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By Nicole Chavez and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A school board in Oregon is holding a special meeting just days after a school employee was placed on administrative leave after going to work in blackface, officials said. Racism and racial tensions have recently been the focus of conversations in the school district in Newberg, a city
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A Yucca Valley man who triggered a collision in Palm Springs while high on drugs was convicted of the murder of one of his passengers today. The Indio jury also convicted Robert Garcia Jr., 55, of DUI causing injury and sentence-enhancing allegations of causing bodily injury to multiple victims in connection with the crash near
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier is “shocked to see what has transpired” and finds reaction “just hard to believe” to his scooping up a scouting a card that fell out of Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk’s wristband. Kiermaier reiterated before Wednesday’s series finale that he had no bad intentions.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors in Virginia have dropped all charges against a man charged with hiring a hitman to kill his ex-wife after the accused hitman refused to cooperate with the investigation into the 2004 double slayings that also left the woman’s 7-year-old son dead. Christopher Schmidt had been held in jail on
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — French league leader Paris Saint-Germain has made it seven straight wins but needed another injury-time winner to beat last-place Metz 2-1 in an unconvincing performance. The referee was about to blow the final whistle when right back Achraf Hakimi netted his second goal in the fifth
Continue Reading By David Williams, CNN A monument honoring the abolition of slavery was dedicated on Wednesday in Richmond, Virginia, just two miles from where a hulking statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee once prominently stood. People in the audience wore plastic ponchos or sat under large golf umbrellas for protection from the rain, which ended
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan, CNN A Texas public health doctor fired earlier this year for using leftover doses of Covid-19 vaccine on eligible individuals is suing Harris County for $1 million, saying he was fired for giving “the vaccine to too many individuals with ‘Indian’ sounding names.” Dr. Hasan Gokal was charged with theft by a
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business The housing market is beginning to look a little more normal. Home sales dropped in August, both from July and from a year ago, breaking two straight months of increases, according to the National Association of Realtors. Home purchases have been surging over the past year, which Lawrence Yun, chief
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A coroner presiding over an inquest into the death of British woman who was poisoned by a Soviet-developed nerve agent after an attack targeting a Russian ex-spy said Wednesday that she wants the probe to be turned into a public inquiry so she can examine Russia’s possible
Continue Reading OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Ostrava Open with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over unseeded Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan. The 2020 French Open champion converted three of her seven breakpoints and dropped her serve once to set up a quarterfinal match against either seventh-seeded
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a mother and daughter have been arrested in Southern California on suspicion of performing “outlaw” buttocks augmentation procedures on women, including one who died. Los Angeles police say the women are accused of performing the unsafe, unapproved cosmetic procedures at non-medical facilities. Officials say their clients were recruited through
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El impacto que tienen los profesores en el mundo merece ser celebrado. Así lo hace el Premio Global de Maestros (The Global Teacher Prize), que es conocido como el Nobel de la educación y premia con US$ 1 millón al mejor maestro del mundo. Este año entre los 50
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has a lot on his mind these days. He needs to find some sort of pass rush, which has been unable to generate pressure on the Browns’ Baker Mayfield in Week 1 and the Ravens’ Lamar Jackson on Sunday
Continue Reading By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer West Virginia’s Jared Bartlett says the death of his brother three months ago has taught him not today take every day for granted. Richard Barlett III was killed in a hit-and-run accident June 2 near Atlanta. A reward has been offered on the driver’s identity and whereabouts. Jared Bartlett
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris told Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday that she had serious worries about the treatment of Haitian migrants by Border Patrol agents. Videos taken by Al Jazeera and Reuters appear to show law enforcement officers on horseback using aggressive tactics when confronting migrants, who are largely
Continue ReadingCNN By Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris told Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday that she had serious worries about the treatment of Haitian migrants by Border Patrol agents. Videos taken by Al Jazeera and Reuters appear to show law enforcement officers on horseback using aggressive tactics when confronting migrants, who are
Continue Reading By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down portions of a Florida immigration enforcement law that was a priority of the state’s Republican governor, saying in her ruling that the measure was racially motivated. U.S. Judge Beth Bloom on Tuesday rejected sections of the law that ban local
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hoffman and Kate Sullivan, CNN The United States is set to significantly increase the amount of Covid-19 vaccines it will ship to foreign nations beginning in 2022 in an effort to end the pandemic worldwide, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday. As part of a virtual Covid-19 summit on the margins of the UN
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Critics had been demanding that Juventus use its younger players more during a horrendous start to Serie A, and they had to be appeased after Moise Kean, Federico Chiesa and Matthijs De Ligt each scored in a 3-2 win at Spezia for the Bianconeri’s first Italian
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The Peer Support Comfort K-9 Program helps provide companionship, comfort, socialization, mental stimulation, and appropriate physical touch to first responders in need. The team consists of a trained Peer Support Member, trained handler, and the animal. Currently, the program has two trained dogs, Star and Henry. “What we’ve seen nationwide in the fire service over
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