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By Matt McFarland and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Photos and videos showing piles of empty boxes littered alongside rail tracks in Los Angeles County, California have gone viral as shipping companies say they’ve seen a dramatic spike in railroad theft. Some of the boxes are packages from companies like UPS, Amazon and FedEx. Union Pacific, one
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State coach Ryan Day continued to revamp his coaching staff by hiring of two defensive assistants Friday. Tim Walton, a former Ohio State player who spent the last 13 years coaching in the NFL, most recently with the Jacksonville Jaguars, was added as cornerbacks/secondary coach. Perry Eliano, who coached cornerbacks
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden nominated three people for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, including Sarah Bloom Raskin, a former Fed and Treasury official, for the top regulatory slot and Lisa Cook, who would be the first Black woman to serve on the board. Biden also nominated
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Thousands of Nevadans will share in a big settlement that 39 state attorneys general negotiated with a major student loan collecting company accused of abusive lending practices involving more than $1 billion in loans. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Friday that Nevadans are among those nationally who will benefit
Continue Reading BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Striker Neal Maupay’s late pass forced an own goal from defender Joachim Andersen as Brighton drew at home to fierce rival Crystal Palace 1-1 in the English Premier League. Maupay collected a quick ball from Marc Cucurella and swiveled in one movement to hit a low cross from the left that
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A 41-year-old felon was sentenced to 26 years to life in state prison today for killing his father’s girlfriend in Thermal, a Riverside County Superior Court Judge ruled today. Raul Alcantar Sanchez Jr. was found legally sane and convicted of murder in October for killing 34-year-old Carolina Vargas in November 2012. Sanchez appeared for
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Mena, CNN Hundreds of mail-in ballot applications are being rejected in some of Texas’s largest counties because of the new voting law passed by the Republican-led state legislature last year, according to multiple election officials. Election officials in Harris County, Travis County and Bexar County say they are rejecting a high volume of
Continue Reading BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has visited a tornado-ravaged neighborhood in Kentucky to meet with residents and local leaders. The Bowling Green neighborhood was one of several areas hit hard by Dec. 10 tornadoes that tore through the western part of Kentucky, killing more than 77 people in the state. Biden
Continue Reading By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A decaying, 122-year-old property marketed as “the worst house on the best block” of San Francisco has sold for nearly $2 million. A developer’s $1.97 million cash offer for the Victorian house was finalized last week. The sale caught the attention of the social media page
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By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A decaying, 122-year-old property marketed as “the worst house on the best block” of San Francisco has sold for nearly $2 million. A developer’s $1.97 million cash offer for the Victorian house was finalized last week. The sale caught the attention of the social media page
Continue Reading By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A decaying, 122-year-old property marketed as “the worst house on the best block” of San Francisco has sold for nearly $2 million. A developer’s $1.97 million cash offer for the Victorian house was finalized last week. The sale caught the attention of the social media page
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps has approved its first two COVID-19 vaccine exemptions based on religious reasons, something no other military service has done so far. The Marines say the two exemptions are the first to be approved by the Corps in 10 years. The Marines said
Continue Reading IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The nation’s longest-tenured FBS head coach plans to stick around even longer as University of Iowa officials said they were extending Kirk Ferentz’s contract through the 2029 season. Iowa on Friday announced the four-year extension that followed a 10-4 record in 2021. It was Ferentz’s 23rd season at Iowa. The
Continue Reading COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland assistant basketball coach Bruce Shingler faces charges of procuring or soliciting prostitution or assignation, according to online court records. The school said Wednesday that Shingler was suspended 30 days for a violation of his employment agreement — and the athletic department would not comment further. According to court records,
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The greater Los Angeles point-in-time homeless count for 2022 has been postponed to late February due to the surge in cases of COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority on Friday cited the need to protect the health of volunteers, staff and homeless people. The count
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pushing ahead with efforts to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administration’s sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large employers. At a time when hospitals are being overrun with patients and record numbers of people are
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN FedEx wants to operate cargo planes outfitted with lasers that throw off incoming heat-seeking missiles, according to a newly published federal documents. In a filing Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration indicated FedEx had asked permission to add the missile-defense system. The agency said that the “FedEx missile-defense system directs infrared laser
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott are back in the playoffs five years after they were rookie sensations topping the NFC heading into the postseason. The quarterback and running back lost their playoff debuts back then. They made it again two years later. Now Prescott, Elliott and the Cowboys
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott are back in the playoffs five years after they were rookie sensations topping the NFC heading into the postseason. The quarterback and running back lost their playoff debuts back then. They made it again two years later. Now Prescott, Elliott and the Cowboys
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Washington Wizards coach Wes Unseld has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols, and assistant Pat Delany is taking over as acting head coach starting with Saturday night’s game against Portland. Unseld is in his first season coaching the Wizards, who are 22-20 and have won three in a row. Delany
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