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By Steve Large Click here for updates on this story EL DORADO COUNTY (KOVR) — Cal fire is short-staffed as it battles the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County. The state agency reports the main reason for the shortage is the Massive Dixie Fire burning to the north. The Dixie Fire, the second largest wildfire
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — Seguro se lo escuchaste decir a algún conocido: “No me ducho todos los días para cuidar el medio ambiente”. Y puede que alguno lo use como argumento porque le da pereza meterse bajo el agua, pero también hay quienes lo creen. Por eso les preguntamos a expertos: ¿es necesario saltearse
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story ANAHEIM, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Walt Disney Co. Wednesday announced plans to retire its FastPass system and replace it with new mobile apps allowing visitors to pay to skip the lines. The new apps are called the Disney Genie and Genie+ and will launch this
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild, Devan Cole, Lauren Fox, Daniella Diaz and Annie Grayer, CNN A man with a history of supporting former President Donald Trump and who has said “all Democrats need to step down” was arrested Thursday after an hours-long standoff near the US Capitol during which he claimed to have an explosive device. Police
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — Burka, niqab, chador, hiyab: en el mundo islámico existe una variedad de velos que se diferencian, entre otras características, porque cubren en distinta medida los cuerpos, cabezas y rostros de las mujeres. Aquí, una guía para saber cómo identificar cada uno. Los talibanes tomaron el poder en Afganistán e, inmediatamente,
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A radio journalist has been shot to death in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The press freedom organization Article 19 says Jacinto Romero Flores had been threatened. He was gunned down Thursday morning in the community of Potrerillo. Police say they are carrying out an operation in the
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cam Newton resumed his habit of tossing the ball to fans after New England scored touchdowns. It’s his way of showing appreciation to fans, especially after a season where most were forced to stay home. “Hopefully, there will be a lot of Sunday giveaways to look
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SYDNEY (AP) — A lockdown in Australia’s largest city was extended through September and tougher measures to curb the coronavirus’s delta variant were imposed Friday, including a curfew and a mask mandate outdoors. New South Wales state, which includes Sydney, reported 642 locally acquired infections in the latest 24-hour period, the fourth consecutive day of
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — A lockdown in Australia’s largest city was extended through September and tougher measures to curb the coronavirus’s delta variant were imposed Friday, including a curfew and a mask mandate outdoors. New South Wales state, which includes Sydney, reported 642 locally acquired infections in the latest 24-hour period, the fourth consecutive day of
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN A group of US diplomats wrote a classified cable to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in mid-July warning that swift action needed to be taken because they believed the situation in Afghanistan could rapidly deteriorate and they feared a catastrophe. They laid out how the department should act quickly to process
Continue ReadingBy Dillon Thomas Click here for updates on this story LOVELAND, Colorado (KCNC) — A 19-year-old man who lives with mental disabilities is in the hospital recovering from three surgeries after being shot by at least one Loveland police officer Monday night. Alex Domino allegedly confronted officers with a knife in his hand prior to
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Education Department announced Thursday it will cancel $5.8 billion in outstanding student loans for borrowers who are unable to work because of permanent disabilities. More than 320,000 “total and permanent disability” borrowers will benefit from the move, the agency said in a press release, and hurdles for relief will
Continue Reading LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Luke Voit hit a two-run double out of the leadoff spot in New York’s four-run third inning and the surging Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 7-5 Thursday night for their season-high seventh straight victory. Kyle Higashioka homered and started the four-run inning with an RBI double. Both
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN The latest surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations this summer is having a deepening effect in Texas, a state that has seen its leadership rebuke steps such as mandatory mask wearing, yet now faces hospitals stretched to capacity with sick patients. And amid both the crises at health care facilities as well as
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons re-signed guard Hamidou Diallo on Thursday. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The 6-foot-5 Diallo, the 2019 NBA Slam Dunk champion as a rookie, was acquired from Oklahoma City in March for Svi Mykhailiuk and future draft consideration. In 20 games with the Pistons, Diallo averaged 11.2 points,
Continue Reading By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Joey Votto slammed a three-run homer, Luis Castillo pitched seven innings of one-run ball and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Miami Marlins 6-1. Votto’s 428-foot shot into the seats in right-center highlighted a four-run Reds fourth inning after Miami right-hander Nick Neidert had faced the minimum
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN A pair of new studies out Thursday find a “very concerning” rise in the number of climate-related deaths and paint a picture of world where people struggle with regular temperature extremes. One of the studies finds the number of deaths caused by high temperatures increased by 74% globally between 1980 and
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN Jennifer Nuzzo is both a mom and a health expert. Worried about sending her young son to in-person school last year, she settled on one of the few things she could control. She bought a portable air cleaner for her son’s classroom. She’s joining air quality experts who are urging schools
Continue ReadingCNN, KEYE, KOVR, KCAL, KCBS, TWITTER | @ANDREWKIMMEL, BESE, YOUTUBE, TWITTER | MATT MASTERS, CNN By Maggie Fox, CNN Jennifer Nuzzo is both a mom and a health expert. Worried about sending her young son to in-person school last year, she settled on one of the few things she could control. She bought a portable
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Tucson police say charges are pending against the impaired driver of a vehicle that hit a pedestrian in a convenience store parking lot who later died. Police have identified the victim of Tuesday night’s collision at a Circle K on East Grant Road as 29-year-old David Lamberto. They said Thursday that an initial investigation determined
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