More than 100 individuals — including some families with pets — as well as local businesses are suing GKN Aerospace, saying the U.K.-based company was negligent in maintaining a safe facility, especially since it's located in a large population center.

Una estrella histórica: la del primer futbolista del mundo en ser reconocido en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood. Ese es el emocionante mérito que ha sumado este viernes sir David Beckham a su larga lista de méritos. El exjugador británico, de 51 años, es de los escasos deportistas, apenas media docena, en ser honrado por la Cámara de Comercio de Hollywood, y el primero de este deporte, tan minoritario en Estados Unidos. El londinense ha recibido el reconocimiento feliz y emocionado, con lágrimas en los ojos, rodeado de su familia, de cientos de seguidores y de amigos, como los actores Eva Longoria y Tom Cruise.

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Whether in Los Angeles, in his native England or traveling the world, the artist always reinvented the world he saw, with psychological insight.

No injuries reported as fire in Tracy destroys medical equipment warehouse and authorities investigate cause

A fire at a 1m sq ft warehouse complex continued to burn out of control in California early on Friday, as authorities warned the blaze could take days to extinguish and may contain toxic hazards.

The raging inferno was pumping thick black smoke up in billowing clouds as flame and a red hot glow were visible beneath from aerial images. The fire has destroyed the medical equipment warehouse in Tracy, in northern California, and prompted evacuations of other nearby facilities, with no injuries reported.

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Many of the women who helped lead the fight for Latino civil rights say they were quietly waging their own battles with harassment, misogyny and sexual assault inside the powerful United Farm Workers union.

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Mother and brother were rescued after wave engulfed trio in Laguna Beach, as mayor calls news ‘heartbreaking’

California officials have recovered the body of a five-year-old girl who earlier this week was swept into the ocean by turbulent waters.

On Tuesday evening, the girl, her mother and brother were walking along the shore of Treasure Island Beach in Orange county, when a wave reportedly engulfed them.

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