. (Photo: AP)

California wildfire: Firefighters struggle as they stop 6 large fires from spreading

More than 5,700 firefighters from across California worked to stop the spread of six large wildfires that erupted since Monday.

08 Dec 2017 7:37 PM

The California wildfire has already charred more than 50,000 acres, destroying hundreds of houses. (Photo: AP)

California wildfire destroys hundreds of homes

The blaze, dubbed the Thomas Fire, broke out on Monday evening in the foothills above Ventura.

06 Dec 2017 12:52 PM

SoftBank and Dragoneer Investment Group plan to take a stake of at least 14 per cent in the ride-services company. (Photo: AFP)

SoftBank offers to buy Uber shares at 30 pc discount: source

SoftBank is also expected to make a separate $1 billion investment in the company at the $68.5 billion valuation.

28 Nov 2017 10:24 AM

Uber is valued at $69 billion, the highest of any venture backed company. (Photo: AFP)

Uber to disclose price on SoftBank deal early next week: sources

SoftBank’s $1 billion direct investment in Uber is expected to be at the same valuation.

25 Nov 2017 11:27 AM

Aijalon Mahli Gomes was sentenced to eight years of hard labour and he attempted suicide while in custody, according to North Korean state news agency KCNA. (Photo: AP)

US officer formerly detained by N Korea was found burned to death

Aijalon Mahli Gomes’ body was found ablaze Friday in the city's Mission Bay Park, police said.

23 Nov 2017 5:27 PM

Charles Manson, the psychopathic guru who masterminded a savage killing spree in the US in the late 1960s, has died aged 83. (Photo: AFP)

Charles Manson, whose cult slayings horrified world, dies at 83

Manson’s ‘family’ of supporters killed Sharon Tate, who was 9 months pregnant and was found stabbed repeatedly in her Hollywood mansion.

20 Nov 2017 12:33 PM

‘In this system, female employees and employees of colour are systematically undervalued compared to their male and white or Asian American peers,’ the lawsuit says. (Photo: AP)

3 women sue Uber over unequal pay, claim the company practices sexual, racial discrimination

Uber spokesman Matthew Wing declined to comment.

26 Oct 2017 5:42 PM

Bruce Paddock reportedly had a lengthy criminal history and over the years has been charged with various crimes including arson and burglary. (Photo: CBS news/AP)

Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock's brother arrested for child pornography

Bruce Paddock was facing charges in relation to a probe that began before the shooting in Las Vegas.

26 Oct 2017 12:25 PM

Crews work on a border wall prototype near the border with Tijuana, Mexico. (Photo: AP)

Work begins on Trump’s border wall with Mexico

The contractors are erecting eight prototypes in San Diego.

20 Oct 2017 1:17 PM

Tens of thousands of evacuees are getting antsy to return to homes that aren't under immediate threat. Others want to see if they still have homes to return to. (Photo: AFP)

California Wildfires: Death toll rises to 40, 100 miles wide

Evacuees fled in fear nearly a week ago, now they're ready to go back.

15 Oct 2017 12:56 PM

California fire chief Ken Pimlott said more than 9,000 firefighters were battling 17 large fires that have consumed a total of 221,754 acres (89,700 hectares) since Sunday. (Photo: AFP/File)

Death toll rises to 33 in California wildfires, fire fighting ops in progress

The death toll rose to 33 with a 14-year-old boy's body reportedly being recovered in Mendocino county near his family's home.

14 Oct 2017 1:34 PM

Amazon Studios chief Roy Price (Photo: AP)

Amazon Studios chief Roy Price suspended after sexual harassment allegations

Amazon said it was 'reviewing our options for our projects we have with the Weinstein Company.'

13 Oct 2017 12:14 PM

In cases in which bodies have been badly burned, authorities have had to use dental records for identification. (Photo: AFP)

California's deadliest fire kills 31

The fires have swept through California's wine country, leaving thousands of people homeless.

13 Oct 2017 11:54 AM

Homes destroyed by wildfire in Santa Rosa, California

23 dead, many missing in 'catastrophic' California wildfires

Thousands of people have been left homeless and 25,000 people have evacuated their homes in Sonoma County alone, according to officials.

12 Oct 2017 12:05 PM

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