Disasters

The State Patrol says a truck driven by Fidencio Ramirez Rojas lost control and hit a Chevrolet Malibu headed in the opposite direction on Highway 12 shortly after 6 p.m.
Half a million flee as typhoon hits Philippines
Typhoon Hagupit has slammed ashore in the Philippines, making landfall on the country's east coast with ferocious winds gusting to 155 mph.
Honda to expand air bag recall nationwide
The air bags, made by Japanese supplier Takata Corp., can explode with too much force, sending metal shrapnel into the passenger compartment.
Indians mark 30th anniversary of Bhopal disaster
On Dec. 3, 1984, a pesticide plant run by Union Carbide leaked about 40 tons of deadly methyl isocyanate gas into the air of Bhopal, India, killing about 4,000.