Another wildfire, possibly sparked by a downed powerline, broke out Wednesday and forced the evacuation of buildings on a large central California military base where another blaze has been burning all week, officials said.
The new blaze broke out at 2 p.m. on the north side of the coastal, mostly undeveloped Vandenberg Air Force Base is unrelated to the other fire that's on the south side, base officials said.
2nd wildfire breaks out on California military base
Tulsa DA Charges Cop Who Killed Terence Crutcher
Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby will be charged with first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Terence Crutcher, according to the Tulsa County district attorney. Shelby will turn herself in, according to her attorney, Scott Wood.
Shelby reacted "unreasonably by escalating the situation from a confrontation" with Crutcher, according to an affidavit by an investigator with the Tulsa County District Attorney's Office. Shelby became "emotionally involved" to the point that she overreacted, the affidavit states, adding that she was "not able to see any weapons or bulges indicating a weapon was present."
Trump's campaign paid his businesses $8.2 million
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has paid his family's businesses more than $8.2 million, according to a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance filings, which reveals an integrated business and political operation without precedent in national politics.
The GOP presidential nominee’s campaign has paid his various businesses for services including rent for his campaign offices ($1.3 million), food and facilities for events and meetings ($544,000) and payroll for Trump corporate staffers ($333,000) who helped with everything from his traveling security to his wife’s convention speech.
Yahoo may confirm massive data breach
Internet portal and search firm Yahoo may confirm this week a massive data breach that exposed information about tens of millions of its users, according to the technology news website Recode.The confirmation would follow a Yahoo investigation into claims that surfaced in early August that a hacker using the name "Peace" was trying to sell the usernames, passwords and dates of birth of Yahoo account users on the dark web — a black market of thousands of secret websites.
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State of emergency declared in Charlotte
Residents of Charlotte, North Carolina, woke to a state of emergency on Thursday with National Guard troops deployed on the streets after a second night of violent protests over the fatal police shooting of a black man.
One person was on life support after being shot by a civilian late Wednesday as riot police used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades to try to disperse demonstrators who looted stores and threw rocks, bottles and fireworks.
Four police officers suffered non-life threatening injuries, city officials said.
Texas threatens to leave federal refugee resettlement program
Texas threatened to leave the federal refugee resettlement program, citing security concerns in seeking a more thorough examination of refugees.
On Wednesday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said his state told the Office of Refugee Resettlement, an agency of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, it would leave the program unless a state plan requiring additional vetting of refugees is approved.
Chelsea Manning readies for disciplinary hearing over suicide attempt
Chelsea Manning goes before a three-member disciplinary board of the US army on Thursday charged with interfering with the “good order” of the military prison in which she is held by attempting suicide, an offence that could lead to indefinite solitary confinement.
Manning, who is serving 35 years at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas for leaking a vast trove of secret documents on the US war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan, required hospital treatment after she attempted to kill herself in July. The military authorities generated outrage by responding to the army private’s act of despair by charging her with a number of serious disciplinary counts.
Team Hillary Recruits ‘West Wing’ Cast to Campaign in Ohio
On Wednesday afternoon, the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign announced that cast members from The West Wing—Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed NBC series about a fictional Democratic administration and a beloved liberal president—will campaign for the Democratic nominee in Ohio on Saturday and Sunday.
West Wing stars Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Dulé Hill, Richard Schiff, Joshua Malina, and Mary McCormack are set to participate in organizing and GOTV events in the Buckeye State, including ones in Cleveland, Toledo, Dayton, and Columbus areas.
Puerto Rico Entirely Without Power After Power-Plant Fire
A big fire erupted at an electricity plant that powers most of Puerto Rico on Wednesday, causing a blackout that swept across the U.S. territory of 3.5 million people.
The Electric Power Authority said two transmission lines of 230,000 volts each failed. Executive Director Javier Quintana told reporters that he expected most power to be restored by Thursday morning.
Puerto Rico’s fire department said it had extinguished the blaze at the southern power plant, which serves a majority of customers on the island.
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