BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A rockslide on the rugged central California coast has forced closure of a long stretch of Highway 1. Caltrans spokesperson Jim Shivers says the closure Wednesday extends from north of the Ragged Point Inn in San Luis Obispo County to Gorda in Monterey County. Shivers says rocks above the highway
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By ILAN BEN ZION and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has approved about 3,000 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank. Wednesday’s decision came a day after the United States issued its strongest condemnation yet of such construction. It was the biggest announcement of settlement plans during the Biden administration. The
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Joanna Hogg first had the instinct to make a film about her then unfolding relationship to her heroin-addicted first love in 1979. Back then, she didn’t feel capable of tackling something so ambitious and personal. Her career detoured, instead, into television. It wasn’t until Hogg
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency says Europe stood out as the only major region worldwide to report an increase in both coronavirus cases and deaths over the last week, with double-digit percentage increases in each. The World Health Organization said Wednesday that cases in its 53-country European region, which includes former Soviet republics
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A Cambridge University college is handing over a bronze cockerel looted from Africa in the 19th century to Nigerian authorities. It’s part of a modest but growing effort in some European countries to return African art taken by colonial powers. Jesus College is the first U.K. institution that on Wednesday gave back
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Costco this week raised its starting wage for hourly store workers in the United States for the second time this year as businesses hike pay to draw and retain workers amid a labor shortage. Costco told employees last week that it would increase its minimum wage from $16
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Costco this week raised its starting wage for hourly store workers in the United States for the second time this year as businesses hike pay to draw and retain workers amid a labor shortage. Costco told employees last week that it would increase its minimum wage from $16 an hour
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In a story published October 26, 2021, about a lawsuit filed against Texas’ redrawn congressional districts, The Associated Press misidentified the name of a civil rights group. It is the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, not the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund.
Continue ReadingBy Nick Natario Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Astros’ rally nuns may not have made their way inside Minute Maid Park if it wasn’t for Mattress Mack’s high school background. During the American League Championship Series, it was hard to miss the Astros angels in the outfield. In
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Panthers are rolling this season but coach Joel Quenneville being named in a report detailing how the Chicago Blackhawks mishandled sexual assault allegations that an assistant on his staff sexually assaulted a player during the team’s Stanley Cup run in 2010 could derail Florida’s
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El Condado de Riverside aprobó la inversión de $30 millones de dólares para reubicar a los residentes de parque de casas móviles Oasis ubicado por la Avenida 70 en Thermal donde han encontrado alto niveles de arsénico en el agua. Los supervisores comentaron que será un largo proceso, pero también temen que al momento de
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — A jury in Cleveland has acquitted an 83-year-old man who had spent 45 years in prison after being convicted at his first trial of killing his wife. Cleveland.com reports the jury deliberated around 90 minutes Wednesday before delivering its verdict in Isiah Andrews’ second aggravated murder trial. Andrews told reporters afterward that
Continue ReadingBy Carley Gordon Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Tennessee is experiencing a severe EMT and paramedic shortage. The problem has gotten so bad that officials in Wilson County recently shut down an entire station. Paisley Godfree is an advanced EMT who’s studying at Vol State to become a paramedic.
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Democrat Terry McAuliffe walked into the Virginia governor’s race late last year as the overwhelming frontrunner in a state former President Donald Trump had just lost by 10 percentage points. But less than a week before the final votes are cast, McAuliffe is locked in a
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer Coastal Carolina coach Jamey Chadwell knows the 24th-ranked Chanticleers need to shake off their last game quickly to stay near the top of the Sun Belt Conference. The Chants lost their undefeated season and control of the Sun Belt East Division with a 30-27 loss to Appalachian State on
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has moved back into contention for a spot in the Big Ten championship game by regaining its identity as a team that likes to run opponents into submission. Defense hasn’t been a problem for the Badgers this season. No. 1 Georgia is the only
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La ciudad de Palm Springs cerró por seis semanas el parque Baristo ubicado cerca de la Avenida Caballeros y Ramón Road con la finalidad de crear un plan de seguridad que incluye la instalación de cámaras ya que durante los últimos dos años han recibido más de 1,200 llamadas con quejas de la gente ya
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing is reporting a loss of more than $100 million for the third quarter because of charges for its 787 Dreamliner plane and the Starliner space capsule. Boeing said Wednesday that it sees demand for planes improving, however, as more people travel and the airline industry recovers from the
Continue Reading FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for the 2019 exposure death of her 21-month-old son, whom the mother left behind to get help after the family’s vehicle got stuck. in rural northwestern New Mexico. The Farmington Daily Times reports that Tonya Dale Male was sentenced Monday in
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday that he wants “as much as possible” of special counsel Robert Durham’s eventual report to be released publicly. Durham was appointed during the Trump administration to investigate the FBI’s Russia probe, which uncovered contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians during the 2016 election. “With respect
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