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Container of hazardous materials catches fire, closing crucial highway connecting Los Angeles and Las Vegas for 48 hours

July 27, 2024 7:50 pm CNN Newsource

By Sara Smart and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A stretch of the major highway between California and Las Vegas was closed for 48 hours after a tractor trailer carrying hazardous materials overturned and caught on fire. The California Highway Patrol announced Sunday morning that all lanes of Interstate 15 were open after crews worked

Griffin Colapinto carves into barrel of wave

Surfing Round 1 recap: Americans put on perfect performance

July 27, 2024 7:43 pm NBC Olympics

Round 1 of the 2024 Olympic surfing competition just wrapped up and Teahupo’o was roaring as advertised, delivering extreme waves and the potential for monstrous scores. Here’s everything you need to know from the first round of the tournament in Tahiti.

Technology’s grip on modern life is pushing us down a dimly lit path of digital land mines

July 27, 2024 6:53 pm The Associated Press

AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — “Move fast and break things,” a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was supposed to be a rallying cry for game-changing innovation. It now seems more like an elegy for a society perched on a digital foundation too fragile to withstand a defective

Talk of Olympic fashion — and the Paris rain — at starry Ralph Lauren fashion event

July 27, 2024 6:39 pm The Associated Press

AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Fashion. Sports. And of course, the rain. Those were the topics — separately, and together — on everyone’s lips as a gaggle of luminaries from sports, entertainment and media packed into designer Ralph Lauren’s Paris eatery Saturday evening in yet another high-wattage celebrity Olympic gathering in the French capital.

The US says it has successfully practiced using a low-cost bomb to sink a major surface ship. China is taking note

July 27, 2024 6:14 pm CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A very specialized part of the world’s largest naval drills off the northern Hawaiian island of Kauai is gaining attention on both sides of the Pacific. Earlier this month, the US and allies practiced taking out a large surface ship with long-range weapons, including, for the first

US to revamp military forces in Japan in ‘historic’ move as regional tensions mount

July 27, 2024 5:55 pm CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy and Philip Wang, CNN (CNN) — The United States will overhaul its military forces in Japan as the two countries move to deepen defense cooperation, Washington and Tokyo said Sunday, in a sweeping step to modernize their alliance in the face of mounting security threats in Asia. The announcement comes as Japan

Wildfire in Jasper National Park could burn for months, Canadian official says

July 27, 2024 5:52 pm The Associated Press

JASPER, Alberta (AP) — A Canadian official says a wildfire that has destroyed hundreds of structures in the town of Jasper, Alberta, is the largest blaze recorded in Jasper National Park in a century and could still be burning months from now. The official said Saturday that “what the last five years has taught us

US-Japan security talks focus on bolstering military cooperation, underscores threat from China

July 27, 2024 5:52 pm The Associated Press

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgrading the command and control of U.S. forces in the East Asian country and strengthening American-licensed missile production there, describing the rising threat from China as “the greatest strategic challenge”. Secretary of State Antony

Fire destroys several vehicles in backyard of SW Redmond home, spreads to attic before crews can stop it

July 27, 2024 5:35 pm KTVZ News Partners

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire destroyed several vehicles in a southwest Redmond backyard and spread to a home’s attic Saturday afternoon, but firefighters who attacked the blaze prevented more serious damage to the residence, an official said. Redmond Fire and Rescue responded around 12:35 p.m. to the reported structure fire in the 1600 block

Olympic tennis preview, July 28: Rafael Nadal begins singles gold pursuit, Gauff debuts

July 27, 2024 5:28 pm NBC Olympics

Day two of Olympic tennis will see a jam-packed schedule of top-tier tennis after day one’s rainouts. The tennis action includes Spain’s Rafael Nadal beginning his Olympic singles campaign, American Coco Gauff and her Olympic singles debut, two-time gold medal winner Andy Murray in the last of his first round Olympic matches.

Olympic tennis recap, July 27: Djokovic, Alcaraz, and Swiatek advance

July 27, 2024 5:00 pm NBC Olympics

Day one of the 2024 Paris Olympic tennis tournament saw top tennis players Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek advance.

A man missing for 14 days in Kentucky’s wilderness was found on the last day of the search for him

July 27, 2024 5:00 pm CNN Newsource

By Christina Zdanowicz and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio man was found alive after 14 days in the rough terrain of a Kentucky forest, just as crews were starting to lose hope, rescuers said. There was a shoe print and evidence of a walking stick in an area few people traverse, the search