Magnitude 3.8 earthquake shakes Malibu, LA’s Westside (2024)

It wouldn’t be a modern U.S. holiday without social media shared messages and greetings, and it’s fair to say that former President Donald Trump’s unorthodox approach to holiday well-wishing has itself become something of a tradition.

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre. The recognition came Thursday in a letter addressed to Senegalese authorities. Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought in the World War II Battle of France in 1940 were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 by French soldiers after what the French described as a mutiny over unpaid wages. The West Africans were members of a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army. Senegal's president said he hopes Macron's letter will help “open the door” so that the “whole truth about this painful event” can finally come out.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a new plan to protect the state’s iconic Joshua trees, which are imperiled by wildfires, human development and climate change. The 294-page draft plan includes calls for avoiding or minimizing direct and indirect impacts from overgrazing, pesticide use and unauthorized off-roading. It also says trees should be removed when projects could harm them. The plan also says land where the trees grow should be identified and protected in a future projected to be drier and hotter due to climate change.

LOS ANGELES — The owner of the Inglewood Oil Field is suing the state of California in an attempt to invalidate a state law that will require the energy company to cease production and plug all of its wells — or pay costly fines.

PITTSBURGH — For the opening of buck season on Saturday and the rest of firearms deer season, many local hunters won't be leaving Allegheny County.

DETROIT — The Detroit Lions were on their way to a peaceful Thanksgiving Day win over the Chicago Bears.

A 16-year-old has died after being hit by a stray bullet on a St. Louis highway. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Colin Brown was shot Saturday while being driven home from playing a hockey game. Police say the high school junior died in a hospital Wednesday. Police are calling the shooting on Interstate 55 random and rare. There have been no arrests so far, but police have received tips and video evidence. More than 200 people attended a vigil for Brown on Monday.

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A critical goal of Minnesota’s first lottery for people seeking cannabis business licenses was to give a select number of cultivators the opportunity to immediately begin growing, helping establish a supply chain of marijuana ahead of next year’s retail market launch.

The Super Bowl will have some Louisiana flavor: Multi-talented performer Jon Batiste will hit the pregame stage to sing the national anthem, while Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle are to perform “America the Beautiful.” The performances will take place Feb. 9 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans before the NFL’s championship matchup and halftime show featuring Kendrick Lamar. Ledisi will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as part of the pregame performances that will air on Fox. All the pregame performers are Louisiana natives. The national anthem and “America the Beautiful” will be performed by actor Stephanie Nogueras in American sign language. Otis Jones IV will sign “Lift Every Voice and Sing."

PITTSBURGH — When most people think of wildfires, they envision the thousands of acres in the western United States burned to ashes each year.

Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv’s game against Besiktas in the Europa League has been played without incident before empty stands in Hungary, with the stadium closed to fans over security concerns following attacks on Israeli supporters in Amsterdam this month. Maccabi won the game 3-1 on a cold and rainy evening in Debrecen, Hungary’s second-largest city. Groups of police patrolled outside the stadium but security levels did not appear overwhelming in the city of around 200,000 residents. The Thursday match was Maccabi’s first in Europe since its fans were assaulted in the Netherlands on Nov. 7 in attacks that were condemned as antisemitic by authorities in Israel and across Europe.

George Russell says Formula 1 drivers have a simple question for the sport’s governing body: which race official will be “getting fired" next? Russell is a director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, which represents the F1 drivers. His comments continue a split between the drivers and the FIA this season both over a rapid turnover of key officials and other issues, like a push to punish drivers for swearing. Russell’s comments followed a report by the BBC that two more officials had left suddenly ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix.

President-elect Donald Trump wished his friends and enemies a “Happy Thanksgiving” on Thursday, specifically saving time for “radical left lunatics.”

BOSTON — Boston police raided two residences in Dorchester over the past week, seizing nearly 100 grams of fentanyl and nearly $90,000 in cash from two men charged with trafficking the drug, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.

Several Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut have been targeted by bomb threats on their homes. Reps. Jim Himes, Joe Courtney and John Larson all reported that they received the threats Thursday. No evidence of a bomb was found by police on their properties. This comes a day after a number of President-elect Donald Trump ’s most prominent Cabinet picks and appointees were targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks." The FBI is investigating.

