Fire Destroys Home Depot Store in Northern California | nation

AP SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A weekend fire has wiped out a Home Depot store in the San Francisco Bay Area, throwing up a huge plume of smoke and prompting some nearby residents to seek shelter, authorities said. The five-alarm fire in South San Jose broke out around 5 p.m. Saturday and took about … Read more

Mississippi mayor vetoes cameras to identify uninsured drivers national politics

COLUMBUS, Mississippi (AP) — A Mississippi mayor has vetoed a proposal to install cameras that would help police identify and penalize uninsured drivers. Columbus Mayor Keith Gaskin said in his veto Friday that the city lacks an attorney general’s opinion on whether the use of surveillance equipment for this purpose is permitted, the Commercial Dispatch … Read more

Sri Lankans occupy the entrance to the President’s office on the second day | national politics

By KRISHAN FRANCIS – Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Sri Lankan protesters occupied the entrance to the president’s office for a second day on Sunday, demanding Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation over the debt-ridden country’s worst economic crisis on record. Hundreds of protesters braved heavy rain with raincoats and umbrellas and chanted anti-government slogans. Some … Read more

Pressure mounts on Sri Lankan leader to quit amid crisis | national politics

By KRISHAN FRANCIS – Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Thousands of Sri Lankans rallied in the country’s central business district and Christian clergymen marched in the capital to observe a day of protests on Saturday that have called for the indebted nation’s president to resign amid fear and anger bottlenecks were brewing. Demonstrators … Read more