On this day in 1906, the County of Los Angeles officially accepted a bid from H.C. Register for the construction of the Old Newhall Jail at a cost of $2,237.

NEWHALL, Calif.. -- A 23-year-old college student was found murdered at her off-campus apartment in a "senseless and violent act," authorities said, who are now seeking to identify a person of ...

On this day in 1939, flames tore through Newhall Grammar School, leaving students celebrating the day off school.

The clock is ticking on humanity. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock forward for 2025, announcing that it is now set to 89 seconds to midnight –— the closest it ...

The Doomsday clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight on Tuesday morning, putting it the closest the world has ever been to what scientists deem "global catastrophe." The decades-old international ...

Many of the clocks we feature here on Hackaday are entirely built from scratch, or perhaps reuse an unusual display type. But sometimes, an old clock is just perfect as it is, and only needs a bit ...

The world moved yet closer to global catastrophe in 2024, with the hands of the Doomsday Clock ticking one second closer to midnight, the shortest time to zero hour in its 75-year history.

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share A quarrel apparently sparked a stabbing Wednesday afternoon in Old Town that left a 59-year-old man in critical condition, police said. Around 2:40 p.m., the 59 ...

It’s one of Toronto’s most recognizable buildings, playing host to annual Remembrance Day ceremonies, but soon it will be vacant leaving officials with what the future role will be for Old ...

Seventy-eight years ago, scientists created a unique sort of timepiece — named the Doomsday Clock — as a symbolic attempt to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday ...

Each year for the past 78 years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published a new Doomsday Clock, suggesting just how close – or far – humanity is to destroying itself. The next ...

Today, the Doomsday Clock was set to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight ever in its 78-year history. It’s the duty of the United States, China, and Russia to lead the world back ...