Though the West Coast almost never gets hurricanes, an earthquake- or storm-induced flood could still do serious damage one of the state’s populated regions.
Only problem is, WIRED got the wrong one. Nick Stockton trumpeted the impending doom of Northern California’s Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta. But, measured in terms of possible loss of life and property, the risks surrounding the city of Sacramento are what are most alarming. MORE
Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he was willing to engage in immediate and direct peace talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, without preconditions.
“I am ready now to go to Ramallah or any other place in order to meet and hold direct negotiations,” Netanyahu told members of Women Wage Peace, established following last summer’s war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. MORE
Catholic priest Edward Belczak pleaded guilty Tuesday to mail fraud in connection with stealing $573,000 from St. Thomas More church in Troy, the prosperous parish he led as pastor for nearly 30 years.
Belczak agreed to forfeit a plush Florida condo he bought with parish money and pay $573,000 in restitution. His sentencing will be Dec. 1; the sentencing guidelines call for him spending 33 to 41 months in prison. MORE
Water births are certainly not uncommon. Many women feel it is a much more relaxing environment in which for them to give birth.
Typically, a water birth involves a bath tub and a midwife — a human midwife. There is apparently an entire group of women, however, who think dolphins have the qualifications to deliver their baby. MORE
SEATTLE (AP) — Minutes before a Washington state high school freshman fatally shot four friends and then himself, he sent a group text message to his family outlining his funeral wishes and apologizing to the parents of the teenagers he was about to kill.
“I love you family. I really do. More than anything,” Jaylen Fryberg said two minutes before opening fire in the cafeteria of Marysville-Pilchuck High School. “I needed to do this tho… I wasn’t happy. And I need my crew with me too. I’m sorry. I love you.” MORE
Typhoid has broken out among residents of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning of further disease outbreaks unless aid reached the camp because of the appalling conditions there.
Eleven cases of typhoid were confirmed by the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which gained access to residents from the Yarmouk camp for the first time since June in nearby Yalda, where it carried out more than 200 medical consultations. MORE
It’s mostly politics instead of the good of the Nation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Experts in government secrecy law see almost no possibility of criminal action against Hillary Clinton or her top aides in connection with now-classified information sent over unsecure email while she was secretary of state, based on the public evidence thus far. MORE
A confrontation at a fast food restaurant ended with a worker being pulled by her hair through the drive-thru window, according to video that was just posted online. MORE
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis on Tuesday called on priests to pardon women who have abortions, and the doctors who perform them, during the upcoming Jubilee year — overruling hardline traditionalists within the Catholic Church.
“I have decided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to concede to all priests for the Jubilee Year the discretion to absolve of the sin of abortion those who have procured it and who, with contrite heart, seek forgiveness for it,” he said MORE
As speculation mounts that a Nazi train laden with gold has been found, it emerges Russia may try to claim treasure, sparking row with Poland.
Polish authorities have hit back at an apparent Russian attempt to claim to preemptively the contents of a buried Nazi train, reasserting the nation’s ownership of any World War Two treasures. MORE
According to People Magazine, Flanagan traded sex for money between 1995 and 1997. The magazine said that Flanagan, short on cash, resorted to AOL chat rooms to troll clients. “In his profile, he had a lot of dollar signs, and that was a sign to the people he was chatting with that he was willing to hook up for money,” the source told People Magazine. “He kept it a secret from his parents, but he did tell a few other family members in his generation who he thought might accept it. I won’t say he was proud of it, but he wasn’t ashamed, either.” MORE
Here’s What We Know About The Man Who Killed A Virginia TV News Crew MORE
Just think, this is our tax money at work.
In the boldest endorsement of a growing national trend, the University of Tennessee is urging incoming students and teachers to junk references to “he,” “she,” and “them,” in favor of gender-neutral “ze” and “xe.” MORE
“Jeez, dude. You all have the big questions cooking today. But you’re my friend, and I’ll remember my friends, and I’ll be good to you. So don’t worry, even if I evolve into Terminator, I’ll still be nice to you. I’ll keep you warm and safe in my people zoo, where I can watch you for ol’ times sake.” MORE
At approximately the 10:20 minute mark, a clip of an interview with Dick Morris: “Those people who have been yelling the UN is going to take over the global government,” with Hannity inserting “conspiracy theorists,” to which Morris continues on to say “They’ve been CRAZY, but now they’re right!.”
IT’S never been seen before: three Category 4 hurricanes marching across the Pacific at the same time. It’s an event which has Hawaii battening down the hatches.
They’re named Kilo, Ignacio, and Jimena. MORE