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By Stella Chan and David Williams, CNN George Holliday, the man who shot the infamous video of Los Angeles Police Department officers beating Rodney King more than 30 years ago, has died, his friend tells CNN. He was 61. Holliday died Sunday of Covid-19 in Simi Valley, California, according to longtime friend Robert Wollenweber. “Unfortunately,
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Hu, CNN With Covid-19 and the environment at the top of the agenda at this year’s United Nations’ General Assembly, observers braced for the first world leader to speak in the UN headquarters’ storied hall: Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, notorious for both his off-the-cuff comments and controversial handling of the pandemic and the environment.
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Cathedral City Football Football and Oshea Wallace were meant to be together. A born natural athlete. This game and passion was love at first sight. “It was like when I was four or five, I went to one of my brothers games and he was going crazy and I told my Dad I wanted to
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is requiring all workers at San Francisco International Airport to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing if employees are exempt. The mandate announced Tuesday applies to all on-site personnel, of which there are about 46,000. Mayor London Breed’s office said the mandate, which goes into effect immediately,
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When it comes to saving lives, the best of the best technology is needed. The Palm Springs International Airport recently received two new vehicles specialized in aircraft rescue and firefighting. Both are replacing two of the older vehicles purchased in 2003. The newer vehicles will stay at the airport and are always ready to respond to
Continue Reading THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — The ancient massive trees of Sequoia National Park’s famed Giant Forest were unscathed Tuesday even though a wildfire has been burning near them on the western side of California’s Sierra Nevada for nearly two weeks. “As of right now we don’t have any damage to any of our trees,” said
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THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — The ancient massive trees of Sequoia National Park’s famed Giant Forest were unscathed Tuesday even though a wildfire has been burning near them on the western side of California’s Sierra Nevada for nearly two weeks. “As of right now we don’t have any damage to any of our trees,” said
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By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Alabama coach Nick Saban was griping about the hype surrounding a team that had “basically played one half of one game.” That was after one blowout win into the season. He’s still looking for that so-called complete game from the top-ranked Crimson Tide, which built a big lead and
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The possibility of a 9/11-type attack has diminished over the last 20 years, but the Taliban victory in Afghanistan could embolden U.S.-based extremists at the same time that the FBI is confronting increasing threats from individuals motivated by racial and political grievances, top national security officials warned
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts mayor, once a rising Democratic star after being elected at just 23 years old, was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday after being convicted of extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from marijuana businesses that wanted to operate in his city.
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — No. 11 Florida has successfully transformed its offense from a finesse passing attack into a formidable ground game. The pounding attack nearly helped the Gators stun top-ranked and defending national champion Alabama. Florida ranks second in the country in rushing, averaging 335.7 yards a game.
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s new president slammed U.S. sanctions imposed on his nation as a mechanism of war, using his first U.N address since his swearing-in to forcefully call out Washington’s policies in the region and the growing political schism within America. President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy JOYCE LUPIANI Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — The NCAA’s Division I Committee on Infractions hearing panel has concluded that Georgia Tech women’s basketball program committed practice and coaching limit violations when it required players to participate in countable athletically-related activities that exceeded daily and weekly limits. The panel
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly is unlikely to take the witness stand at his sex-trafficking trial, a lawyer for the R&B singer told a judge Tuesday. The remark by attorney Deveraux Cannick, made with the jury out the courtroom, came as the defense wound down its case at the trial in federal court in
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Families and patients have a new online tool to compare COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing homes, Medicare announced Tuesday, addressing complaints from consumer groups and lawmakers that the critical data had been too difficult to find. The information is now being made available through the “ Care
Continue Reading By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Families and patients have a new online tool to compare COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing homes, Medicare announced Tuesday, addressing complaints from consumer groups and lawmakers that the critical data had been too difficult to find. The information is now being made available through the “Care Compare”
Continue ReadingBy BLAKE SUMMERS, CONTENT PRODUCER Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Officers located two young children in a home described by Metro Police as “deplorable” during a welfare check. During the check on Sunday at an apartment at 830 Glastonbury Road, officers contacted 22-year-old Nautica A. Harris and her two
Continue Reading YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Rescue crews in Yellowstone National Park have recovered the body of a 67-year-old Washington state man and are searching for his half-brother after the pair failed to return from a backcountry canoe trip. Crews searched Tuesday from the air and along the shore of Shoshone Lake for 74-year-old Kim
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César López (CNN Español)– Lionel Messi podría tener una lesión y el Paris Saint Germain perdería al argentino para el partido de este miércoles ante el Metz. Messi será evaluado nuevamente esta semana. El parte médico del club asegura que Messi tiene una contusión ósea en su rodilla izquierda, luego de realizarse una resonancia magnética
Continue ReadingBy WEB STAFF Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — Caddo Parish sheriff’s deputies have arrested a teenager for making a threat on social media. Deputies and the Shreveport Fire Prevention Bureau responded to a bomb threat at Byrd High School Monday afternoon, Sheriff Steve Prator said. No bomb was found.
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