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Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California's largest lake

Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California's largest lake

CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Near Southern California’s dying Salton Sea, a canopy next to a geothermal power plant covers large vats of salty water left behind after super-hot liquid is drilled from deep underground to run steam turbines.
Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California's largest lake

Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California's largest lake

CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Near Southern California’s dying Salton Sea, a canopy next to a geothermal power plant covers large containers of salty water left behind after super-hot liquid is drilled from deep underground to run steam turbines.
6 California families who were in Afghanistan make it out

6 California families who were in Afghanistan make it out

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Six families from a San Diego suburb have now made it safely out of Afghanistan after they went to the country earlier this summer to visit relatives and got stuck there amid the chaos following the Taliban’s takeover, officials said
Bali bomb case starts in Guantanamo 18 years after capture

Bali bomb case starts in Guantanamo 18 years after capture

NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (AP) — Three prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center had their first day in court Monday after being held by the U.S.
Stephens, Keys have practice plans wrecked by US Open match

Stephens, Keys have practice plans wrecked by US Open match

NEW YORK (AP) — Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys are close friends who last week were supposed to be practice partners. Once the U.S. Open draw was unveiled, those plans were scrapped.
Cougar that was kept as illegal pet removed from NYC home

Cougar that was kept as illegal pet removed from NYC home

NEW YORK (AP) — An 80-pound cougar was removed from a New York City apartment where she was being kept illegally as a pet, animal welfare officials said Monday.
Report: White child put strap on Black child's neck at camp

Report: White child put strap on Black child's neck at camp

A white child at a summer camp on Martha's Vineyard placed a tent strap around the neck of a Black camper last month, in an act that a civil rights group representing the boy called “reminiscent of lynching” on Monday as it urged reform.
Even as COVID cases rise, US Open, other events welcome fans

Even as COVID cases rise, US Open, other events welcome fans

NEW YORK (AP) — Full-throated shouts and hearty applause returned to the U.S. Open tennis tournament Monday, bursts of sound that offered some form of reaction to nearly each and every action.
GOP's Larry Elder looks for shock win in California recall

GOP's Larry Elder looks for shock win in California recall

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s next governor could be a Black conservative who would erase state vaccine and mask mandates, is critical of gun control, disputes the notion of systemic racism in America and opposes the minimum wage because he says it
Man testifies against R. Kelly in sex-trafficking trial

Man testifies against R. Kelly in sex-trafficking trial

NEW YORK (AP) — After several days of testimony from women claiming they were groomed and sexually abused by R.
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