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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Rent-A-Center, one of the nation’s largest rent-to-own companies, will pay $15.5 million to settle California’s allegations that it misled and overcharged tens of thousands of customers, Attorney General Rob Bonta said Tuesday. An investigation of the company’s “kiosk” business inside traditional retail furniture stores found that
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Tony Ramaeker averages around 14,000 steps a day as he walks around the Nebraska high school where he is assigned to work as a sheriff’s deputy, greeting students arriving in the morning, wandering the hallways to talk to them and watching out for those who might
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Authorities today identified a 31-year-old man who was killed in a fatal collision in Palm Springs caused by someone suspected of driving under the influence. The collision occurred around 9 p.m. Saturday, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. Investigators said a vehicle driven by a 57-year-old Los Angeles man, was traveling south on Sunrise
Continue Reading SIERRA COUNTY, N.M. (AP) — Aerospace and space travel company Virgin Galactic announced Tuesday that it’s planning to build an astronaut campus and training facility in southern New Mexico. Company officials said in a statement that it has secured land for the facility outside Truth or Consequences near the location of Spaceport America. They said
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — Police made a shocking discovery at North Mountain in Phoenix on Monday morning. Just after 8:30 a.m., near 7th Street and Peoria Avenue, officers found human remains. Arizona’s Family drone was over North Mountain and saw a group of officers
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Un juez federal de México concedió al narcotraficante Rafael Caro Quintero la suspensión definitiva de la orden de extradición a Estados Unidos, según un fallo al que accedió CNN. El Juzgado Primero de Distrito en Materias de Amparo y Juicios Federales en el Estado de México aprobó el pedido de la
Continue ReadingBy EMMA LOCKHART Click here for updates on this story MESA, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — As kids head back to school, teachers are preparing their classrooms. Nicole Briney teaches kindergarten through second grade at Sequoia Deaf School in Mesa. She spent her morning putting together lesson plans and buying organizing classroom supplies, some of which
Continue ReadingBy BRITTANY JACOB Click here for updates on this story SELMA, California (KFSN) — Selma police are investigating after a man was mauled to death by five dogs. It happened at about 1 Sunday afternoon at Goldridge and Balboa. 59-year-old Richard Barry, or Hutch as family members called him, was attacked while walking in the
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — A murderer with a history of violence got rejected when he asked a Fresno County judge for a break. Philip Ozuna was the glue that kept his extended family together. “My nephew, he wasn’t a perfect person and he wasn’t a
Continue ReadingBy BRYANNA GALLAGHER Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — City and community leaders walked several blocks in South Philadelphia Monday evening to encourage peace. The walk comes days after tragedy shook the neighborhood. “My son was a joy to the world, I just cannot believe this,” cried Tangalee Lewis, the
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BERWYN, Illinois (WLS) — A Berwyn city employee who admitted to police she used a racial slur against a man has been fired. According to a post on the city of Berwyn’s blog, Sarah Lopez, who used to work as “Blight Inspector,” has been terminated.
Continue ReadingBy CHARLY EDSITTY Click here for updates on this story SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — Two teenage boys are in the hospital after they were both shot in what investigators believe may have been a murder-suicide attempt in the Spring area. The shooting happened at a home in the 6900 block of Round Rose Court in
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WABC) — A woman was slashed with a box cutter in an unprovoked attack while she was walking in Midtown Sunday morning, and now, the victim is speaking exclusively with Eyewitness News. It happened around 10 a.m. near Seventh Avenue and
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Zachary Cohen, CNN The Defense Department wiped the phones of top departing DOD and Army officials at the end of the Trump administration, deleting any texts from key witnesses to events surrounding the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, according to court filings. The acknowledgment that the phones from
Continue ReadingBy CAITLIN LILLY Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says a suspect has been arrested in connection with the attack on an elderly man at his Summerlin home. According to police, Armondo Dangerfield, 28, is accused in the attempted murder that occurred last
Continue Reading SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — An appellate court has reversed the murder convictions of the three Northern California deputies convicted in the 2015 jail beating death of a mentally ill inmate after a judge ruled that the primary legal theory prosecutors cited was invalidated by recent changes in state law. In 2017, former Santa Clara
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Private astronaut missions to the International Space Station will have to be chaperoned by a former NASA astronaut, per new proposed requirements from the US space agency. NASA posted a public notice online on Tuesday that laid out a handful of updated requirements for future private astronaut missions, which the
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting between gains and losses Tuesday as Wall Street debates whether the market’s strong recent run is the start of a turnaround or a temporary blip. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in afternoon trading after earlier swinging
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LUNENBURG, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A 75-year-old Massachusetts man was taken by medical helicopter to a hospital for treatment after being attacked by a dog. Authorities said the dog had bitten the victim several times, latched on to the victim and did not release. An officer
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Youth Leadership Institute is conducting a walkability audit in Coachella today with the help of local young people dedicated to making improvements throughout their communities. Check out our live interview moments after the audit: Program manager at YLI, Paulina Rojas, said the audit is made possible through a grant from SCAG’s Go Human Mini-Grants Program,
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