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LOS ANGELES — Crews working around the clock have cleared boulders, trees and crushed cars from all lanes of U.S. 101, but California officials still weren’t sure Monday when the key coastal highway might reopen after being inundated during mudslides that killed 20 people. Much of the water on the roadway near the devastated town of Montecito had receded by Sunday, allowing workers to use bulldozers and other heavy equipment to push away solid debris that was still several feet deep.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — La próxima fase de colección de datos está bajo tus pies. Los clics en la web dan a los minoristas información valiosa sobre los hábitos de los consumidores, pero ¿qué pueden aprender de los pasos? Es una pregunta que la nueva compañía Scanalytics está ayudando a explorar usando sensores en los suelos para rastrear los movimientos de los consumidores. Los sensores pueden ser usados en edificios de oficinas para reducir costos en energía y en hogares de ancianos para determinar cuándo se cae alguien.

The Giants have a new outfielder, with quite a pedigree. They have acquired five-time All-Star Andrew McCutchen from the Pirates, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The Giants and Pirates have not confirmed the deal, which is pending a physical, and it is not clear whom the Giants are sending to Pittsburgh in return. McCutchen, who turned 31 in October, is coming off a bounceback year in which he hit .279 with 28 homers and a healthy OPS+ of 121. ... Читать дальше...

BEIJING — The fire from a sunken Iranian tanker ship in the East China Sea has burned out, a Chinese transport ministry spokesman said Monday, although concerns remain about possible major pollution to the sea bed and surrounding waters. The spokesman, who only gave his surname, Zhao, said the fire ceased around noon. Earlier footage showed huge clouds of thick smoke rising from the oil slick that had been burning for more than a week. Just three bodies from the tanker Sanchi’s crew of 32... Читать дальше...

America is keeping Jim Jefferies around for a little longer. Comedy Central has renewed “The Jim Jefferies Show” for a 20-episode second season, the Viacom cable channel’s chief Kent Alterman said on Monday. “You’d think I’d stop being surprised at how smart and funny Jim is about everything,” the Comedy Central president said at the Television Critics Association press tour. “I’m just glad we’re still giving visas to people from whatever s—hole country he comes from.” That would be Australia, Kent. Читать дальше...

MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — An immigrant from Mexico and a pair of sisters were among the 20 people killed in devastating mudslides that brought tragedy and sorrow to the idyllic coastal community of Montecito, California. Other victims included a 30-year-old man and his 6-year-old son and father-in-law; a doctor and his daughter who died in the arms of her brother, a young mother asleep with her 3-year-old daughter as her 10-year-old nephew slumbered nearby; and a woman and her 89-year-old husband... Читать дальше...

New video has been released from the dash cam of a bus that a Nissan Altima narrowly missed as it rocketed into a Santa Ana, Calif., dental building.

A crash that sent a car flying into the second floor of a Southern California dental office early Sunday was captured on surveillance video.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers will attend sexual harassment training this week and could consider bills on ballot questions and free speech on campus. Legislators return Tuesday to the Capitol. Thirty lawmakers are backing a bill that supporters say would promote the free expression of ideas on college campuses. The plan says people can freely engage in "expressive activity" on campus. It says any outdoor area on public college campuses is a public forum. Republican Rep. Michael Clark... Читать дальше...

LEGAZPI, Philippines — Nearly 15,000 people have fled from villages around the Philippines’ most active volcano as lava flowed down its crater Monday in a gentle eruption that scientists warned could turn explosive. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology increased the alert level for Mount Mayon late Sunday to three on a scale of five, indicating an increased prospect of a hazardous eruption “within weeks or even days.” Lava flowed about a half-mile... Читать дальше...

TX Midland/Odessa TX Zone Forecast for Monday, January 15, 2018 _____ 214 FPUS54 KMAF 152013 ZFPMAF Zone Forecasts for West Texas/Southeast New Mexico National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 213 PM CST Mon Jan 15 2018 Zone forecast text represents an average of conditions over an entire zone. For point-specific forecasts, please refer to the Point Forecast Matrices product, issued by the National Weather Service Office in Midland/Odessa, WMO header FOUS54 KMAF. TXZ061-062-161015- Ector-Midland-... Читать дальше...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Hours before Pope Francis was set to arrive in Chile Monday, activists on issues related to sex abuse by priests called for sanctions against both abusers and anyone who helped cover up their actions. About 200 people attended the first of several activities aimed at making the sex abuse scandal a central topic of Francis' first visit to the Andean nation since becoming pope in 2013. Sex abuse in Chile is an open wound, in part because of Francis' decision to appoint a bishop... Читать дальше...

