By Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story WAIPAHU, Hawaii (KITV) — After 101 years, a small plantation-era bake shop is closing its doors for good. Ishiharaya — famous for its tea and fortune cookies — announced its store in Waipahu will shut down on Nov. 13. But it will continue baking limited
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.S. government has asked Britain’s High Court to overturn a judge’s decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be sent to the United States to face espionage charges. A lower court judge who refused extradition in January ruled Assange was likely to kill himself if
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By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Moldova has turned to a non-Russian natural gas supplier for the first time as the former Soviet republic seeks to avert a looming gas shortage this winter after failing to renew a long-term supply contract with Moscow. Moldova has secured a million cubic meters of gas
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LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Another California ski resort has moved up its opening day thanks to this week’s huge dump of snow in the Sierra Nevada. Palisades Tahoe joins Mammoth Mountain in starting its season on Oct. 29. Palisades Tahoe says the big storm dropped more than 3 feet of snow on its upper
Continue Reading LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Another California ski resort has moved up its opening day thanks to this week’s huge dump of snow in the Sierra Nevada. Palisades Tahoe joins Mammoth Mountain in starting its season on Oct. 29. Palisades Tahoe says the big storm dropped more than 3 feet of snow on its upper
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Housing prices are surging to new records with no end in sight. They’re being fueled by historically low interest rates — but also investors and economists’ belief that the housing market has a unique ability to support runaway prices. That’s the current state of America’s housing market, but it could
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could automatically recognize people in photos and videos posted on the social network, marking a massive shift both for the tech industry and for a company known for collecting vast amounts of data about its billions of
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is telling colleagues that Democrats are in “pretty good shape” on President Joe Biden’s sweeping domestic policy plan and a related $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Pelosi’s comments, relayed by a person who requested anonymity, came in a meeting
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House said Wednesday it would not be hosting a traditional Halloween celebration this year due to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden’s overseas travel. Michael La Rosa, the first lady’s press secretary, says the annual trick-or-treating on the South Lawn, which is typically attended
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Charges have been dismissed against a Detroit police officer who was accused of firing rubber pellets at three journalists covering a protest against police brutality. Judge Roberta Archer cited a 1931 law that protects police when an unlawful gathering is declared. Daniel Debono, a corporal, was charged with assault. Investigators say an
Continue Reading By SALLY HO and JOSH BOAK Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The pandemic has made clear what many experts had long warned: The absence of reliable and affordable child care limits the jobs people can accept, makes it harder to climb the corporate ladder and ultimately restricts the ability of the broader economy to grow.
Continue Reading By SALLY HO and JOSH BOAK Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The pandemic has made clear what many experts had long warned: The absence of reliable and affordable child care limits the jobs people can accept, makes it harder to climb the corporate ladder and ultimately restricts the ability of the broader economy to grow.
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Una majestuosa villa en el corazón de Roma, que alberga el único mural en el techo del pintor italiano Caravaggio, se subastará a un precio inicial de 471 millones de euros (US$ 547 millones) en enero, confirmó un tribunal de Roma. Si bien la mayor parte de la infraestructura fue demolida
Continue Reading FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to five years in prison in 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 Reading By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump must pursue his lawsuit against Twitter in California, and not Florida, under a user agreement covering everyone on the social media platform. U.S. District Judge Robert Scola in Miami rejected Trump’s contention that
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump must pursue his lawsuit against Twitter in California, and not Florida, under a user agreement covering everyone on the social media platform. U.S. District Judge Robert Scola in Miami rejected Trump’s contention that
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump must pursue his lawsuit against Twitter in California, and not Florida, under a user agreement covering everyone on the social media platform. U.S. District Judge Robert Scola in Miami rejected Trump’s contention that
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is telling colleagues that Democrats are in “pretty good shape” on President Joe Biden’s sweeping domestic policy plan and a related $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Pelosi’s comments, relayed by a person who requested anonymity, came in a meeting
Continue ReadingBy Adam Rife Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — We’re seeing new video of the latest reckless driving incident in Milwaukee. There have been a lot of reckless driving incidents in Milwaukee recently, from drag races to chases to driving through school yards. But this case seems to be one
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Sherrod, Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A local hospital is experiencing an influx of activity, primarily because of patients with COVID-19, a situation at many hospitals across the country in what health experts are calling a pandemic of the unvaccinated. At one point, Covenant Healthcare
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