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California wildfire claims season's first fatality

Crews fighting a fast-moving Northern California wildfire on Friday discovered the charred remains of a person apparently caught in the flames, sheriff`s officials said, marking the first fatality in a particularly intense fire season across the state.

Jul 07, 2018, 06:43 AM IST

Jennie Garth responds to husband's divorce filing

The star said he should not be able to make a claim as he signed a prenuptial agreement just before they got married in July 2015.

Jun 16, 2018, 13:27 PM IST

Wrestling star John Cena Joins Jackie Chan’s ‘Project X’

John Cena to Replace Sylvester Stallone in Jackie Chan’s Action-Thriller ‘Project X

 

Jun 13, 2018, 15:00 PM IST

Democrats beat vote quirk to challenge Republicans in California

Control of the House would likely stall much of Republican President Donald Trump`s policy agenda while ushering a new era of committee oversight and investigation into the administration.

Jun 06, 2018, 14:23 PM IST

Fashion designer Kate Spade found dead

American fashion designer and businesswoman Kate Spade was found dead in her apartment located at Park Avenue in New York on Tuesday.

Jun 06, 2018, 00:00 AM IST

Possible shooting reported at Los Angeles County high school: Police

A spokesman for the department, Deputy Charles Moore, said police received multiple reports of an armed man on campus at Highland High School in California's Palmdale.

May 11, 2018, 20:55 PM IST

ICC hopeful of cricket's inclusion at 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles

Cricket may finally return to the Olympics in Los Angeles 2028 after the ICC has expressed its strong desire to pitch for the sport's inclusion in the quadrennial Summer Games on the final day of its quarterly meetings on Thursday.

Apr 26, 2018, 18:06 PM IST

Shabana Azmi denounces Oscars red carpet culture, calls it 'huge pity'

Veteran actor and activist Shabana Azmi is amazed to see the desperation to conform to set beauty standards at the Oscars red carpet, and called it a huge pity.

Mar 11, 2018, 16:33 PM IST

NBA star Kobe Bryant wins Oscar for animated short film 'Dear Basketball'

Retired basketball star Kobe Bryant has won five NBA titles, but taking home an Oscar on his first attempt was a bigger thrill than the victories earned with the Los Angeles Lakers, the 39-year-old future Hall of Famer said on Sunday.

Mar 05, 2018, 22:06 PM IST

Robert Pattinson finds love 'complicated'

The 31-year-old actor had recently split with singer FKA Twigs, to whom he was engaged since April 2015.

Feb 18, 2018, 12:55 PM IST

Twenty dead in California mudslides, major highway closed

The death toll from Southern California mudslides that swallowed dozens of homes and forced the closure of a major highway along the picturesque Santa Barbara County coast rose to 20 on Sunday, with four other people still reported missing.

Jan 15, 2018, 11:05 AM IST

Southern California wildfire largest on record, 273,400 acres scorched

The wildfire, which has razed 273,400 acres in southern California so far, has become the largest wildfire in the state since records began.

Dec 23, 2017, 23:03 PM IST

California winds fuel state's third-largest wildfire, 267,500 acres burnt so far

The blaze, centred less than 100 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, has forced evacuations that turned neighborhoods into ghost towns and filled the air with smoke.

Dec 17, 2017, 18:24 PM IST

Fire in southern California threatening another city

A fierce wildfire raged on north of Los Angeles Sunday, threatening other towns after already charring vast swaths of land, but other blazes were largely contained after burning for days.

Dec 11, 2017, 06:41 AM IST

California Governor calls wildfires 'new normal', tells US state to prepare for threat

California Governor Jerry Brown said on Saturday that climate change has pushed weather to the most extreme, and the western US state must better prepare for a constant threat of wildfire which is the "new normal".

Dec 10, 2017, 19:08 PM IST

As winds relent, scorched California hopes for fire relief

Brutal winds that fueled southern California wildfires finally began to ease Saturday, giving residents and firefighters hope for a respite as the destructive toll of the blazes came into focus.

Dec 10, 2017, 12:38 PM IST

Wildfires rage across southern California, one dead

Firefighters on Thursday battled raging wildfires across southern California that have forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, including residents on the outskirts of Los Angeles, America`s second-largest city.

Dec 08, 2017, 07:10 AM IST

California: WIldfires rage in Los Angeles area; 200,000 people flee, hundreds of schools shut

Hundreds of Los Angeles area schools shut their doors on Thursday as raging wildfires wreaked havoc on Southern California, forcing about 200,000 people to flee and destroying hundreds of houses.

Dec 07, 2017, 21:18 PM IST

Fast-spreading wildfire threatens hundreds of homes north of Los Angeles

A rapidly growing wildfire in the foothills north of Los Angeles threatened hundreds of homes on Monday and forced nearby residents and students at a small college to evacuate, fire and school officials said. 

Dec 05, 2017, 12:36 PM IST

I've my own place to stay in Mumbai: Nargis Fakhri

Actress Nargis Fakhri says she has her own places to stay in every city she travels to, thereby squashing rumors that she is staying here at producer Uday Chopra's bungalow.

Dec 03, 2017, 12:10 PM IST