By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers and staff are moving out of their offices in the state Capitol Annex ahead of the building’s demolition. While the Capitol was completed in 1874, the Annex wasn’t added until 1952. It has housed lawmakers’ offices, including the governor. The building will soon be
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Police say a teenager has been shot and wounded at a high school in west Phoenix and they are searching for a suspect. They say the incident occurred at Cesar Chavez High School on Monday afternoon and the teen’s injuries were not considered life-threatening. Police say it’s not considered an active-shooter situation,
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Lisa Respers France, CNN Joy Behar offered up some life advice that was not well received by some. During a recent episode of “The View,” the comic weighed in on a conversation about talking politics over Thanksgiving dinner. Behar suggested that gay people who haven’t come out to their families yet
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Washington got tight end Logan Thomas and wide receiver Curtis Samuel back for their primetime game against the banged-up Seattle Seahawks. Thomas has missed the past six games with a hamstring injury. This will be just Samuel’s third game of the season amid a groin
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are spending freely and going back to store shopping, knocking out some of the momentum in online sales from last year when Americans were making many of their purchases exclusively via the internet. Shopper traffic roared back on Black Friday, but it was still
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are spending freely and going back to store shopping, knocking out some of the momentum in online sales from last year when Americans were making many of their purchases exclusively via the internet. Shopper traffic roared back on Black Friday, but it was still
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative congresswoman Lauren Boebert has spoken by phone with congresswoman Ilhan Omar just days after likening the Minnesota Democrat to a bomb-carrying terrorist. By both lawmakers’ accounts, the call Monday did not go well. Omar ended the call after Boebert, a Colorado Republican, refused to issue a
Continue Reading STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn sophomore guard Paige Bueckers is the first college athlete to represent Gatorade, announcing Monday a multiyear name, image and likeness deal. Terms of the deal with PepsiCo Inc. were not released. It is the second NIL deal announced for Bueckers, who also has a partnership with sneaker marketplace StockX. Bueckers
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CNN By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jeffrey Epstein’s former pilot testified in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial Tuesday that a who’s who of powerful men, including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, flew aboard Epstein’s private plane. The pilot, Larry Visoski, said he would typically be given notice if Clinton or
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN All over the world, it’s been a tough year on wallets. Supply-chain blockages and changing consumer demand have pushed up the cost of living in many of our biggest cities, according to new research published Wednesday, and inflation is the fastest recorded over the past five years. One city has been
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arlene Dahl, the actor whose charm and striking red hair shone in such Technicolor movies of the 1950s as “Three Little Words” and “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” has died at age 96. Dahl’s son, actor Lorenzo Lamas said on Facebook that she
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arlene Dahl, the actor whose charm and striking red hair shone in such Technicolor movies of the 1950s as “Three Little Words” and “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” has died at age 96. Dahl’s son, actor Lorenzo Lamas said on Facebook that she
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Gold Glove catcher Jacob Stallings is heading to the Miami Marlins. The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded Stallings to the Miami Marlins in exchange for pitcher Zach Thompson and prospects Kyle Nicolas and Connor Scott. Stallings, 31, is coming off the best season of his career. He earned his first Gold Glove for
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency says U.K. spies must give up some of their deep-rooted secrecy and seek help from tech firms to combat fast-moving cyber threats. MI6 chief Richard Moore says the agency has to “become more open to stay secret” in a world of destabilizing technological change. Moore
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency says U.K. spies must give up some of their deep-rooted secrecy and seek help from tech firms to combat fast-moving cyber threats. MI6 chief Richard Moore says the agency has to “become more open to stay secret” in a world of destabilizing technological change. Moore
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Sonny Dykes has been hired as TCU’s coach after he spent the past four seasons at SMU. The Big 12 school finally acknowledged the move publicly after welcoming Dykes to the Fort Worth campus Monday night to meet with his new team. He replaces
Continue Reading By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A prosecutor says Jussie Smollett staged a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago in January 2019 with help from two brothers after a television studio didn’t take hate mail he received seriously. Prosecutor Dan Webb says the men took part in the “attack” that made headlines around
Continue Reading By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A prosecutor says Jussie Smollett staged a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago in January 2019 with help from two brothers after a television studio didn’t take hate mail he received seriously. Prosecutor Dan Webb says the men took part in the “attack” that
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The legal saga surrounding Jussie Smollett’s claim in 2019 that he was the target of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago has culminated in a trial, which went to the jury for deliberations Wednesday. Initial charges brought in February 2019 that accused the former
Continue ReadingBy Erika Stanish Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Washington County woman is warning other drivers to be aware of their surroundings after she says she was followed by a man she didn’t know or recognize. Kodi Cimani said she was delivering food to her aunt on Thanksgiving
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