COMPTON, Calif. – A huge fire visible across Los Angeles burned stacks of pallets in a commercial yard and buses parked in a neighboring lot early Friday.The inferno erupted in Compton before dawn and created a massive column of smoke that rose high into the sky and spread widely across the metropolitan area. Firefighters battle……

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Pythons, iguanas, monitor lizards, oh my! Florida is moving to restrict 16 invasive reptile species that have wreaked havoc in the Everglades and across the state.Burmese pythons, in particular, have been especially destructive to native wildlife.PYTHON-SNIFFING DOGS IN FLORIDA START SUCCESSFULLY TRACKING INVASIVE SPECIES”Breeding invasive species in Florida is like……

Commissioners in the city where Black teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer nine years ago Friday have agreed to form an advisory committee to study how race, class and gender can lead to social inequities.The 15-member “Race, Equality, Equity and Inclusion” group will be made up of residents, people who work……

NEW YORK (AP) – Decades after going to prison, some of the men responsible for the World Trade Center bombing that killed six people 28 years ago Friday are still trying to whittle down their onetime life sentences on the remote chance that they could someday be freed.And they are having some success.In the last……

The woman who became the Army’s first female infantry officer is now speaking out against lowering fitness standards for females in a test that evaluates troops’ combat readiness, arguing that doing so would ”not only undermine their credibility, but also place those women, their teammates and the mission at risk.” The comments from Capt. Kristen Griest, an Army Ranger School graduate, come following reports this month that the U.S. Army is considering revamping the way it scores its new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) to account for the biological differences between……

A legislative committee in Colorado has advanced a bill that would give recent and future victims of child sexual assault unlimited time to sue their abusers.Lawmakers on the Senate Health and Human Services Committee unanimously passed the bill on Wednesday, The Colorado Sun reported. It will next head to the full Senate for debate.Currently, victims of child……

The U.S. military strike against Iranian proxy forces in Syria was carried out by Air Force F-15 jet fighters dropping a total of seven 500-pound laser-guided bombs, it has emerged Friday – but not all the original targets were destroyed. The mission called for two separate compounds in Syria to be hit. However, U.S. officials tell Fox News the second target was aborted when a drone orbiting high……

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).The family of a U.S. Capitol Police officer who took his own life in the days following the Jan. 6 insurrection has released a public statement calling for him to be recognized as suffering a line of duty death,……