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Year: 2022

Flooding temporarily closes major Bay Area highway and prompts evacuation warnings in northern California neighborhoods

By Andy Rose and Alaa Elassar, CNN Heavy precipitation and snow melt flooded roads and led to freeway closures and evacuation warnings in Northern California on Saturday, officials said. At one point, US Highway 101 — one of California’s most famous routes — was closed in both directions in South San Francisco as “water is

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Roberts calls for judicial security in year-end report while avoiding mention of ethics reform or abortion draft leak

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Chief Justice John Roberts urged continued vigilance for the safety of judges and justices in an annual report published Saturday, after a tumultuous year at the US Supreme Court. “A judicial system cannot and should not live in fear,” Roberts wrote. While drawing attention to judicial security,

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Chief justice: Judges’ safety ‘essential’ to court system

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With security threats to Supreme Court justices still fresh memories, Chief Justice John Roberts on Saturday praised programs that protect judges, saying that “we must support judges by ensuring their safety.” Roberts and other conservative Supreme Court justices were the subject of protests, some at their homes,

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NKorea’s Kim orders ‘exponential’ expansion of nuke arsenal

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the “exponential” expansion of his country’s nuclear arsenal and the development of a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reported Sunday, after he entered 2023 with another weapons launch following a record number of testing activities last

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