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LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least two deaths are blamed on a powerful Pacific storm in Southern and Central California. Its powerful winds brought down trees and power lines. One death is blamed on a power line electrocution. The other victim died in a submerged car. Several stretches of freeways and highways were closed by flooding. Some neighborhoods faced the risk of mud and debris slides. Hundreds of flights into and out of Los Angeles were canceled.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft memo obtained by The Associated Press shows the Trump administration considered a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border. White House spokesman Sean Spicer says the memo was "not a White House document." Spokespeople for the governors of 10 of the states either declined to comment or said it was premature to discuss whether they would participate.
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban state television is reporting that about 680 Cubans have been returned to the island from various countries since the end of the policy that allowed any Cuban who made it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident. Cuba's government had long sought the repeal of the "wet foot, dry foot" policy. According to state TV, the returnees came from countries including the U.S., Mexico and the Bahamas.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A financial analysis by a British accounting firm and a research group that studies extremist groups shows the Islamic State group is hemorrhaging money and its "business model" is doomed to failure. A study by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence and the accounting firm EY finds that IS revenue declined from up to $1.9 billion in 2014 to at most $870 million in 2016. But the report says less money may not make the group less dangerous.
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame member George "The Animal" Steele, has died at age 79. Sporting a bald head, hairy back and green tongue, Steele was famous for his signature move of sinking his teeth into the turnbuckle pads around the ring. At a Boston Red Sox game in 2012, he pretended to take a bite from the baseball before throwing out a ceremonial first pitch. His given name was Jim Myers.
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