Wildfire sparks panicked evacuations in Los Angeles suburb
A fast-moving wildfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and sparked panicked evacuations Tuesday as "life threatening" winds whipped the region.
Read more
NASA eyes SpaceX, Blue Origin to cut Mars rock retrieval costs
NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of returning Martian rocks collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth.
Read moreEyeing green legacy, Biden declares new US national monuments
Joe Biden is set to designate two new US national monuments -- sprawling parks -- in California as he looks to secure his environmental legacy in the waning days of his presidency.
Read more
Venezuela's Gonzalez Urrutia says son-in-law detained in new clampdown
Venezuela's Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who the opposition says won a July presidential election over incumbent Nicolas Maduro, said Tuesday his son-in-law was detained by "hooded men."
Read more
Invisible man: German startup bets on remote driver
With no one in the driver seat, the SUV pulling up resembles an autonomous robotaxi like those becoming increasingly present in some cities -- but the car from German startup Vay is something else.
Read more
Turkey threatens military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters
Turkey threatened Tuesday to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they accepted Ankara's conditions for a "bloodless" transition after the fall of strongman president Bashar al-Assad.
Read moreLoeb crashes out as teenager wins Dakar stage
Sebastien Loeb was forced to withdraw from the Dakar Rally after a crash on Tuesday, denying the Frenchman his dream of a first title in the event.
Read more
Second accused in Liam Payne drug death surrenders: Argentine police
The second of two men accused of supplying drugs to British singer Liam Payne, who plunged to his death from a third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires last year, has turned himself in, Argentine police said Tuesday.
Read more
Disinformation experts slam Meta decision to end US fact-checking
Tech giant Meta's shock announcement to end its US fact-checking program triggered scathing criticism Tuesday from disinformation researchers who warned it risked opening the floodgates for proliferating false narratives.
Read more
Freewheeling Trump sets out US territorial ambitions
Donald Trump threatened military action to secure the Panama Canal and economic force against neighboring Canada, in a meandering press conference Tuesday a day after Congress certified his election victory.
Read moreIn The News
