Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed a bill into law on Friday requiring all Alabama athletes in K-12 public school to compete in sports based on the gender they were assigned at birth — joining a growing trend among Republican-controlled legislatures around the country that have been moving in recent weeks to impose restrictions
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It’s been a big week for climate. US President Joe Biden’s new emission cutting target has sparked a game of climate one-upmanship among leaders of the world’s most polluting countries. The United Kingdom, Japan and Canada all came up with new ambitious climate goals, while the European Union agreed on a new climate law on
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The Living Desert shared out the sad news that Teluk, a New Guinea singing dog and beloved animal ambassador of the Living Desert, passed away on Thursday. “Devastated and heartbroken only begin to express how deeply saddened we are. We have lost a friend, an ambassador, and icon of The Living Desert,” said RoxAnna Breitigan,
Continue Reading(CNN) — Caitlyn Jenner, ex atleta olímpica y estrella de los reality show, anunció que planea postularse para reemplazar al gobernador demócrata de California, Gavin Newsom, en una elección de revocación de mandato que se espera para este año. «¡Me apunto! Vale la pena luchar por California», tuiteó el viernes por la mañana. Jenner, republicana
Continue ReadingJohn Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, predicted during a CNN Climate Town Hall aired Friday that the Biden administration’s efforts to combat climate change while creating jobs will garner Republican support. “We have to kind of achieve the baseline of facts and science on which we normally as Americans have made decisions,” Kerry
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A 24-year-old probationer accused of attempting to abduct two children from an elementary school in Desert Hot Springs pleaded not guilty today to multiple felony charges. Yessica Chavez Mercado, who was arrested at Bella Vista Elementary on Tuesday after being detained by school staff, was charged with kidnapping and attempted kidnapping, along with a misdemeanor
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Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Some state lawmakers say it’s time school bullies faced real consequences. A new bill would rewrite the state’s bullying prevention policy and require school districts to adopt it. Right now, they’re encouraged to do so. Rick Padilla is among those pushing for the bill. “I
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Click here for updates on this story SANTA ANA, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A 26-year-old man was charged with multiple hate crimes after punching an elderly Asian couple as they took a walk and a verbal attack on Japanese American Olympic karate athlete, Sakura Kokumai, all at the same park in Orange. Michael Orlando Vivona,
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Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A nice swing on the green, but if that golf ball doesn’t end up in the hole, chances are they’re getting picked up next door. They’re wayward balls of the worst kind. You expect them when you live next to a golf course, but these
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — Santa Clara County fire officials are putting out a call to action because of the triple threat of drought, wildfires and unhealthy air. “We are urging residents to take action now to prepare for wildfire,” said Luisa Rapport, Public Information Officer for Santa
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An election audit of the 2020 ballots from Arizona’s largest county — one demanded by Republican state senators, overseen by a purveyor of election conspiracies and live streamed by a pro-Trump television network — kicked off on Friday. Earlier in the week, Maricopa County handed nearly 2.1 million ballots and nearly 400 tabulation machines over
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Nine firearms were found by officers at the home of Phillip Adams, the man police say shot and killed six people at the home of a doctor in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on April 7. Search warrants released Friday by the York County Sheriff’s Office also say “numerous notebooks were located with cryptic writing with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Louisville woman’s life was turned upside down Monday morning when she was robbed at gunpoint for her car. “I got out and looked at my bumper and I was like, ‘It’s fine,’ or whatever, I turned around and they had a gun out,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — “I held her. I watched her as she died. I watched her, you know. All I could do was just hold her, hold her,” the father of a slain 13-year-old girl said, still in search of answers days after her death. Maurice Jackson remembers his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Jeff Miller is a retired police officer from West Des Moines. He’s walking hundreds of miles from Akron to the Mississippi River in honor of his sister, Linda, who died of Alzheimer’s. “I like to walk, I like to backpack, I like
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORRANCE COUNTY, New Hampshire (KOAT) — When you think of New Mexico wildlife, sharks aren’t typically where the mind wanders. But that’s exactly what one graduate found in the Manzano Mountains in 2013. Well, not an actual shark, but remnants of one. “I was just sitting in a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (WMUR) — The owner of a Portsmouth fitness center had a day to remember, coming to the aid of an animal in need. It took some work to reach a raccoon that had gotten itself into a tough spot, and it was something you should
Continue Reading Dr. Nelson Atehortua, an assistant professor at Jackson State University’s school of public health, drove two hours to get a coveted shot of Covid-19 vaccine because demand was so high, he couldn’t find an appointment locally. But on a recent day at a mass Covid-19 vaccination site at the university in Jackson, Mississippi, getting a
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — Los flujos de lava del volcán Pacaya no presentan avance pero aún se observan fumarolas del volcán, informó la Unidad de Prevención de Volcanes de la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres de Guatemala. En un boletín divulgado este viernes se actualizó la situación del Pacaya, que cumple al menos 70
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