CALIFORNIA

A 29-year-old man known for helping the needy was shot in the head while feeding a formerly homeless man on Wednesday in Oakland, California.

Construction projects underway at airports across the U.S. have come to a halt following the Federal Aviation Administration?s (FAA) closure last Friday. As per official estimates, the Airport Improvement Program across the fifty states is pegged close to $2.5 billion.

NASA is scheduled to launch the Juno spacecraft on August 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, to the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, in what will be the first of three upcoming planetary missions.

A 36-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested for allegedly grabbing a baby from its stroller and slamming him against the metal railing of a truck reports the Los Angeles Times.

Astronomers studying data from an orbiting NASA observatory discovered the first known Trojan of the Earth.

A Union Pacific freight train carrying more than 60 cars, some loaded with hazardous substances, derailed on Friday in a desert town north of Los Angeles, prompting evacuations of nearby homes, fire officials said.

Carbon market participants said revisions to key rules may not be enough to ensure that trading in secondary offset markets in California is liquid and stable.

Investors punished Juniper Networks (JNPR.N) by selling its shares after the networking equipment maker joined Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) in warning that this year's results will miss Wall Street projections.

A 63-year-old American man with a hernia plunged a butter knife into his abdomen to try to fix the problem, and later put a lit cigarette in the wound, according to police.

'True Blood' had its season 4 premier last night and the stars of the HBO series walked the red carpet in California.

The Perseid and the Delta Aquarid meteor showers will both light up the sky later this week in a double show with anywhere between 15 and 30 shooting stars visible per hour under clear, dark skies.

The 45-foot mother whale swam three miles up the river inland with her 15-foot baby a month ago as a detour from their northward trek from breeding grounds in Baja California.

Some of the largest pension funds and investment firms have urged President Barack Obama and Congress to resolve the deficit impasse and avoid inflicting "pain and hardship" on the nation.

Netflix Inc's star darkened briefly this week after a rare stumble on pricing incensed investors and triggered an unusually dim growth projection.

A scene from the clip is widely used by scientists to evoke sadness in subjects.

Astronomers have discovered a twisted ring of gas at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The ring twists in the middle in such a way that it looks like a cosmic infinity sign.

While some people are not quite convinced by the idea that there could be other civilizations in our galaxy, some are very much optimistic regarding the same, and so are the scientists engaged in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). But a new analysis has denied the possibility.

Private spaceflight company Space Exploration (SpaceX) is on its way to become the first private company to dock with the International Space Station.

Turning around troubled Hewlett-Packard is a long-term project that will require more investment in the business, company chairman and venture capitalist Ray Lane said.

African killer bees, aided by human transport, have now reached as far north as Central California, after an attack on a 70-year-old man. Are they headed for your county or town next?

Cash is not all that is coming from generous people to Joplin, Missouri, which is struggling to recover a crippling May 22 tornado.