San Jose State says it's disappointed that Boise State forfeited its semifinal match in the Mountain West women's volleyball tournament but is focused on the future. Boise State pulled out of the conference tournament Wednesday night after securing a spot in Friday's semifinals against the Spartans earlier that day. The Broncos didn’t announce explicitly say why they withdrew. But a lawsuit was recently filedin Colorado by players from various schools against the conference and San Jose State officials calling for a Spartans player not to be allowed to participate in the tournament. They cited unspecified reports asserting there was a transgender player on the San Jose State volleyball team. San Jose State has not confirmed the school has a trans women’s volleyball player.

LOS ANGELES — Law enforcement officials seized nearly $3 million in psilocybin mushrooms from a Lake Elsinore home this week and arrested one person as part of an investigation into an alleged "large-scale" mushroom growing operation, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

An Arizona man has been arrested by the feds for sharing expletive-laden videos “on a near-daily basis” that show him brandishing an automatic rifle as he threatens to kill President-elect Donald Trump and members of Trump’s family.

LOS ANGELES — Law enforcement officials seized nearly $3 million in psilocybin mushrooms from a Lake Elsinore home this week and arrested one person as part of an investigation into an alleged "large-scale" mushroom growing operation, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

Tommy DeVito is inactive for the Giants’ visit to the Dallas Cowboys because of a sore throwing arm, leaving Drew Lock as the Thanksgiving Day starter for New York. DeVito started last weekend in place of the benched and subsequently released Daniel Jones and was anticipating a return to the site of his first career start for the Giants last year. Instead, DeVito came out of the 30-7 loss to Tampa Bay with a sore arm. He delayed the trip to Texas to continue treatment, but there wasn’t enough recovery time.

Being convicted of tampering with a corpse tends to get a lawyer disbarred, so Nina Beltran aka Nina Marano saved the Florida Bar and state Supreme Court the trouble — she requested disciplinary revocation..

The Kansas City Chiefs activated running back Isiah Pacheco and defensive end Charles Omenihu on Thursday, and both are expected to be on the field when the Super Bowl champions play the Las Vegas Raiders on Friday. Pacheco has been on injured reserve since Week 2, when he fractured his right fibula against Cincinnati. Omenihu has not been on the field since tearing his right ACL in the playoffs last year. As expected, the Chiefs ruled out fill-in kicker Spencer Shrader after he strained his hamstring earlier in the week. Matthew Wright will handle kicking duties against the Raiders.

Venezuelan lawmakers have approved a bill that codifies economic sanctions, like those imposed by the United States, as a crime against humanity and allows the prosecution of anyone who expresses support for the measures. Thursday's move follows the White House’s decision to impose sanctions on dozens of individuals it accused of undermining Venezuela’s July presidential election. The bill approved by Venezuela’s unicameral National Assembly bans supporters of economic sanctions from running for office and allows authorities to prosecute them in absentia and seize their property.

The New Mexico Court of Appeals has upheld state regulations aimed at cracking down on emissions from the oil and natural gas industry. The case centered on a rule adopted in 2022 that called for curbing the pollutants that react with heat and sunlight to create ground-level ozone. The Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico argued that the rule disproportionately affected independent operators in what is one of the nation's top producing states. The group is considering its legal options. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's administration says regulations to curb emissions from the industry were properly developed and supported with evidence.

Tens of thousands of residents who have started streaming back into southern Lebanon to check on their homes are finding that they have lost everything. People started going back after the U.S.-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect early Wednesday. Intense Israeli airstrikes over the past two months have leveled entire neighborhoods in eastern and southern Lebanon, and in the southern suburbs of Beirut, and nearly 1.2 million people have been displaced. Now, many of those who are going back are finding that their homes and businesses have been destroyed. Who will pay for the reconstruction is unclear. Iran has offered to help, but it’s under Western sanctions and its economy has suffered.

Liberia's former warlord and senator Prince Johnson, one of the main actors in the country’s horrific civil wars, died at the age of 72. Johnson, who once videotaped himself drinking Budweiser as his men cut off the ears of a former president, was elected senator in 2006 and remained active in politics after the civil war ended. Civil wars in Liberia, characterized by widespread mass killings, torture and sexual violence, killed an estimated 250,000 people between 1989 and 2003. Johnson was named as “most notorious perpetrators” by Liberia’s post-war truth and reconciliation committee, and was accused of killing, extortion, massacre, torture and rape among other charges.

A Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife by poisoning her protein shakes has been charged with trying to get a fellow jail inmate to kill a detective investigating the murder case. Prosecutors filed two new charges against James Craig last week — solicitation to commit murder as well as solicitation to commit perjury. The charging document does not say who Craig allegedly wanted to have killed but a spokesperson for police in the city of Aurora confirmed Wednesday that alleged intended victim was one of its detectives. Craig's latest lawyer asked to leave the case last week and no new lawyer is listed as representing Craig yet.

Ajae Petty scored 24 points on 11-of-13 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead No. 11 Ohio State to a 70-47 win over Old Dominion in the Daytona Beach Classic. Petty scored the first four points of the game and the Buckeyes never trailed. Jaloni Cambridge added 15 points and six assists for Ohio State, which plays Utah State on Friday. Simaru Fields and Brenda Fontana both had 11 points for the Monarchs. The Buckeyes went 4 of 16 in the first quarter but held the Monarchs to 2 of 10. The teams combined for 23 turnovers. Behind Petty, a graduate transfer from Kentucky who was 5 of 6, Ohio State was 9 of 18 in the second quarter and raced to a 34-14 halftime lead.

Jacob Rinehart, who was injured while training to be a Marine, was surprised recently when Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson knocked on his door and gave him four tickets to the Thanksgiving game against the Chicago Bears. Rinehart watched warmups at Ford Field in Detroit on Thursday morning along the sideline, where team owner Sheila Ford Hamp told him he had two tickets for the Super Bowl and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown stopped by to autograph his jersey.

NEW YORK — The sister of movie star Nargis Fakhri has been arrested for murder for allegedly starting a blaze in a fit of jealousy in a Queens garage that killed the suspect’s ex-boyfriend and his new female friend, the Daily News has learned.

NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted and blocked the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday, leading to 21 arrests, police said.

Canada’s premiers are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up border security and defense spending to assuage U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s concerns, with the leader of the largest province calling the federal government “slow to react” and “stuck on its back foot.”

President Vladimir Putin warned that his forces could strike “decision-making centers” in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with new ballistic missiles as retaliation for attacks on Russia using Western missiles.

One of Denmark’s largest cellphone networks suffered severe outages Thursday that prevented people from contacting emergency services, forced at least one hospital to reduce non-critical medical care, and prompted security services in some regions to patrol the streets in search of people in need to help. The network provider, TDC Net, said the problems were likely due an update carried out in the past 24 hours and it had no reason to believe that disruptions could be due to cyber attacks. Danish media said trains and buses in parts of the country also suffered delays due to signaling issues. Danish intelligence agencies could not confirm if the two incidents were related.

A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah brought calm to the countries’ border area, though reactions were varied from the many thousands displaced by the conflict on both sides.

Romania’s top court ordered a recount after a little-known ultranationalist candidate scored a surprise victory in Sunday’s presidential election, as a security panel said the contest was affected by a cyber operation aimed at influencing the outcome.

Authorities have recovered 37 gold coins that were stolen by salvagers from a nearly 310-year-old shipwreck off of Florida’s coast. The state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the recovery on Tuesday. The coins have an estimated combined value of more than $1 million. They were salvaged from the 1715 Fleet. The fleet is a collection of Spanish treasure-laden ships that sank during a hurricane off of Florida’s central coast. Authorities say the recovery is a milestone in a long-standing investigation into the theft and illegal trafficking of such historical artifacts.

The number of people who play tennis has surpassed 100 million worldwide, according to the International Tennis Federation. A global report released by the federation on Thursday said that nearly 106 million people around the world played at least one game of tennis in the last year, an increase of 25% compared to 2019. The federation said it was on track to add 30 million players to the game since that report in 2019.

Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis is taking a lot of punishment on the field this season. The second-year quarterback just started his 17th NFL game and is busy learning a second different offense in as many seasons. His coaches are working fast to help Levis learn how to adjust for the next play. Levis is coming off his first victory this season that he both started and finished. He also was sacked eight times. First-year coach Brian Callahan says he sees the quarterback taking a different approach to playing the position. The result is Levis being more efficient even with room for improvement.