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The state of California has filed a lawsuit against some of the world's largest oil and gas companies, claiming they deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels blamed for climate change-related storms and wildfires that caused billions of doll... LOS ANGELES -- The state of California filed a lawsuit against some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, claiming they deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels now faulted for climate change-related storms and wildfires that caused billions of dollars in damage, officials said Saturday. The civil lawsuit filed in state Superior Court in San Francisco also seeks creation of a fund — financed by the companies — to pay for recovery efforts following devastating storms and fires. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement the companies named in the lawsuit — Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and BP — should be held accountable. “For more than 50 years, Big Oil has been lying to us — covering up t...

A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against the New Mexico governor's order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque. A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque. The Democratic governor issued last Friday a 30-day suspension of open and concealed carry laws in Bernalillo County, where Albuquerque, the state's most populous city, is seated. The move was met with pushback from gun rights groups, several of which filed lawsuits seeking to block the order. At least four lawsuits have been filed in federal court, with the Gun Owners Foundation, National Association for Gun Rights and We The Patriots USA among the various plaintiffs. During a motion hearing Wednesday afternoon in Albuquerque on the cases, a judge granted a temporary restraining order , block ing enforcement of the governo...

The father of Lachelle Jordan, a Cleveland EMT worker who has been missing since Saturday, issued an urgent plea for the public to help in the search for his daughter. The family of Lachelle Jordan, a Cleveland woman who has been missing since Saturday, urged the public to help in the search for the EMT worker, who shared that she was being stalked before her disappearance. "We're here to talk about the love of a family for a daughter who is missing ," Lachelle Jordan's father, Joseph Jordan, told reporters during a press conference on Thursday afternoon outside the Cleveland 5th District police station. Joseph Jordan said that family, friends, co-workers and Lachelle Jordan's two children -- a 4-year-old and an 8-year-old -- want her home and issued an emotional plea for anyone with information about his daughter's whereabouts to come forward. "Somebody knows what happened, and I need that somebody -- whoever you are, wherever you are -- I need you ...