By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has launched a $185 million jobs program aimed at putting disadvantaged youth and young adults to work helping their communities while improving their prospects for future success. The Californians For All Youth Jobs Corps was funded in Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2021-22 “California Comeback Plan.”
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities are searching for a man suspected of robbing or attempting to rob more than a dozen banks across Southern California in recent months. The Los Angeles Times says the FBI has dubbed the suspect the “Green Gaiter Bandit” because of a colorful neck gaiter he wears. He has robbed banks
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TORONTO (AP) — A large crowd gathered outside a mall north of Toronto to cheer a group of local truckers preparing to join a convoy to Ottawa protesting the Canadian government’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers. Some in the crowd threw cash and food up to drivers inside their truck cabs Thursday while others
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix say a driver is facing second-degree murder and DUI charges after a high-speed crash left another man dead. They say 20-year-old Richard Anderson was arrested after Wednesday’s crash in west Phoenix and was believed to be driving impaired. Court paperwork shows Anderson told police he knew he was going
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By Mark Morales and Peter Nickeas, CNN In response to a wave of violence during his first month on the job — capped by a deadly attack on two police officers — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is resurrecting a controversial unit within the NYPD to help stem an increase in shootings, hoping that
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By VANESSA GERA and SAMUEL PETREQUIN WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Survivors recalled their agony to a world they fear is forgetting, Israel’s parliamentary speaker wept in the German parliament and politicians warned of a resurgence of antisemitism on Thursday’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Locals gathered to remember Holocaust victims at a special ceremony Thursday in
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: ServiceNow, Levi Strauss rise; Tesla, Intel fall.
Continue Reading CNN, HLN By David Williams, CNN An official escort for her lunch was not what Anastasia Elsinger ordered from DoorDash on Tuesday, but that’s what she opened her door to find. “I know I’m not who you were expecting,” a Sioux Falls police officer says in video captured by her doorbell camera. “Your driver got
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Over-classification of government secrets both undermines national security by blocking the intelligence community’s ability to share critical information and “erodes the basic trust that our citizens have in their government,” the US director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, said in a letter to Congress obtained by CNN. The statement from
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una segunda investigación local sobre la muerte en 2013 de Kendrick Johnson, el adolescente de Georgia que fue encontrado muerto en una colchoneta de gimnasia enrollada, se cerró sin que se presentaran cargos, según un informe publicado por el sheriff del condado de Lowndes, Ashley Paulk. Paulk calificó la muerte
Continue Reading By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Family members of women in a sober living group home who were killed and injured in a fiery van crash last year are suing a car company and the group home. They say the 2002 Dodge Ram was prone to tipping over and was not properly
Continue Reading By Laura Studley, CNN A New York couple faces charges after allegedly posting on social media that they had attended a Buffalo Bills football game at Highmark Stadium on January 15 using fake Covid-19 vaccine cards, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. All guests age 12 and older are required to provide proof
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Bhután es uno de los países más misteriosos del mundo. Visitar el país del “dragón del trueno” puede ser un reto, pero hay un nuevo incentivo para tacharlo por fin de la lista de deseos en 2022, ya que su impresionante Trans Bhutan Trail, una ruta ancestral de senderismo, volverá a
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks gave up an early rally and closed lower on Wall Street Thursday as a streak of market volatility continued. The S&P 500 index fell 0.5% after being up as much as 1.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was barely lower and the Nasdaq fell
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Guardians officials say the team has reached an agreement to extend its lease at its downtown ballpark through at least 2036. Team officials said Thursday financing has been secured for improvements at Progressive Field. Team owner and CEO Paul Dolan says the agreement will lead to a more “compelling fan experience”
Continue Reading By David Williams, CNN An official escort for her lunch was not what Anastasia Elsinger ordered from DoorDash on Tuesday, but that’s what she opened her door to find. “I know I’m not who you were expecting,” a Sioux Falls police officer says in video captured by her doorbell camera. “Your driver got arrested for
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Evangeline Lilly said she attended a rally against vaccine mandates in Washington, DC, last weekend — the same event where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invoked Nazi Germany and Anne Frank in a speech. The “Ant-Man and the Wasp” star, in an Instagram post, said she attended the rally to “support bodily
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By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Emerging reports show that two little-known drugs are making lethal new contributions to America’s drug overdose crisis. Officials say the two drugs are being seen more often by medical examiners looking into overdose deaths. Often they are taken with — or mixed with — illicit
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