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Interstellar Lab unveils futuristic potential-Mars settlement village; to open for public in 2021
Science | Jan 24, 2020, 08:31 AM ISTLittle over 2 years after its launch, Interstellar Lab has unveiled an experimental Bioregenerative station (EBIOS), a potential-Mars settlement village on trial basis. It will open for public in 2021. The station will also be used as a research center for astronauts training.
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4 die in plane crash at California airport; flight movement affected
World | Jan 23, 2020, 07:09 AM ISTFour people were killed when an airplane crashed at Corona Municipal Airport in California on Wednesday, according to local authorities.
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Mother beaten, left with broken nose by teenage girls after she intervenes in bullying
Crime | Jan 14, 2020, 09:40 AM ISTIn California, United States, a mother was left with a broken nose after teenage girls beat her viciously. The girls were allegedly bullying her daughter, after she interveined, she was given a hard beating.
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Video: Massive traffic jam on icy state highways in snow-blanketed California
India | Dec 29, 2019, 12:47 PM ISTMajor interstates reopened in Southern California on Friday after lengthy closures caused by a cold storm that drenched the region and blanketed mountains and desert areas with heavy snow. The notorious Grapevine section of Interstate 5 in towering Tejon Pass north of Los Angeles was finally opened after a 36-hour closure forced by dangerous conditions that set in Christmas night.
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Dine like a star at these celebrity owned restaurants in California
Travel | Dec 27, 2019, 06:47 PM ISTVacationing in the USA? Check out these best celebrity restaurants in California that you'll love!
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Wildfires cause turmoil in CA property insurance market
World | Dec 25, 2019, 10:17 AM ISTKent Michitsch seemed to be running out of traditional options to insure the home he’s lived in for more than 30 years northeast of San Diego as California’s massive property insurance market reels from three consecutive years of destructive wildfires.
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US awards immigration detention contracts in California
World | Dec 24, 2019, 11:16 AM ISTThe Trump administration awarded billions of dollars in contracts for private companies to operate immigration detention centers in California —- less than two weeks before a new state law takes effect to prohibit them. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in October to ban contracts for for-profit prisons starting Jan. 1. Supporters hoped the law would force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to look elsewhere after current contracts expire.
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Hate crime: Sikh taxi driver brutally assaulted in US
India | Dec 19, 2019, 04:46 PM ISTBaljeet Singh Sidhu, who works as a mail carrier and an Uber driver, was attacked on Sunday while he was parking his car outside his home near Hilltop Mall, Richmond, California.
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Indian-American killed in terrorist attack in Kabul
India | Nov 27, 2019, 07:12 AM IST“I want to confirm with a heavy heart that a United States citizen, Anil Raj of California, was killed in a terrorist attack on a UN vehicle in Kabul on November 24. There were five other civilians who were injured, including staff,” Pompeo told reporters at a news conference Washington.
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California sues largest manufacturer of e-cigarettes
World | Nov 19, 2019, 10:41 AM ISTE-cigarettes are facing increasing restrictions in the US, with prohibitions on the local and state level and the threat by President Donald Trump to prohibit marketing the products on the national level.
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Utility hints at possible power outage in California
World | Nov 18, 2019, 03:33 PM ISTThe utility said the lack of rain, dry vegetation, recent extreme winds, as well as above-average temperatures for this time of year were likely to ignite wildfires.
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10 shot, 4 killed at backyard football party in California
World | Nov 18, 2019, 12:58 PM ISTThe shooting took place about 6 p.m. on the city’s southeast side where people were gathered to watch a football game, Fresno Police Lt. Bill Dooley said.
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16-year-old California school gunman dies
World | Nov 16, 2019, 10:14 AM ISTThe US journal Education Week has been listing school shootings since 2018. It said that there has been 22 incidents that have resulted in death or injury so far in 2019. There were 24 such incidents last year, it added, but the casualty toll was higher, at 114.
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Photos: New Southern California wildfire engulfs 9000 acres of land
World | Nov 02, 2019, 07:22 AM ISTThe fire burned down the sides of a mountain bordered by agricultural land, the small city of Santa Paula and other communities as it grew to about 14 square miles (36 square kilometers). Airplanes tried to flank it with long drops of retardant while helicopters dropped loads of water.
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Shootout at Halloween party in California; 4 dead, several injured
World | Nov 01, 2019, 09:44 PM ISTFour people were killed and four were wounded at a Halloween night party shooting at a large rental home in a wealthy San Francisco Bay Area community, police said Friday.
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Luxury homes scorched, celebs flee as wildfires rage across California
World | Oct 29, 2019, 09:55 AM ISTSome 2.2 million people lacked electricity after California’s biggest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, shut it off over the weekend in the northern part of the state to prevent its equipment from sparking blazes during windy weather.
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Mass blackout in California amid raging wildfires
World | Oct 27, 2019, 07:00 PM ISTA second massive blaze in suburban Los Angeles termed the Tick Fire had charred 4,615 acres and was 55 per cent contained as of Saturday evening.
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More than 50,000 evacuated due to wild fire in California
World | Oct 27, 2019, 12:57 PM ISTAccording to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), the wild fire ignited Wednesday night exploded very fast, scorching over 25,455 acre (103 square km) by Saturday morning with only 10 per cent containment.
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Massive wildfire in California prompts evacuation
World | Oct 25, 2019, 12:57 PM ISTThe fire was reported to have started near the Geysers Geothermal Plant, the world's largest geothermal field, but there officials were yet to ascertain it.
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California to ban smoking on state parks, beaches
World | Oct 12, 2019, 05:59 PM ISTCalifornia will ban smoking on state parks and beaches starting next year under legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.