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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Opening statements are underway Tuesday in the corruption trial of a powerful Philadelphia labor leader and a city official he allegedly kept on the union payroll. Federal prosecutors say Johnny “Doc” Dougherty had a “corrupt agreement” that kept City Council member Bobby Henon in a $70,000-a-year, no-work job so he could do
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business A former worker at Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory was subjected to a racially hostile workplace, according to a federal jury, which awarded him $136.9 million in damages Monday. Owen Diaz, the plaintiff in the case, reported he regularly heard racial slurs, including the n-word, on the Fremont factory floor, and
Continue ReadingBy Allen Martin & Molly McCrea Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISO, California (KPIX) — A recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey found most unvaccinated adults don’t believe the COVID-19 vaccines are effective and that a jab poses a greater risk to their health than the actual virus. But a 38-year-old father of
Continue ReadingBy WCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story NORTH BELLMORE, New York (WCBS) — Dozens of cats were rescued Monday on Long Island from what authorities called a hoarding situation. Video shows cats being taken out in cages earlier in the day on Washington Boulevard in North Bellmore. The SPCA said it rescued
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen and Rene Marsh, CNN The slow-moving oil spill off the coast of Orange County, California, this week has reinvigorated federal and state lawmakers’ efforts to end offshore drilling. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced the West Coast Ocean Protection Act in the Senate earlier this year, which would permanently ban oil and gas
Continue ReadingLa Quinta hotels are filled with tourists in town for the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament. The tournament was one of the first valley events to be canceled in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. After a difficult year of closures, the hotels in the area are thrilled to see tennis fans finally returning.
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By DAVID KEYTON and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize for physics for work that found order in seeming disorder. They helped to explain and predict complex forces of nature, including expanding our understanding of climate change. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work
Continue Reading Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A friend of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has asked a judge to postpone his sentencing until next year so he can continue cooperating with authorities. Joel Greenberg on Tuesday asked the federal judge in a court filing to move his sentencing date from mid-November to next March. Greenberg pleaded
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. PETERSBURG (WFOR) — A homeless Florida woman was rushed to the hospital on Monday morning when she fell into a canal and was attacked by an alligator. According to St. Petersburg Fire Rescue officials, the woman was resting along a seawall around 6:00 a.m.
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Storms, some of which have turned severe continue, to fire up as a low pressure system that brought light rain and thunderstorms to the Valley this morning moves eastward. Rainfall capped off with very minimal totals in the early morning hours. There is still the slight possibility of residual showers in the mountains nearby this
Continue Reading By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Geological Survey officials have lowered the alert level for a Hawaii volcano. They expect Kilauea volcano’s latest eruption that began last week to remain confined to the summit and not endanger any communities. Officials had raised the volcano’s alert level to “warning” as they assessed
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — Moscú calificó de “perversión de la información” un reporte del Consorcio Internacional de Periodistas de Investigación (ICIJ), los denominados papeles de Pandora, sobre la riqueza del presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, y sus allegados, y ha descartado la necesidad de una investigación. En declaraciones en una conferencia de prensa telefónica, el
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Unruly passenger incidents are rising again, new Federal Aviation Administration numbers show. FAA figures released Tuesday show more disruptions on commercial flights in the past week than any week in the past two and a half months. The FAA says there were 128 new incidents reported by flight
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MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys are presenting competing narratives in the trial of a California police officer accused of shooting and killing a mentally ill man in a wealthy San Francisco suburb nearly three years ago. A defense attorney on Monday asked a jury to sympathize with the officer’s need to make
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Tuesday as the technology sector reversed direction after a sell-off a day earlier. The S&P 500 rose 1.3%, with technology companies and banks leading the gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.2% and the Nasdaq rose 1.5%. The
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business The former Facebook employee whose leaks triggered some of the most intense scrutiny in the company’s history revealed her identity Sunday night. Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager with stints at several other big tech companies, went public with an appearance on “60 Minutes.” Haugen is set to testify
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un nuevo hallazgo que parecería un poco fuera de este mundo es una nueva realidad para los investigadores que han estado estudiando el cosmos durante las últimas dos décadas. Los investigadores descubrieron que la Tierra no es tan brillante como solía ser y que se ha ido oscureciendo a un ritmo
Continue ReadingBy Anaridis Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story ATTLEBORO (WBZ) — Adam Chamberlain is running the Boston Marathon for Boston Children’s Hospital on the “Miles for Miracles” team. He wants to say thank you after the doctors there saved his daughter’s life. Five-year-old Emma was just 36 hours old when doctors realized she
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By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving didn’t practice with the Brooklyn Nets, again remaining away from the team amid questions about his availability to play in New York because of the city’s vaccine mandate. Coach Steve Nash had no further update about the status of his All-Star guard but
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online, though coverage was still spotty. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all suffered outages midday Monday, according to public statements from the three Facebook services. Outage tracking site Down Detector logged tens of thousands of reports
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