Fiery California crash injures 2, destroys Ferrari

(CNN) -- A fiery crash in California left a sports car almost completely unrecognizable and its occupants lucky to be alive.

The 2002 Ferrari crashed in Calabasas on Friday night after veering off a road, hitting two trees.

A California Highway Patrol news release says Edmond Evan Aslin, 44, was driving the black Ferrari at a high rate of speed around 10 p.m., when the car veered to the left. 

The car then entered a grass median, struck two trees and continued into the opposite lanes before coming to a stop. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

During the accident, the car burst into flames. The crash left behind the twisted and charred remnants of the vehicle. The CHP report says the driver is hospitalized with major injuries at West Hills Hospital and his passenger escaped with moderate injuries.

It's unclear what caused the driver to lose control of his car.

Ferrari is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer founded by Enzo Ferrari. The company, famous for its Formula 1 vehicles, started building street-legal versions in 1947. The cars typically cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, with some fetching more than a million dollars. The cars are also highly collectible.

Earlier this year, a 1962-63 Ferrari GTO Berlinetta was sold in California for $38 million, the most ever paid for a car at auction.

Former Manchester United boss David Moyes back in football

(CNN) -- The 'Chosen One' is back in football.

Dumped unceremoniously by English soccer's most successful club Manchester United less than a season into his six-year deal, David Moyes is the new coach at Real Sociedad.

The Scot will take the reins at the Spanish club whose defeat of champions Atletico Madrid at the weekend moved it out of the relegation zone courtesy of goal difference.

It is Moyes' first job in football since being sacked by United in April. He was hand-picked to take over at Old Trafford by predecessor Sir Alex Ferguson, who retired after 27 years at the club.

Original hosts Morocco barred from 2015 Africa Cup of Nations

(CNN) -- Morocco should be just two months away from hosting Africa's biggest sporting event. Instead, the country has been barred from taking part in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

National coach Badu Zaki should be fine tuning preparations for his team, perhaps hopeful of success given that over a third of Nations Cup hosts have won the tournament.

Now his team isn't even allowed to compete.

That was the punishment meted out by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Tuesday, after Moroccan officials refused to host the Nations Cup in January because they fear the spread of Ebola.

Hawaii lava flow destroys first home

(CNN) -- Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano engulfed a home today in Pahoa village, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It's the first home to be destroyed by the lava flow.

The residents had long evacuated and cleared out their belongings, officials said.

"The lava spread out and ignited the house before noon local time," said USGS spokeswoman Janet Baab. "There are no other homes in imminent danger. We are watching the flow closely and continue to monitor it."

 

There is nothing residents can do about the 2,000-degree Fahrenheit river of lava that's been inching towards their town since June 27.

While the main lava flow has been stalled for a week, a smaller side flow of lava oozed out toward the home, according to Hawaii County's Civil Defense Agency.

"It's very difficult for the homeowners, because it's a stop-and-go phenomenon," said Darryl Oliveira, the civil defense agency's administrator.

Evacuation advisories for residents down slope of the lava flow will continue as needed, officials said.

Kilauea has been an active volcano since 1983.

Rihanna Instagrams, channels 'Scandal' at the White House

Washington (CNN) -- Some call gridlocked Washington a "hopeless place," but the "Good Girl Gone Bad" found much more than just love outside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Monday -- Rihanna found new Instagram photos.

The photos don't prove she could "Run This Town," but Rihanna's certainly got a flair for this "This Town."

Less than two weeks after making her triumphant return to Instagram, the pop star toured the White House on Monday with a large entourage and seemed genuinely excited to see the inside of the White House.

Rihanna even took to the podium in the White House briefing room and pretended to field questions from the press before taking a walk on the North Lawn.

The Barbados singer apparently also channeled her inner Olivia Pope, the fictional star of ABC's "Scandal," played by Kerry Washington.

In one caption where Rihanna is talking on a pay phone, the caption reads "Fitz, darling," an apparent reference to "Scandal"'s President Fitzgerald Grant, the fictional two-term incumbent Republican and former governor of California. In another caption, Rihanna drops the acronym "O.P.A." though it was unclear if she was referencing Oliva Pope and Associates, or the Department of Health and Human Services branch Office of Population Affairs.

But the tour wasn't all fun and games as Rihanna also met with administration officials about potential areas of partnership like working on the President's "My Brother's Keeper" initiative.

Rihanna is in town for the Veterans Day benefit Concert for Valor, where she will perform Tuesday alongside Bruce Springsteen, Carrie Underwood and other artists.

At least 57 killed in bus-truck collision in Pakistan

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- At least 57 people were killed and 20 others injured Tuesday when a bus collided with a truck in southeastern Pakistan, authorities said.

The bus was carrying passengers from Swat district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province to the seaport city of Karachi when the accident happened in Sindh province, said Ahmed Chinoy, the head of the citizen-police liaison committee of Sindh.