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A semi carrying fireworks rolled over and caught fire, blocking all northbound lanes of Tri-State Tollway for several hours leading up to the morning rush hour Friday.

Video posted to Twitter by Brian Haas shows a fiery crash that involved a semi carrying fireworks on I-294 early Friday morning.

University of California, Berkeley, gymnast Emi Watterson accomplished the near impossible when she got a perfect score for her uneven bars routine on Saturday. But to make matters more exciting, she gave her top-notch performance while wearing a mask. Watterson, a senior at UC Berkeley from Brisbane, Australia, swung gracefully from one bar to the other, hitting multiple handstands in…

Berkeley, California, is set to become the first city in the country to ban the sale of junk food in supermarket checkout aisles. In its place, stores will be required to “sell more nutritious food and beverage options in their checkout areas.” Beginning in March 2021, cookies, candy, chips and cans of soda will no longer be displayed near cash registers….

California may be the Golden State, but it seems to be losing some of its shine for some people who are opting to pack up and move to other states.

Defying the NCAA, California opened the way Monday for college athletes to hire agents and make money from endorsement deals with sneaker companies, soft drink makers and other sponsors, just like the pros.

Two California professors installed pink seesaws at the U.S.-Mexico border to allow children in both countries to play with each other, NBC News reported. Ronald Rael, an architecture professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and Virginia San Fratello, an assistant professor at San José State University in California, came up with the idea for a “Teetertotter Wall” in 2009....

The idea for a “Teetertotter Wall” was first hatched 10 years ago.

A more than 15-year push came to an end last year when Duke launched its Asian American Studies program. It is the only one of its kind in the American South, according to its director, Nayoung Aimee Kwan. Duke is one of the latest colleges to establish an Asian American studies program among a push across U.S. campuses for the...

A more than 15-year push came to an end last year when Duke launched its Asian American Studies program. It is the only one of its kind in the American South, according to its director, Nayoung Aimee Kwan. Duke is one of the latest colleges to establish an Asian American studies program among a push across U.S. campuses for the...

Winter hit U.S. honeybees hard with the highest loss rate yet, an annual survey of beekeepers showed. The annual nationwide survey by the Bee Informed Partnership found 37.7% of honeybee colonies died this past winter, nearly 9 percentage points higher than the average winter loss. The survey of nearly 4,700 beekeepers managing more than 300,000 colonies goes back 13 years...

Winter hit U.S. honeybees hard with the highest loss rate yet, an annual survey of beekeepers showed. The annual nationwide survey by the Bee Informed Partnership found 37.7% of honeybee colonies died this past winter, nearly 9 percentage points higher than the average winter loss. The survey of nearly 4,700 beekeepers managing more than 300,000 colonies goes back 13 years...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday requiring U.S. colleges to protect free speech on their campuses or risk losing federal research funding. The new order directs federal agencies to ensure that any college or university receiving research grants agrees to promote free speech and the exchange of ideas, and to follow federal rules guiding free expression.

Areas in the United States full of national parks — like Alaska or the American Southwest — will be the scene of the greatest heat gains and rainfall declines in the future, NBC News reported. A new study found that recorded temperature increases in the protected zones was twice as high, from 1895 to 2010, as temperature increases in the...

Boston Celtics guard Jabari Bird was involved in a domestic incident Friday night and now faces several charges, including strangulation and kidnapping, according to a statement from Boston police. Fans reacted to the Celtics player’s arrest and word that he now faces several criminal charges.

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation. The 97-year-old Stevens says in an essay on The New York Times website that repeal would weaken the National Rifle Association’s ability to “block constructive gun control legislation.” Stevens was on the losing end of a 2008...

The University of California, Berkeley spent almost $4 million on security for a month of free speech events last year when the famously liberal campus became a flashpoint for the country’s political divisions. The university revealed in documents that it spent $3.9 million to bring in outside police forces, pay their room, board and overtime, have ambulances on standby, rent...

War is hell for wildlife, too. A new study finds that wartime is the biggest threat to Africa’s elephants, rhinos, hippos and other large animals. The researchers analyzed how decades of conflict in Africa have affected populations of large animals. More than 70 percent of Africa’s protected wildlife areas fell inside a war zone at some point since 1946, many...

An investigation into the cause of deadly fires sweeping across California wine country includes scrutiny of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s power lines and transformers and whether they sparked any of the blazes, according to fire officials. The speed with which 17 blazes moved through Napa, Sonoma and other Northern California counties took residents and even firefighters by surprise...