COLUMBIA, Miss. (AP) — A man has been arrested after police southern Mississippi found several drugs in his car and hidden in his body. Columbia Police Sgt. Jason Cook told WDAM-TV that 34-year-old Larrell Abrams was pulled over and officers found methamphetamine, crack cocaine, marijuana, hydrocodone, and Xanax in his possession. After Abram was booked into jail, police found more controlled substances hidden inside his body. Cook says police searched Abram's vehicle because of a marijuana odor. Читать дальше...

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man who was accused with others of assaulting a boy at parties for people dressed in animal costumes has been acquitted of all charges. Kenneth Fenske, 57, of Quakertown, was cleared by a jury on Friday, almost a year after he was charged. Prosecutors alleged the boy was abused at furry parties beginning in 2009. The boy said he was forced to dress as Tony the Tiger and his attacker sometimes wore a full-body fox costume. Defense attorney Steven Fairlie, who maintained the... Читать дальше...

Nothing stifles the righteous black rage of Star Finch’s “Bondage.” Her slave characters don’t have to be so superhumanly good that they let their wrath melt into mercy. Her white slaveholding characters never magically pull an about-face and see the error of their ways. AlterTheater’s production, whose encore run opened Sunday, Jan. 14, at ACT’s Costume Shop after being performed in Corte Madera in early 2017, doesn’t coddle white anxieties, or cop to any of the nefarious unwritten... Читать дальше...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Pope Francis’ visit to Chile was always going to be fraught, but it has taken on an unprecedented degree of opposition with the firebombings of Catholic churches ahead of his arrival Monday and protests by Chileans fed up with priest sex abuse and cover-up. Francis is visiting a country where around 60 percent of Chileans declare themselves to be Roman Catholics, but where the church has lost the influence and moral authority it once enjoyed due to sex scandals... Читать дальше...

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (all times local): 9:45 p.m. The United Nations spokesman says the work of the U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees "is critical" and if the United States or any other donor cuts its contributions "we will have to find other sources." Stephane Dujarric was responding to questions Monday about published reports that the United States — the largest contributor to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, known as UNRWA — is planning major cuts to its budget. Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says he'll step down next year after leading the combined company since 2009. Marchionne, 65, told media at the Detroit auto show that FCA will release a business plan through 2022 around June. The company will announce his successor sometime after that. Candidates include Mike Manley, who leads the company's Ram and Jeep brands, and Reid Bigland, who leads the Alfa Romeo and Maserati brands and U.S. sales. Marchionne also said the U.S. tax cuts... Читать дальше...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — An officer-involved shooting investigation is under way at Lake Tahoe after a California sheriff's deputy shot a man who allegedly tried to stab him with a large metal barbecue skewer. Placer County Sheriff's Lt. Andrew Scott says the incident occurred at about 4 a.m. Sunday on the lake's north shore where the deputy was responding to a 911 call about a man acting "bizarre" at a home in Carnelian Bay about 5 miles (8 kilometers) southwest of the Nevada-California line. The suspect... Читать дальше...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's prime minister has resigned after his party withdrew its support amid a power struggle with party chairman.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' visit to Latin America (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Hours before Pope Francis is set to arrive in Chile, activists on issues related to sex abuse by priests are calling for sanctions against both abusers and anyone who helped cover up their actions. About 200 people attended the first of several planned meetings and protests aimed at making priest abuse a central topic of Francis' first visit to the Andean nation since becoming pope. Priestly abuse in Chile is an open wound. Читать дальше...

BEIRUT — Turkey’s president on Monday denounced U.S. plans to form a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led border security force in Syria, vowing to “drown this army of terror before it is born,” as Russia and Syria also rejected the idea. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also warned U.S. troops against coming between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish forces, which Ankara views as an extension of Turkey’s own Kurdish insurgency. Turkey has been threatening to launch a new military... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES — With 27 engines generating 5.1 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, the Falcon Heavy rocket is one of SpaceX’s most ambitious projects yet. And now, with questions swirling about the reported loss of the classified Zuma satellite that lifted off Jan. 7 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the highly anticipated Falcon Heavy demonstration launch later this month may have taken on even more importance for the company’s military and intelligence prospects. The... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews working around the clock cleared boulders, trees and crushed cars from all lanes of U.S. 101, but California officials still weren't sure Monday when the key coastal highway might reopen after being inundated during mudslides that killed 20 people. Much of the water on the roadway near the devastated town of Montecito had receded by Sunday, allowing workers to use bulldozers and other heavy equipment to push away solid debris that was still several feet deep.

BANGKOK — A top Myanmar official said Monday that a camp to house Rohingya Muslim and Hindu refugees who return from Bangladesh will be ready by its promised deadline next week. More than 650,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar’s military launched a brutal crackdown in August following attacks on police posts by a militant group. Though Myanmar’s army claimed it was a clearance operation against the terrorists, the United Nations, United States and others... Читать дальше...