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MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County officials on Wednesday presented the deed to prime California oceanfront property to the heirs of a Black couple who built a beach resort for African Americans but were harassed and finally stripped of the land nearly a century ago. The event marked the final step in a
Continue ReadingBy Julie Cornell Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Some people ease gently into their 50th birthday with the caution of a middle-aged adult dipping a toe in the waters of retirement. Mike Straub is not one of those people. “You live your passions,” said Straub, who has the license
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A former Trump White House aide who met with the January 6 committee earlier this week went on a profane and sexist rant on a livestream after his testimony, where he railed against the lawmakers and attacked other witnesses, according to audio posted to his Telegram. The aide,
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s new district attorney has asked the state Attorney General to take over a case involving Mayor London Breed’s brother to avoid a potential conflict of interest, her office confirmed Wednesday. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins was appointed by Breed earlier this month to replace ousted District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Jenkin’s
Continue ReadingBy Tara Jakeway Click here for updates on this story FORT PIERCE, Florida (WPBF) — Davey Wright put his kayak in the water on June 27, thinking he would go out for a short fishing trip. At a sand bar two and a half miles out, he lent his kayak to a fellow boater who
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger and Virginia Langmaid, CNN US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf announced Tuesday that he has commissioned reviews of the agency’s food and tobacco programs. Both have been subject of recent criticism amid the nationwide infant formula shortage and the debate over e-cigarette products. Califf testified Wednesday at a Senate
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College of the Desert has restored their phone systems and website after a “computer network disruption” that prevented students and faculty from accessing their emails, phone lines and school servers since July 5. In their July 19 press release, College of the Desert said their internal and IT team have been working on restoring services
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Jeanne Villa of Palm Springs is organizing a fundraiser on behalf of the Ukrainian refugees who’ve recently immigrated to Poland. Villa will be in Poland for two on her mission to serve Ukrainian refugees. Villa said the funds will also be used to “assist me as a volunteer with airfare, accommodations, in-country transport, and food.”
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Astronomers at MIT have discovered something they can’t quite explain: A mysterious radio signal pulsing with constant regularity. They’re called fast radio bursts, or FRBs, and were detected using a radio telescope in Canada called CHIME. Scientists say they usually only
Continue ReadingBy Angela Williams Click here for updates on this story OXFORD, Mississippi (WAPT) — Police in Oxford are getting help from the FBI to help find a missing Ole Miss Student. Jimmie “Jay” Lee, 20, was last seen on July 8 leaving an apartment complex. Lee’s car was found at an Oxford towing company, but
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By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Three weeks of continuous demonstrations and road blockades to protest high fuel and food costs in Panama have begun to cause shortages of some food products, fuel and medicine. The closures, including of the Pan-American Highway, have forced the national electric company to ration electricity in
Continue ReadingBy Jim Madalinsky Click here for updates on this story TRAFFORD, Pa. (WTAE) — Charges have now been filed against an Armstrong County woman accused of stealing a family’s one-year-old German Shepherd on July 1. Trafford police filed charges against 29-year-old Molly Bureau, accusing her of stealing the dog after she had agreed to watch
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Consensus college women’s basketball player of the year Aliyah Boston turned down a late invitation to the ESPYS awards show, saying the offer was even more hurtful than not being asked to attend. Boston helped the South Carolina Gamecocks win the NCAA title by defeating Connecticut in April. She swept the
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, Livia Borghese, Tara John and Jack Guy, CNN Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi won a confidence vote in the country’s Senate on Wednesday, but emerged badly bruised. Despite his calls for unity, lawmakers from three parties boycotted the vote: the powerful 5-Star movement, which is the largest party in the country’s coalition
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A proposed passenger rail service that would connect the Coachella Valley with Los Angeles is one step closer to becoming reality. The train would make two daily round trips between Union Station in Los Angeles and Coachella – including stops in Palm Springs and other locations around the valley. Cathedral City resident Mark Morocco and
Continue Reading OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Taiba is the slight 7-5 favorite over the undefeated Jack Christopher in the $1 million Haskell Stakes on Saturday, the first major race for 3-year-olds following the Triple Crown. Taiba is trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who is seeking to extend his stakes record with a 10th Haskell victory
Continue ReadingBy Norah Hogan Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) — A Maine doctor has fulfilled a life-long dream by donating his kidney to a former patient in Wisconsin. “It’s so personal you know?” said nephrologist and Maine Medical Center Department of medicine chair Dr. Aji Djamali. “For me, it was a
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business The US Postal Service said Wednesday that at least 40% of its new delivery vehicles will be electric, up from the 10% it had once committed to, following a backlash from the Biden administration and others. Under the revised plan, the Postal Service would buy 33,800 electric vehicles, 25,000 of
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Bruce Willis regresó al sitio donde se grabó una de sus películas más famosas, “Die Hard”. La esposa del actor, Emma Heming Willis, publicó recientemente un video en su cuenta verificada de Instagram donde mostraba a su esposo visitando Fox Plaza en Los Ángeles, que sirvió como set para la Nakatomi
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A man accused of killing his wife and another man outside a Palm Desert hotel Friday morning has been charged. Kenny Wu, 34, is accused of stabbing his wife and another man during a domestic violence dispute. His charges include two counts of murder along with a sentence enhancement due to arming himself with a
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