COLOMBO (News 1st) - The US District Court for the Central District of California granted former Secretary of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s motion to dismiss Ahimsa Wickrematunge’s lawsuit against him for the assassination of her father, Lasantha Wickrematunge. The court held it lacks jurisdiction...

Reuters: Police and ambulances raced to a shooting at a food festival in California on Sunday (July 28), with four people reported dead and several injured, and video posted on social media showing people at the event running for cover as shots rang out. Police chief Scot Smithee said four people...

Reuters - A California gym is harnessing human workout energy and turning it into electricity to power the facility. Sacramento Eco Fitness has installed a non-motorized treadmill and several upright cycles made by Washington-based equipment manufacturer SportsArt. The cardio machines have built-...

REUTERS: A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Southern California on Friday (July 5), a day after the strongest quake in the region in 25 years. At a supermarket in Hawthorne, signs swung as shoppers browsed the aisles. The quake hit the town of Ridgecrest on the edge of Death Valley National ...

Reuters: A gown worn to the 1974 Academy Awards and more than 1,200 other items from the life of late actress Elizabeth Taylor will be offered for sale at an auction in early December, Julien's Auctions announced today (July 3). The pale blue chiffon dress that Taylor wore to the Oscars, which wa...