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By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed Steve Dettelbach to run the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The vote Tuesday makes him the agency’s first confirmed director since 2015. Dettelbach takes the reins of the agency as the Biden administration and the Justice Department are fighting
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story VENICE BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — The tents have returned to Venice Beach, almost exactly a year after the world-famous boardwalk was cleared. Dozens of tents are back up, after nearly 200 people were matched with housing when the encampment was cleared last summer. This
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks shed early gains and ended broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday as investors brace for a big week of news on inflation and company earnings reports. The S&P 500 fell 0.9%, extending its losing streak to a third consecutive day. All of the benchmark
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street turned broadly lower in afternoon trading Tuesday as investors brace for a big week of news on inflation and company earnings reports. The S&P 500 was down 1.1%, with all of its 11 company sectors in the red. The benchmark index
Continue ReadingBy Rick Sallinger Click here for updates on this story ADAMS COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — The COVID-19 pandemic not only took its toll on patients but also on the staff of hospitals and other facilities. Now the need for nurses can be described as critical. Adams County is making a big investment to help hospitals
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The leader of Arizona’s largest abortion provider said Tuesday her organization will not resume the procedures in one county even though a federal judge has blocked a fetal “personhood” law they feared could lead to criminal charges against doctors and others. Brittany Fonteno, president and CEO of
Continue ReadingBy SHAWN CHITNIS Click here for updates on this story PLEASANTON, California (KPIX) — Cricket is one of the most popular sports in the world. Changing demographics have brought the English bat and ball game to East Bay, where there is a plan to build a cricket field at a local sports park. “He tried
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA LUCIA AND KELSY MITTAUER Click here for updates on this story ROUND ROCK, Texas (KTVT) — More Texas school districts are expressing interest in a program to arm their employees following the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to the state’s law enforcement licensing agency. The Texas Commission on Law
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Steve Dettelbach as President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Successful confirmation of the nominee is a victory for the Biden administration and comes in the wake of a string of recent mass shootings
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — In a story published July 8, 2022, about Greece and Bulgaria marking the completion of a new pipeline, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the future capacity of the pipeline could be expanded to 5 million cubic meters a year. The correct figure is 5 billion, not 5 million.
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In a 4-0 vote, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors have passed a motion to study changes to the county programs and services for at-risk children and young adults. The vote came after a presentation by the law firm behind the in-depth report as well as heated public comment where one constituent called for Supervisor
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A woman is being sought by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department after being accused of stealing more than $50,000 worth of valuables from a man’s apartment. Surveillance cameras show the victim and the woman walking into the apartment building in the
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former California congresswoman Katie Hill, who was ordered to pay attorneys’ fees to a British tabloid and two conservative journalists she sued after the publication of intimate photos without her consent, has filed for bankruptcy protection. If successful, the move could allow Hill to avoid paying about $220,000 in fees to
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN White House officials on Tuesday acknowledged June’s Consumer Price Index report is expected to show elevated inflation but argue the figures included in the report don’t reflect a recent drop in energy prices and are therefore “out of date.” National Economic Council director Brian Deese and Council of
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Golden State assistant coach Ron Adams is the winner of this year’s Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact Award, presented by the National Basketball Coaches Association. Adams has spent more than 50 years in coaching and is entering his 30th year in the NBA. He is known as a defensive mastermind
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By Dianne Gallagher and Eric Levenson, CNN The family of Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of defrauding legal clients and carrying out a failed suicidal fraud scheme, has been told he could soon be indicted on murder charges as well, his attorney told CNN. “I am aware that SLED (South Carolina Law
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gun makers and dealers in California will be required to block firearms sales to anyone they have “reasonable cause to believe is at substantial risk” of using a gun illegally or of harming themselves or others, under a new law that Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday
Continue Readingby Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business It might surprise you to learn that the best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle in America is, of all things, a Jeep Wrangler, the burly, boxy SUV engineered for hard off-road driving. There are other, seemingly more likely contenders, like the like the Toyota Rav4 Prime, a family-friendly crossover, or the Toyota
Continue Reading By Chuck Johnston, CNN The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) will transfer 4,000 beagles from a research facility in Cumberland, Virginia, to humane societies across the United States where they can be adopted, under a plan approved by a federal judge last week. A series of inspections over the course of nine months found more
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN After more than 50 years in showbiz, Sheryl Lee Ralph has finally received her first Emmy nomination. And her joy is infectious. In a minute-long video shared by her son on Twitter, Ralph — who plays teacher Barbara Howard on ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” — is on the phone receiving the news
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