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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was closed Friday and hundreds of people ordered evacuated nearby as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest in recent years to threaten the world’s largest trees. A team was being sent to the Mariposa Grove to
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Elon Musk announced Friday that he will abandon his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter after the company failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts. Twitter immediately fired back, saying it would sue the Tesla CEO to uphold the deal.
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, Raja Razek, Shawna Mizelle and Rebekah Riess, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday spoke with Paul Whelan’s sister about the former Marine’s detainment in Russia and “reaffirmed that he is committed to bringing Paul home as soon as possible,” according to a statement from a White House official. “Today, President Biden called
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco appointed an outspoken critic of ousted District Attorney Chesa Boudin as his replacement, saying that her pick was the right person to pursue criminal justice reform while holding offenders to account. Mayor London Breed on Thursday announced that Brooke Jenkins will be the next district attorney
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco appointed an outspoken critic of ousted District Attorney Chesa Boudin as his replacement, saying that her pick was the right person to pursue criminal justice reform while holding offenders to account. Mayor London Breed on Thursday announced that Brooke Jenkins will be the next district attorney
Continue Reading By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s governor has signed a law that restricts how the public can video police at a time when there’s growing pressure across the U.S. for greater law enforcement transparency. Civil rights and media groups opposed the measure that Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed Thursday. The law makes
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten months after Hurricane Ida damaged a museum celebrating New Orleans’ African American parading culture, the Backstreet Cultural Museum is reopening. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports that a parade is planned Saturday from the original building to the new museum site blocks away. The founder’s daughter says the former bar
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The Riverside County Department of Public Health has announced two more “probable” cases of monkeypox in the county. The probable cases are both men, under the age of 60, who live in eastern Riverside County, according to department spokesperson Jose Arballo Jr. Monkeypox update: RivCo Public Health is reporting two more “probable” cases. They are
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Paraguay concretó este viernes la extradición a Estados Unidos de Kassen Mohamad Hijazi, un ciudadano brasileño de origen libanés que había sido detenido en una causa liderada por el fiscal Marcelo Pecci, asesinado en mayo último en Colombia. El Ministerio Publico de Paraguay señaló que Hijazi fue detenido en agosto
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California panel on Friday denied parole for a follower of cult leader Charles Manson convicted of slayings more than a half-century ago. Bruce Davis was previously recommended for parole seven times, but those findings were rejected by three consecutive governors. Parole commissioners told the 79-year-old
Continue Reading LINVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a woman was killed and at least three people were injured when a van ferrying runners to a running race in North Carolina crashed into a crowd. The N.C. State Highway Patrol says race participants and pedestrians had gathered in a parking lot for the race Thursday evening as
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Elon Musk announced he will walk away from his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter, leaving the deal on the verge of collapse. The Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter’s board Friday saying he is terminating the acquisition. But Twitter isn’t accepting Musk’s
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Elon Musk announced he will walk away from his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter, leaving the deal on the verge of collapse. The Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter’s board Friday saying he is terminating the acquisition. But Twitter isn’t accepting Musk’s
Continue Reading STOCKTON Police in central California were searching for a woman they say set a tent on fire, killing a man and injuring a woman inside, authorities said Friday. The 35-year-old man and 40-year-old woman were inside a tent on Airport Way and Mormon Slough in Stockton when the suspect set them and their tent ablaze
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California panel on Friday denied parole for a follower of cult leader Charles Manson convicted of slayings more than a half-century ago. Bruce Davis was previously recommended for parole seven times, but those findings were rejected by three consecutive governors. Parole commissioners told the 79-year-old
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Biden administration is nudging airlines to make it easier for families to sit together on planes at no extra charge. On Friday, the Transportation Department sent a notice to airlines that they should take steps during the seat-assignment process to help kids under 14 sit with an older relative, or
Continue Reading By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A state court has blocked Pennsylvania from participating in a regional carbon pricing program to combat climate change. Commonwealth Court ruled Friday in favor of coal-related interests that argue the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf is seeking to impose an unlawful tax. The court granted a preliminary injunction that prohibits
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Temperatures have bounced up to seasonable norms following several days of mild conditions. Daytime high temperatures are likely to hover around 110° for the weekend and through next week. An Excessive Heat Warning has been issued by neighboring offices of the National Weather Service for areas east and southeast of the Coachella Valley. High pressure
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, Brian Fung and Rachel Metz, CNN Elon Musk moved Friday afternoon to terminate his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter — the latest twist in a whirlwind process in which the billionaire Tesla CEO became the company’s biggest shareholder, turned down a board seat, agreed to buy the social media platform and
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Roads are back open following a five-vehicle traffic collision Friday afternoon in Cathedral City. The crash happened on the intersection of Ramon Road and Date Palm Drive. Sergeant Daniel Anes of the Cathedral City Police Department told News Channel 3 that four vehicles were stopped in the westbound #1 lane of Ramon Road for the
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