AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is suing the utility company whose downed power lines sparked the largest wildfire in state history. The deadly Smokehouse Creek fire in 2024 destroyed homes and livestock, and charred miles of landscape, causing more than $1 billion in damage. The lawsuit accuses Xcel Energy of neglecting aging utility poles that…… MORE
EU Moves to Ease 2035 Ban on Internal Combustion Cars as Auto Industry Faces Headwinds
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union is moving to dial back its total ban on cars with gas or diesel engines by 2035. Tuesday’s proposal would replace a mandatory reduction of emissions by 100% by that date with a 90% reduction. That would leave a little room for cars with internal combustion engines. But…… MORE
Texas is Dealing With the First Case of Bird Flu This Year
(WBAP/KLIF) – SHELBY COUNTY, TX – Last Thursday, testing uncovered the case in Shelby County, which is located about an hour southeast of Tyler. USDA inspectors and federal health officials are working to contain the virus, which includes quarantining the infected birds. Officials with the CDC stated that the risk of transmitting the bird flu…… MORE
Rob Reiner’s Son Nick Arrested After the Director and His Wife Were Found Dead at Their Home
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say the younger son of Rob Reiner is in jail for what investigators believe was the fatal stabbing a day earlier of the director-actor and his wife Michele at their home in Los Angeles. It was not immediately clear what charges 32-year-old Nick Reiner would face. A police statement said…… MORE
Rob Reiner, Son of a Comedy Giant Who Became One in Turn, Dies at 78
Rob Reiner, a renowned filmmaker known for classics like “The Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally …,” has died at 78. He and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead Sunday at their Los Angeles home. Authorities on Sunday arrested the Reiners’ son, Nick Reiner, and booked him for murder. Reiner, son of…… MORE