By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor has signed a new executive order that pledges $10 million to build a clinic that would provide abortions and other pregnancy care. Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham said Wednesday that “the goal here is build it and they will come.” She said New
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor has signed a new executive order that pledges $10 million to build a clinic that would provide abortions and other pregnancy care. Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham said Wednesday that “the goal here is build it and they will come.” She said New
Continue Reading By LYNN ELBER and MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writers So many TV shows, so few nominees who will end up with trophies at the Primetime Emmy Awards. A total of 25 Emmys will be presented during the Sept. 12 ceremony in the glamor categories including acting and best comedy, drama and limited series. Past winners
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A watchdog agency is investigating whether Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor violated a law that limits political activity by government workers for attending a political fundraiser that featured First Lady Jill Biden, according to an email reviewed by The Associated Press. The U.S. Office
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Riverside County reported 25 new confirmed or probable monkeypox cases today, raising the overall number to 197. Jose Arballo, a spokesman for the Riverside University Health System, provided the updated numbers, which can be found at www.rivcoph.org/mpx/Data — a monkeypox dashboard that shares a breakdown of cases in the county with city-by-city data and
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By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Operators of California’s power grid called for statewide voluntary conservation of electricity Wednesday as a heat wave spread over the West and they warned that there could be energy shortages if conditions worsen. The call for conservation between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. came as excessive-heat
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The One Class At A Time award for the month of August has been presented to Kristen Bossi, who teaches a Career Technical Education Film and Digital Production class at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Indio. News Channel 3 and attorney Walter Clark surprised Ms. Bossi with the $500 award, which she nominated herself for
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, MICHAEL HILL and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amid the bright lights and electronic billboards across New York’s Times Square, city authorities are posting new signs proclaiming the bustling crossroads a “Gun Free Zone.” The sprawling Manhattan tourist attraction is one of scores of “sensitive” places — including
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department’s court filing Tuesday laying out the case that classified documents had been concealed at Mar-a-Lago raises new scrutiny for former President Donald Trump‘s lawyers who worked with federal investigators to return classified material to the government. The FBI’s search on August 8 uncovering scores of
Continue Reading By TERRY CHEA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An unprecedented red tide in the San Francisco Bay Area is killing thousands of fish and other marine life whose carcasses are washing ashore, creating a foul odor that experts say could get worse during this weekend’s expected heat wave. At Oakland’s
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El músico de country Luke Bell, quien desapareció a principios de este mes, fue encontrado muerto, según el agente Frank Magos del Departamento de Policía de Tucson. Tenía 32 años. Bell, quien lanzó su primer álbum de estudio en 2012, fue “encontrado en la cuadra 5500 de E. Grant Road en
Continue ReadingBy Ben Tinker and Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning Tuesday about “brightly-colored fentanyl used to target young Americans.” The agency said it and its partners in law enforcement seized colored fentanyl and fentanyl pills in 18 states this month. “This trend appears to be a new method used by
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is warning that a failure to place a price cap on Russian oil would hurt the global economy. She says without a price cap, “we face the threat of a global energy price spike if the majority of Russian energy production gets shut
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN Major US airlines have updated their customer service agreements following pressure from the Biden administration to step up consumer rights in the wake of a summer plagued by flight cancellations and delays. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue and Southwest (pdf) have all published updates to their customer service
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Cruise operator Royal Caribbean is bringing SpaceX’s satellite-based internet service to its cruise ships in what it’s billing as “the biggest public deployment of Starlink’s high-speed internet in the travel industry so far.” The rollout will begin immediately across all three brands the company operates: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises
Continue ReadingBy ABC7 Chicago Digital Team via WLS Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A 13-year-old boy with a rare brain disease will be brought to Chicago from Florida. He will check into the world-class rehabilitation center Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Caleb Zieglebauer has been fighting a brain-eating amoeba. Caleb visited a beach
Continue ReadingBy Eric Horng via WLS Click here for updates on this story BRIDGEVIEW, Illinois (WLS) — Attendees of the Sacred Rose Music Festival in Bridgeview were shocked to find they had been charged thousands of dollars though a glitch in the payment system. “I was shocked,” said Courtney Richter, attendee. “I had no idea how
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Cordero via KABC Click here for updates on this story BELL, California (KABC) — Two weeks into the school year, Bell High School is already testing the patience of students and staff. Temperatures are expected to climb well into the 90s, and air conditioning in some classrooms doesn’t work. Student Maydalene Montesdeoca says
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Country musician Luke Bell, who went missing earlier this month, has been found dead, according to officer Frank Magos from the Tucson Police Department. He was 32. Bell, who released his first studio album in 2012, was “found in the 5500 block of E. Grant Road in Midtown Tucson,” according to
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An international banker accused of bribing Puerto Rico’s then-governor to undermine an investigation into his institution has turned himself in and pleaded not guilty. Julio Herrera Velutini is a citizen of Venezuela and Italy and was thought to be living in the United Kingdom.
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