Firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire that has burned about 40 acres in unincorporated Brea on Saturday afternoon, prompting evacuation warnings for nearby communities, Orange County authorities said. The fire, dubbed the “Carbon Fire,” was reported around 1:37 p.m. near Carbon Canyon and Olinda Place, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. Crews are […]

A passenger riding in the backseat of a self-driving taxi operated by Waymo is going viral after sharing video of a surreal moment: getting pulled over by police while no human was behind the wheel. The incident happened in Miami, where Waymo has been testing and expanding its autonomous ride-hailing service. In the video, the […]

The US Department of Justice announced Friday that it plans to revive the firing squad as a method of killing in federal capital cases. In a 52-page memo, the department expanded the ways it can apply the death penalty to include using a group of executioners to simultaneously shoot at a condemned person. Taking action […]

Until yesterday, it looked like Maine would enshrine the country’s first state-level hyperscale data center moratorium into law. But late on Friday, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills announced she would veto the bill. Though a statement she issued claimed that she agreed a “moratorium is appropriate” in theory, Mills wrote that she would not sign the […]