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By J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The 58-story Millennium Tower in San Francisco is sinking again. The tower at Mission and Fremont has been the center of controversy since May of 2016 when residents there were informed that the main tower was sinking. Construction work to fix
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By JEREMY REISMAN Associated Press ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Lions coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes will be using the team’s final preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts on Friday night to make their last decisions on the regular-season roster. Campbell, in his first year as Lions head coach, believes most of
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Freedman Click here for updates on this story MARTINEZ, California (KGO) — A Martinez veterinarian is worried sick about her own pet. The French bulldog puppy, named Zeppelin, has been missing for more than 24 hours. Dr. Heather Burns suspects someone may have stolen him. “My name and number are in large print.
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las tiendas de Oklahoma están teniendo dificultades para mantener en existencias la ivermectina, un medicamento utilizado para desparasitar a animales grandes. En Mississippi, el 70% de las llamadas recientes al centro de control de intoxicaciones del estado sin por la ingesta de formulaciones de ivermectina destinadas a los animales y adquiridas
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By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to seven days in jail and is banned from Yellowstone National Park for two years after other tourists captured photos and video of her walking on thermal features in the Norris Geyser Basin. The 26-year-old woman pleaded guilty to
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Philadelphia Flyers have signed top center Sean Couturier to an eight-year contract extension worth $62 million. Couturier counts $7.75 million against the salary cap with his contract that begins after next season and runs through 2029-30. He won the Selke Trophy in 2020 as the NHL’s best defensive
Continue Reading By ANDREW DESTIN Associated Press SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The team from Honolulu is just a couple of wins away from securing its second Little League World Series championship since 2018 and the fourth for Hawaii in 16 years. The team has been in a COVID-19 bubble since Aug. 6, just before the start
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Medical Board is investigating reports that inmates at a county jail were prescribed the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to combat COVID-19 even though it hasn’t been approved to treat the coronavirus. Board Director Amy Embry on Thursday declined to elaborate on the panel’s investigation,
Continue ReadingBy Paula Reid and Tierney Sneed, CNN Two prominent New York defense attorneys have joined the legal team for Tom Barrack, the former adviser to then-President Donald Trump who is now facing federal foreign lobbying charges. Last month the Justice Department charged Barrack with acting as an agent of a foreign government and lying to
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of professional tennis player Serena Williams. Personal Birth date: September 26, 1981 Birth place: Saginaw, Michigan Birth name: Serena Jameka Williams Father: Richard Williams, tennis coach Mother: Oracene Price Marriage: Alexis Ohanian (November 16, 2017-present) Children: Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. Other Facts Has won 73 career
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 2006 terrorist plot to blow up US-bound flights that originated in the United Kingdom. Facts It is believed that the terrorists were planning to carry peroxide-based explosives in liquid or gel/lotion form in carry-on luggage. The explosives would be hidden in common items such as toothpaste or
Continue Reading By ALAIN POUPART Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and most of the other Miami Dolphins starters will sit out the team’s exhibition finale Sunday at the Cincinnati Bengals. Several starting offensive linemen will likely see action. Tagovailoa has had a strong training camp. He’ll finish the preseason 24 for 34
Continue Reading By NINIEK KARMINI and DON BABWIN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Chicago woman convicted of assisting her then-boyfriend in her mother’s murder and stuffing the body in a suitcase on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali in 2014 will be released from prison in October after serving six years of a 10-year sentence, her
Continue Reading By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president again sidestepped questions Thursday about the reinstatement of the U.S. “Remain in Mexico” policy. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Mexico will continue helping the United States on immigration. But he noted “it can’t go on forever,” and said attention must turn to development
Continue ReadingBy Julian Grace Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — The pressure is being felt at hospitals across the Triangle. Each facing a similar dilemma of plenty of patients, but a lack of beds and a shortage of nurses. As of Wednesday, UNC Health has 1,100 openings in 13 hospitals.
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN US Climate Envoy John Kerry will travel to China and Japan next week to meet with top climate officials in the lead-up to a pivotal United Nations climate conference in Glasgow in November. Kerry will be in Japan on August 31, then China from September 1-3, according to a person familiar
Continue Reading MADISON, Wis. (AP) — “Making a Murderer” subject Steven Avery has appealed his latest unanimous legal defeat, asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case. The 59-year-old Avery filed the request Wednesday. Avery is serving a life sentence for the 2005 killing of photographer Teresa Halbach. The case became the focus of a popular
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild and Chandelis Duster, CNN Seven US Capitol Police officers are suing former President Donald Trump, Stop the Steal rally organizers and members of far-right extremist groups, accusing them of spreading lies, using White supremacist sentiments to attempt to overthrow the 2020 election, and ultimately bearing responsibility for the riot that injured more
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By MIKE FULLER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has held talks with top Irish officials in Dublin, focusing on a major overhaul of taxes on the world’s biggest multinational companies. During Thursday’s one-day state visit — his first to Ireland — Macron met with President Michael Higgins and Taoiseach Michael Martin.
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken have already begun introducing the basics of hockey to schools and youth programs in the area before the team even takes the ice for its first NHL season this fall. The Kraken are doing something a bit different from what other teams have
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