Day: January 4, 2024

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge adds lifesaving feature

10:51 pm January 4, 2024

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). The Golden Gate Bridge has finished the installation of a safety net designed to deter people from ending their lives at the San Francisco landmark, according to reports […]

Alabama judge puts medical marijuana licenses on temporary hold

10:50 pm January 4, 2024

A judge has temporarily blocked Alabama from issuing licenses to medical marijuana facilities amid an ongoing legal battle over how the state selected the winning companies. Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson issued a temporary restraining order late Wednesday to stop the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission from issuing licenses for “integrated” facilities that grow, transport and […]

Sudan paramilitary leader claims commitment to ceasefire, though peace talks remain stagnant

10:48 pm January 4, 2024

Sudanese paramilitary leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo said Thursday he was committed to a cease-fire to end the devastating war that has wrecked his country, even as fighting continues and there has been no progress on proposed peace talks between Dagalo and Sudan military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan. Dagalo, leader of the Rapid Support Forces, […]

LA County residents demand action after car smashes into store to make way for mob of looters

10:06 pm January 4, 2024

Californians implored local officials to take action after a mob used a car to smash open a store and loot its goods. “A mob of over 100 looters purposefully crashed a Kia into a small bakery in Compton, Calif., before they flooded in and ransacked the store during a night of rampage on the streets […]

Bomb threats prompt evacuations of government buildings in several states, but no explosives found

9:56 pm January 4, 2024

JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Government buildings in several states were evacuated Thursday following bomb threats, causing brief disruptions for the second day in a row in some places. The Mississippi Capitol and courthouses in Arkansas, Hawaii, Maine, Montana and New Hampshire were evacuated or searched, but no explosives were immediately found, and the buildings were […]