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By Christiane Cordero Click here for updates on this story PALOS VERDES, California (KABC) — Away from the rolling hills of Napa, Sonoma and Temecula, there’s a new kind of wine region: Palos Verdes. In July, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau established the area as an American Viticultural Area (AVA), allowing its
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another heat record has fallen at Lake Tahoe. The National Weather Service says the high temperature reached 90 degrees Thursday on the shores of the mountain waters in South Lake Tahoe, California. It marks the 13th time since mid-June that the town on the California-Nevada line has either tied or set
Continue Reading RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another heat record has fallen at Lake Tahoe. The National Weather Service says the high temperature reached 90 degrees Thursday on the shores of the mountain waters in South Lake Tahoe, California. It marks the 13th time since mid-June that the town on the California-Nevada line has either tied or set
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Granda Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Diana Bell is known as the heart of Ascot Elementary School. During the pandemic, she went out of her way to provide after school help to all of her students to make sure they thrived. “I heard that some people thought
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los resultados del censo de 2020 ya están disponibles, y está claro que las tendencias que hemos observado en las últimas décadas no muestran signos de desaceleración. Se podría decir que hemos cruzado una especie de punto de inflexión que puede tener importantes implicaciones políticas de cara al futuro. Estados Unidos
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un millonario y político ruso ha confesado que le disparó a un hombre que dice haber confundido con un oso. Igor Redkin recibió una sentencia de arresto domiciliario de dos meses como medida restrictiva provisional por disparar accidentalmente al hombre fuera de un basurero cerca de la aldea de Ozernovsky,
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By ZEINA KARAM and AHMAD SEIR Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban’s lightning advance across Afghanistan has stirred fears they will reimpose their fundamentalist interpretation of Islam and all but eliminate women’s rights. Before they were ousted by the U.S. invasion in 2001, the Taliban forbade girls an education and women the right
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BEIRUT (AP) — Severe fuel shortages and wide power cuts around Lebanon have paralyzed the tiny country, with some businesses temporarily closing down. Top security officials held a meeting on Friday to discuss how to act amid nationwide protests. Lebanon has for decades suffered electricity cuts, partly because of widespread corruption and mismanagement. The Mediterranean
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — Severe fuel shortages and wide power cuts around Lebanon have paralyzed the tiny country, with some businesses temporarily closing down. Top security officials held a meeting on Friday to discuss how to act amid nationwide protests. Lebanon has for decades suffered electricity cuts, partly because of widespread corruption and mismanagement. The Mediterranean
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Nick Grabelcik has reached the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur after a long day at Oakmont. Because of storm delays most of the week, Grabelcik wound up playing 38 holes to win three matches. Coming off a stellar freshman year at North Florida, he’s now
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts says two deputies who worked secondary jobs providing security for U.S. Rep. Cori Bush were fired for failing to get approval for their moonlighting, and not because of who they worked for. Deputies Tylance Jackson and Maurice Thompson were fired last month. Their firings were
Continue Reading By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s top Democrat in the Assembly said Friday that his chamber will suspend its impeachment investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo once he steps down. Cuomo announced his upcoming resignation on Tuesday, days after he faced increasing pressure to resign or face ouster by the Democratic-controlled
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business During a pandemic that upended lives, broke routines, and mothballed most forms of in-person activities, a funny thing happened in the entertainment business: The drive-in theater saved the cinema. But while it might have been dismissed as another anomaly in a year full of unusual economic blips, the renewed interest
Continue Reading By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter from Texas whose literary songs like “Love at the Five and Dime” celebrated the South, has died. She was 68. Her management company says Griffith died Friday. Gold Mountain Entertainment did not provide a cause of death. Griffith,
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The National Park Service is pushing back against a Federal Aviation Administration report recommending approval of a launch pad for commercial rockets off the Georgia coast. The Park Service’s parent agency, the Department of the Interior, says the proposed Spaceport Camden poses an “unacceptable risk” to
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By Kay Jones, CNN A Florida woman died after being shot by her toddler while she was on a Zoom conference call, police say. Shamaya Lynn, 21, was on a work-related call Wednesday when she was shot, Altamonte Springs Police said in a statement Thursday night on Facebook. A person on the call dialed 911
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers Americans at high risk from COVID-19 because of severely weakened immune systems are now allowed to get a third vaccination in hopes of better protection. The Food and Drug Administration has ruled that transplant recipients and other similarly immune-compromised patients can get a third dose of
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Sales of reusable face masks, which had started to cool down earlier in the summer, have reversed course as the Delta variant spreads across the United States. Weekly mask sales in dollars had been declining in June and into July, according to Adobe Analytics’ Digital Economy Index, which tracks sales
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Naples and Matthew Campbell Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Burlington firefighter has died after he suffered a medical emergency while battling a fire in New Hartford earlier this week. Colin McFadden, 26, was a six-year member of the Burlington Volunteer Fire Department. Norfolk Public Information Officer
Continue ReadingBy Nahima Shaffer Click here for updates on this story DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — After an officer-involved shooting placed Lithonia High School on lockdown Thursday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the incident. The early investigation shows around 3:00 p.m., school staff members saw two men on campus who were not students.
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