By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After testimony from 29 witnesses, federal prosecutors are resting their case against Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos. Over the course of 31 court days spread out over nearly three months, jurors heard from a broad assortment of witnesses in the San
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Hatfield Click here for updates on this story SOUTH BEND, Indiana (WBND-LD) — Notre Dame will be taking on Georgia Tech this weekend, and Irish fans should expect a packed stadium, as tickets for this game were given out to area residents who received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at the
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Jasmine Carson came off the bench to score 14 points with four 3-pointers, both career highs, and Esmery Martinez posted her 16th career double-double as the No. 22 West Virginia women defeated Kennesaw State 78-58. Martinez scored 13 points with 12 rebounds and KK Deans had 12 points for the Mountaineers.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California will continue to not use standardized tests for admissions decisions. UC regents were told Thursday that faculty could not find an alternative test that would not have the same bias problem that led the university to stop using the SAT last year. The Los Angeles Times reports
Continue ReadingBy Leticia Juarez Click here for updates on this story RIVERSIDE, California (KABC) — The drills and scrimmages games for Cubs football players looks pretty typical to onlookers, but what they may not notice at first glance is the silent choreography taking place on the field. The players and the coaches use a flurry of
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sequoia National Park says lightning-sparked wildfires in the past two years have killed a minimum of nearly 10,000 giant sequoia trees in California. The estimate released Friday accounts for 13% to 19% of the native sequoias that are the largest trees on Earth. The trees are
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Después de más de una semana de deliberaciones, ayer el juez declaró culpable de homicidio a Saúl Mayoral quien en marzo de 2018 asesinó a batasos a Héctor Quiñonez. Cabe recordar que Saúl Mayoral se declaró inocente debido a que tiene problemas mentales y dice que el asesinato fue en defensa propia ya que el
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By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court has largely upheld a North Dakota law aimed at regulating companies that are hired to hold down prescription costs for insurers and employers. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday, reversing its earlier decision on the state law that
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By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court has largely upheld a North Dakota law aimed at regulating companies that are hired to hold down prescription costs for insurers and employers. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday, reversing its earlier decision on the state law that
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD, MATTHEW PERRONE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is moving to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, letting them choose another dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. Regulators authorized broader use of the shots Friday, seeking to simplify what has been a confusing list
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD, MATTHEW PERRONE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is moving to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, letting them choose another dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. Regulators authorized broader use of the shots Friday, seeking to simplify what has been a confusing list
Continue Reading SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Report: California wildfires killed up to 14,000 giant sequoias in 2 years, nearly 20% of all the Earth’s largest tree.
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una nueva mirada a los posibles orígenes de la pandemia de covid-19 apunta directamente al mercado de pescados y mariscos de Huanan, en la ciudad china de Wuhan, según afirmó este jueves un científico que ha estudiado la pandemia desde el principio. El investigador Michael Worobey, de la Universidad de Arizona,
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ABC NEWS: By Lucien Bruggeman, Olivia Rubin, Arielle Mitropoulos, Allison Hope Weiner & Josh Margolin After suffering unspeakable abuses and deprivation at the hands of their parents, the Turpin siblings — it seemed — were on the path to a new life: a future with the resources needed to start fresh, to make up for the years they were locked away
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En el Condado de Riverside en las últimas 24 horas 38 personas murieron por complicaciones con el coronavirus, la persona más joven que perdió la batalla tenía 34 años y era de Mecca, la más anciana tenía 97 y era de Cathedral City. Desde que inició la pandemia en el condado han muerto por Covid
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Every day of the week FIND Food Bank holds mobile food markets to bring healthy food options to underserved communities. During the holidays, the need for these kinds of foods grows even more. Hundreds of people always line up for FIND Food Bank’s mobile food markets. There are 42 different locations across the Coachella Valley
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis couple who waved guns at demonstrators outside their home are seeking to keep their law licenses by arguing they were protecting their property from a violent mob. Mark and Patricia McCloskey made that argument in their response to a complaint seeking to have their law licenses suspended. They
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after testifying he acted in self-defense in the deadly Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice. The jury returned its verdict after close
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CNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN After more than 25 hours of deliberations, a 12-person jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of all five charges he faced after fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, were killed, and Gaige Grosskreutz, now 27, was
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — A man who was body-slammed by a Chicago police officer during a 2019 arrest has pleaded guilty to spitting into the officer’s face just before the incident. Thirty-one-year-old Bernard Kersh pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor count of battery. In exchange for his guilty plea, Cook County prosecutors dropped aggravated battery and
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