A battery plant fire in California started during a boom for energy storage
A fire at one of the world’s largest battery plants in Northern California contained tens of thousands of lithium batteries ...
Clay City’s Abi Shearer signs with Rose-Hulman
CLAY CITY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Clay City senior Abi Shearer signed with Rose-Hulman for basketball and softball on Friday.
Brooklyn Sturgeon commits to Vincennes University
North Knox senior Brooklyn Sturgeon announced her commitment to the Vincennes University Trailblazers on Friday afternoon.
Timeline: Key dates in the century-long battle over the Equal Rights Amendment
The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when leading suffragist Alice Paul first ...
Yellen says Treasury will use ‘extraordinary measures’ on Jan. 21 to prevent hitting debt ceiling
In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen said her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the ...
Blessings for dogs? Bring them to Mexico City’s cathedral and St. Anthony will do the rest
Behaving at their best, a dozen dogs attended Mass at Mexico City’s cathedral Friday, waiting for their turn to de doused with holy water. The blessing of the animals is a ...
Israel prepares for hostages’ return with scant knowledge of their condition
Israel is preparing for the return of the hostages from Gaza with the expectation that many are likely to have severe, ...
Will spring come early? NOAA releases weather predictions for every state
A La Niña winter just started, but it isn’t expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.
Rapper Busta Rhymes accused of punching a man in the face in New York
Rapper Busta Rhymes has been accused of repeatedly punching another man in the face, police said Friday. Police said Rhymes, whose legal name is Trevor Smith, was issued a desk ...
Daughter of one of the oldest Israeli hostages hopes for answers in ceasefire deal
Sharone Lifschitz is well aware that the odds are against her 84-year-old father. As one of the oldest hostages taken by Hamas, Oded Lifshitz would be among the first to be released ...
Homes were burning and roads already jammed when Pacific Palisades evacuation order came, AP finds
The first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t come until about 40 minutes after some of those homes were already ...
House passes ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports
House Republicans say they are upholding their promise to keep transgender student-athletes out of women and girls’ sports.