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Joe Biden
Biden commutes sentences of 2,500 non-violent drug offenders
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses, three days before he leaves office.Biden said the offenders were "serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice" and his action would right "historic wrongs".In an announcement on Friday, Biden said he had now issued more individual pardons and commutations "than any other president in US history".The news comes after the outgoing president commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates and issued a wave of commutations and pardons in December, including for his son Hunter Biden.The president said Friday's clemency action affected...
January 17, 2025

Biden commutes sentences of 2,500 non-violent drug offenders

SpaceX's megarocket lifts off on its seventh test flight from the Starbase launch site near Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday
Debris from SpaceX rocket’s disintegration causes flight disruptions
WASHINGTON — SpaceX’s colossal Starship launch system lifted off on its seventh uncrewed test flight Thursday, with an upgraded version of the megarocket embarking on the program’s most ambitious flight to date.SpaceX was able to duplicate its prior feat of catching a booster that returned to Earth. But 8.5 minutes into flight, the Starship spacecraft itself was lost.“Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn,” the company shared on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “Teams will continue to review data from today’s flight test to better understand root cause. With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today’s flight will help us improve Starship’s reliability.”A “rapid unscheduled disassembly,”...
January 17, 2025

Debris from SpaceX rocket’s disintegration causes flight disruptions

The silhouette of a firefighter is seen against bright orange flames as a helicopter drops water on burning hills in the distance
Power lines, hikers, arson: Inside the effort to uncover what sparked LA's fires
LOS ANGELES — The hiking trail through Temescal Canyon in western Los Angeles is a favorite of locals.Towering above the twisting roads and manicured homes that make up the Pacific Palisades, urban hikers seeking an escape from America's famously gridlocked city have a clear view of the pristine waters of the Pacific.Now the green, brush-lined path in the canyons is grey and burned as far as the eye can see.Yellow police tape surrounds the path up to the trail. Police guarding this area are calling it a "crime scene" and prevented BBC reporters, including me, from getting any closer.It's where investigators think the deadly blaze that destroyed so many homes in the area may have started.A similar scene is playing out across town in the north of the city. There, the...
January 17, 2025

Power lines, hikers, arson: Inside the effort to uncover what sparked LA's fires

Donald Trump's presidential portrait
Official portraits of Donald Trump and JD Vance released
WASHINGTON — The official portraits of US President-elect Donald Trump and his second-in-command JD Vance have been released ahead of their inauguration on Monday.Both Trump and Vance are pictured in blue suits, white collared shirts and blue ties, with Trump wearing a small US flag pin on his lapel.Trump's expression contrasts with Vance's, with the president-elect's head tilted slightly downward, one eyebrow raised and his lips pressed together.Vance smiles at the camera, with his arms crossed, in a more relaxed pose.The new image of Trump has drawn comparisons to his 2023 mugshot, which was taken in Fulton County Jail after he was charged with attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden in the state of Georgia — a charge Trump denied.The now-famous image...
January 17, 2025

Official portraits of Donald Trump and JD Vance released

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and Ispace's Resilience lunar landers, lifts off Wednesday from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,
SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch
WASHINGTON — Officials at Elon Musk's company said the upper stage was lost after problems developed after lift-off from Texas on Thursday.But the Super Heavy booster managed to return to its launchpad as planned, prompting an eruption of applause from ground control teams.The mission came hours after the first flight of the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket system, backed by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos.The two tech billionaires both want to dominate the space vehicle market."Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn. Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause," SpaceX posted on X."With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and today's flight will help us improve...
January 17, 2025

SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch

New Glenn is 98 meters high
Jeff Bezos blasts into commercial space race with rocket launch
WASHINGTON — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company has blasted its first rocket into orbit in a bid to challenge the dominance of Elon Musk's SpaceX.The New Glenn rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 02:02 local time (07:02 GMT).It firmly pits the world's two richest men against each other in a commercial space race, vying to fly bigger and more powerful rockets.Both want to populate the skies with more satellites, run private space stations, and provide transport for regular trips by people to the Moon."Congratulations on reaching orbit on the first attempt!" Musk wrote in a post to Bezos on X.Dave Limp, CEO of Bezos's space company Blue Origin, said he was "incredibly proud"."We'll learn a lot from today...
January 16, 2025

Jeff Bezos blasts into commercial space race with rocket launch

Eight boxes were retrieved from a warehouse in Los Angeles by a US law enforcement informant as part of an investigation into the trafficking of fentanyl components into the US
Chinese nationals stand trial for fentanyl-related charges in landmark US case
NEW YORK — Two Chinese citizens are standing trial in New York for charges related to the illicit fentanyl trade in a landmark case as officials aim to crack down on the movement of the deadly drug and its components from China to the United States.Defendants Wang Qingzhou and Chen Yiyi were apprehended in a sting operation in Fiji in June 2023, expelled from the South Pacific island nation and subsequently arrested in the US. Their trial began Wednesday at New York’s Southern District Court.Their 2023 indictments were among the first prosecutions against Chinese nationals and China-based companies for trafficking fentanyl precursor chemicals into the US. Wang and Chen are believed to be the first Chinese nationals arrested and extradited on such charges.Prosecutors say the defendants...
January 16, 2025

Chinese nationals stand trial for fentanyl-related charges in landmark US case

Joe Biden
'Dangerous' oligarchy taking shape in America, Biden warns in farewell address
WASHINGTON — Outgoing US President Joe Biden warned of a "dangerous" oligarchy taking shape in America, as he delivered his farewell address and brought a decades-long career in politics to an end."Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that really threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedom," he said on Wednesday.Biden, 82, took aim at an ultra-wealthy "tech-industrial complex" which he said could wield unchecked power over Americans.He also used his final televised speech from the White House to issue warnings about climate change and social media disinformation.Speaking from the Oval Office where his family had gathered to watch, he touted his single-term administration's record,...
January 16, 2025

'Dangerous' oligarchy taking shape in America, Biden warns in farewell address

Firefighters work from a deck as the Palisades Fire burns a beachfront property in Malibu on Wednesday
LA remains under critical fire threat as high winds forecast
LOS ANGELES — Winds that have fanned wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are again expected to kick up in the early hours of Wednesday after a 25th death from the huge, week-long outbreak was confirmed.Forecasters have again identified an area of "extreme fire danger", emphasising the risk level in a region to the north-west of the city center.The anticipated increase in wind speeds threatens to further fan the remaining four blazes, which firefighters have made further progress in tackling during a few days of calmer conditions.There are hopes of another drop in wind speeds after Wednesday - but officials have highlighted the need for rain that would help fire crews in their battle.The 25th death was confirmed by the LA County Medical Examiner's Office. Thirteen other...
January 15, 2025

LA remains under critical fire threat as high winds forecast

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and Ispace's Resilience lunar landers, lifts off Wednesday from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,
SpaceX rocket launches private missions to Moon
WASHINGTON — Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon.The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:09 local time (06:09 GMT) on Wednesday, carrying landers belonging to America's Firefly Aerospace and Japan's ispace.The landers will eventually separate once they reach the Moon's orbit and conduct independent explorations.They are the latest in a growing number of commercial missions to the Moon.Firefly's rover, Blue Ghost, is expected to take about 45 days to reach the Moon, once it has separated from the SpaceX rocket.It will then drill, collect samples and also take X-ray images of the Earth's magnetic field to "advance research for future...
January 15, 2025

SpaceX rocket launches private missions to Moon

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