Nearly 85,000 households and businesses were without power in the Los Angeles area on Saturday, as storms continued to pummel parts of California, bringing snow to higher elevations and dumping rain and hail in the flatlands.

Given the alarming frequency of mass shootings and the sheer indifference of authorities to these preventable tragedies, the US may well be staring at the deadliest year in its recent history, writes Marzieh Hashemi.

California has suffered one of its bloodiest spates of mass gun violence in decades this week.

At least seven people are killed and one other critically injured in two related shootings at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in the US state of California on Monday.

Arms manufacturers in the United States enjoy government-sanctioned legal immunity from criminal prosecution that ultimately results in incidents of mass shootings across the country, says an activist.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT, January 23, 2023

The US police say a man wanted for a mass shooting in California has been found dead in a white van.