With the strongest Diablo winds and fire weather of the season predicted for Sunday, Pacific Gas & Electric says it will shut off power for roughly 361,000 customers in Northern California. “We are seeing a dangerous combination of factors with this forecast. High winds, extremely low humidity, record dry fuels on the ground and severe…… MORE
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says President Donald Trump can still win the 2020 election because delegitimizing the race’s outcome is “how he plays.” “I’m one of those folks, or competitors, it’s not over till the bell rings. And I feel superstitious when I predict anything other than going to be a hard fight,” Biden…… MORE
Rapper Silentó, best known for the hit single “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” was arrested in Atlanta this weekend after driving 143 mph in a 65-mph zone, according to a DeKalb County Police Department incident report. The incident took place Friday when an officer reported seeing a white SUV traveling south on Interstate 85 “at a…… MORE
Dunkin Brands’, the parent company of Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins, is in “preliminary discussions” to be acquired by private equity-backed Inspire Brands. The potential deal was first reported by the New York Times on Sunday. Inspire would purchase Dunkin’ Brands at $106.50 per share, the Times reported, citing two people with knowledge of the negotiations. That…… MORE
Pre-election voting for the November election has surpassed all 2016 early ballots cast with 9 days left until Election Day. More than 58.7 million Americans have voted so far, according to a survey of election officials in all 50 states and Washington, DC, by CNN, Edison Research and Catalist. In 2016, around 58.3 million pre-election…… MORE
Drake has announced a new studio album called “Certified Lover Boy” for release in January 2021. The Canadian rapper released a short teaser Saturday — which also happened to be his 34th birthday — via his record label, OVO Sound, on social media. The 1-minute clip starts with a young boy looking into the sky…… MORE
The US Navy has identified the two-person crew killed Friday when a training aircraft crashed in a small town outside Mobile, Alabama. In a news release Sunday, the Navy identified the victims as Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross, 30, from Wixom, Michigan, and 24-year-old US Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett of Weddington, North Carolina. Ross was…… MORE
Patrick Mahomes — football star, fiancé and soon to be #GirlDad! The 25-year-old Kansas City Chiefs quarterback announced on Instagram that he and high-school sweetheart Brittany Matthews are expecting a baby girl. In the elaborate gender reveal video, Mahomes and his fiancée stood in front of a massive display of blue and pink balloons while…… MORE
A Confederate monument that stood at the steps of the Montgomery County, Alabama, courthouse for over a century now resides in a cemetery. For months, the memorial, topped with a statue of a Confederate soldier, had faced protests and vandalism. Over the summer, protesters, along with various groups including Black Lives Matter, the Rosa Parks…… MORE
President Donald Trump keeps saying that Democratic-run states are “closed” or “shut down.” Trump has repeatedly made such accusations in the past week. At the final presidential debate on Thursday night, he singled out New York, North Carolina, California, Pennsylvania and Michigan — even claiming that Michigan is so restrictive, it has been “like a…… MORE
