Good news for one small part of California; it’s not considered drought-ridden, like the rest of the state, anymore. The area, which represents .16% of the state and lies near Lake Havasu and the Colorado River, was removed from the drought list shown in the U.S. Drought Monitor Report, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Chris Paul didn’t mince words after the Los Angeles Clippers lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-94 on Thursday night, bitterly accusing Lauren Holtkamp of making a “ridiculous” call when she called a technical foul on him. The NBA’s premier point guard opined “this might not be for her.”
The only man with five rings calls the newest member of the four-ring club a cheater.
In another story in a series of parents leaving infants in the freezing cold while they cavorted somewhere else, a 26-year-old Connecticut woman allegedly left her two-week-old son outside in the car while she went shopping in a sex store with her male friend.
Tom Brady, who has taken heat for the deflated footballs used in the AFC Championship Game, inflated the spirits of one young boy with Down Syndrome when he invited him for an impromptu ride on a duck boat during the New England Patriots victory parade.
One of the largest data breaches in history was revealed Wednesday, as health insurance giant Anthem Inc. acknowledged its computer system was violated starting on December 10. The company noticed the breach on January 27 and verified it two days later.
House Democrats, knowing their primary allegiance is to Barack Obama, met Wednesday with Israeli officials in an attempt to forestall Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled speech to Congress about a nuclear Iran.
According to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign consultant David Axelrod, Hillary Clinton was desperate enough in 2008 when she ran against Obama to offer former Senator John Edwards the attorney general slot if he left the presidential campaign and she won the presidency.
The Broad Foundation, disappointed with the lack of progress in urban school districts, has suspended its $1 million scholarship prize.
California Latinos, frustrated because of the seeming anointment of California Attorney General Kamala Harris to replace Barbara Boxer in the United States Senate and the Democratic Party’s apparent willingness to ignore the huge Latino bloc in the state, have launched a campaign to raise the profile of Latino candidates, most notably former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
New England Patriots’ Coach Bill Belichick, largely seen as a ruthless tactician who has often exhibited less-than-gracious behavior, showed great magnanimity toward opposing Super Bowl coach Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks when asked about the controversial Seahawk play call that resulted in Malcolm Butler’s game-sealing interception.
Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia University senior who has become a national icon for women by carrying a mattress wherever she goes to remind the public of her claim that she was sexually assaulted by fellow student Paul Nungesser, reportedly sent romantic Facebook messages to Nungesser after the alleged assault, including, “I love you.”
Jim Clifton, the Chairman and CEO at Gallup, has acknowledged the dirty little secret that the Obama administration and their media lapdogs assiduously attempt to hide: the official unemployment rate reported by the U.S. Department of Labor does not accurately reflect the grim reality of American unemployment.
California’s project bullet train hit a speed bump last week as the federal government’s Fish and Wildlife Service nailed the California High-Speed Rail Authority for violating federal protections for the endangered San Joaquin kit fox.
A student at Florin High School in Sacramento tested positive for tuberculosis last week, prompting the school to schedule testing for the disease among 150 other students beginning Tuesday, according to Capital Public Radio.
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, who has entertained thoughts of conspiracies before, notably one surrounding 9/11/2001, may not be so entertained by a conspiracy theory revolving around his end-of-game Super Bowl play call that went awry and sealed the doom of his team.
A couple left two children, a 22-month-old boy and his slightly older sister, alone in a gray Volvo on a Washington, D.C. street Saturday afternoon while they went to a wine-tasting at a restaurant down the street. The temperature was 28 degrees, and not only did neither child have gloves or a hat, the boy had no shoes or socks. Police said the girl was “hysterically crying.”
Having lost the religious battle in Scandinavia to Christianity over 1,000 years ago, the Norse gods are making a comeback in Iceland.
Fans didn’t know Malcolm Butler and Chris Matthews before the Super Bowl. They know the Patriots defensive back and the Seahawks receiver now.
An Ohio State University (OSU) professor, concerned about the self-absorption exhibited by those who take selfies, has a new target: the selfie stick, a metal rod attached to smartphones that enables picture-takers to photograph themselves from farther away, thus including more people.
Parishioners praying Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday were confronted by one dozen demonstrators protesting the Pope’s decision to canonize Father Junipero Serra.
Alabama’s probate judges who do not believe in same-sex marriages are waiting to see what will happen after a Mobile judge ruled on January 23 that Alabama’s constitutional and statutory ban on gay marriages violated the U.S. Constitution.
A controversy has erupted in Stockton, CA over the fatal shooting of a man armed with a claw hammer. According to the police, just before midnight on Tuesday, they received a call from Matautu Nuu’s family, frightened because he was drunk, armed with a hammer, and vandalizing the residence.
A potential explosion of measles could have been triggered by a college student infected with the disease who traveled by train from New York City to northern New York State last Sunday. The student, who attends Bard College, traveled on the 1:20 p.m. train from Penn station to Rhinecliff, N.Y. with a stop in Albany.
An estimated $10 billion will be wagered worldwide on Super Bowl XLIX, according to RJ Bell of Vegas-based Pregame.com.
