Two Yucca Valley residents were rushed to the hospital after being involved in a head-on collision in Maine. The crash happened Monday afternoon in the coastal town of Searsport. According to the Maine Department of Public Safety, Ken Bailey, 74, and his passenger Deborah Bailey, 66, both from Yucca Valley, were traveling northbound along Route 1. At
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Chatterley Calls for increased regulation of Facebook continue to grow louder after leaked internal documents became public and whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony showed that the social media platform has repeatedly failed to rein hate speech and misinformation. On Friday, a consortium of 17 US news organizations began publishing stories — collectively
Continue ReadingBy Julia Chatterley Calls for increased regulation of Facebook continue to grow louder after leaked internal documents became public and whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony showed that the social media platform has repeatedly failed to rein hate speech and misinformation. On Friday, a consortium of 17 US news organizations began publishing stories — collectively called “The
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By CALEB JONES and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Go out for a night on the town in some U.S. cities and you might find yourself waiting while someone at the door of the restaurant or theater closely inspects your vaccination card and checks it against your photo ID. Or, conversely, you
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — An 84-year-old American-Iranian man who has been detained in Iran for more than five years has undergone surgery to clear a blockage in an artery to the brain that his family and supporters have described as life-threatening. A statement from Baquer Namazi’s attorney, Jared Genser, says the surgery “appears to have been
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The style points go to Nelly Korda. The points for LPGA player of the year favor Jin Young Ko. It’s coming down to the wire for the top award on the LPGA Tour. Ko has won three of her last five tournaments on the LPGA. That’s enough to give
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The style points go to Nelly Korda. The points for LPGA player of the year favor Jin Young Ko. It’s coming down to the wire for the top award on the LPGA Tour. Ko has won three of her last five tournaments on the LPGA. That’s enough to give
Continue Reading HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania prosecutors have dropped a felony theft charge against a man who underpaid for a soda by 43 cents. The Patriot-News reported Tuesday that prosecutors dropped the theft charge against Joseph Sobolewski. Sobolewski slapped $2 on the counter of an Exxon store in Duncannon in August and walked out. He says
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Defending champion Borussia Dortmund reached the third round of the German Cup with a 2-0 victory over second-division club Ingolstadt. Julian Brandt set up substitute Thorgan Hazard for both goals after the Belgium forward came on in the 71st minute. Hertha Berlin progressed earlier with a
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Los asesores de vacunas de la Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) votaron a favor de recomendar la autorización de uso de emergencia de la vacuna de un tercio de la dosis de Pfizer para niños de 5 a 11 años. Los miembros del
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By Carma Hassan, CNN A suspect in a reportedly stolen 18-wheeler is accused of jumping out of the moving truck moments before it crashed into a mobile home in Texas, killing a woman and injuring a man. According to the Houston Police Department, a trucking company reported one of their trucks missing and was able
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers star receiver Davante Adams has sat out six games since 2019 because of injury. The Packers have won them all. They’ll likely have to play without Adams again Thursday at Arizona now that the 2020 All-Pro selection has been placed on
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter posted a net loss Tuesday due mostly to a lawsuit settlement it paid, but its revenue rose sharply in the third quarter, boosted by solid ad sales around the globe. The San Francisco-based company said Tuesday that its net loss was $536.8 million, or 67 cents per share,
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The deluge California received from a powerful atmospheric river made streams and waterfalls come alive while coating mountains with snow, but as the storm heads east it leaves the Golden State still deep in drought. The long plume of moisture pulled in from the Pacific capped
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: UPS, Hasbro rise; Corning, Lockheed Martin fall.
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Weiner Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Scammers are targeting kids in unsuspecting ways and the impact could be long-lasting. Scammers have been known to get kids’ information through various chats or even through their social media accounts. Educating your kids on what to look for can be
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is encouraged by the progress made in preventing any major spreads of COVID-19 among the 32 teams, while concerned about an increase in soft tissue injuries. Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer, noted Tuesday at the first in-person owners meetings
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as a panel of government advisers on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously, with one abstention, that the vaccine’s benefits in preventing COVID-19 in
Continue Reading By The Associated Press A rebound in digital ad spending at Google continues to lift its parent company’s profit. Alphabet said Tuesday that it earned $18.94 billion in the July-September period, up 68% from a year ago. Revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion. Results topped analyst expectations. Shares still slipped in after-market trading. Google is
Continue Reading By The Associated Press A rebound in digital ad spending at Google continues to lift its parent company’s profit. Alphabet said Tuesday that it earned $18.94 billion in the July-September period, up 68% from a year ago. Revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion. Results topped analyst expectations. Shares still slipped in after-market trading. Google is
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