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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent law school in San Francisco named for a 19th century rancher who sponsored deadly atrocities against Native Americans has a new name after California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation approving the change. It was among several bills concerning indigenous people that the Democratic governor and former San Francisco mayor
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Get ready to see an asteroid’s tiny moon for the first time. Then, watch as a spacecraft deliberately crashes into it. This scenario sounds like a sci-fi plot, but the NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test, happening Monday, is a real-life mission. It aims to be humanity’s first attempt at deflecting an
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Se pronostica que la tormenta tropical Ian, la novena tormenta con nombre de la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico de 2022, alcanzará una fuerza de huracán de categoría 4 antes de llegar a Florida la próxima semana. Si lo hace, será el primer gran huracán en impactar el estado desde 2018. Ian
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Some Oregon parks officials say high demand for crowded campsites is leading to arguments, fistfights and even so-called campsite pirates. The Statesman Journal reports that park rangers have sometimes had to play mediator and detective when disputes break out over reserved and first-come, first-served campsites. In some cases, would-be campers will
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — A U.N. anti-crime agency official says authorities in northwestern Laos have made their third largest seizure ever of methamphetamine, confiscating a haul of 33 million tablets along with 1,100 pounds of crystal methamphetamine. The bust came after 200,000 tablets were found Friday night in a truck and the interrogation of the driver
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police moved quickly Saturday to disperse peaceful protests against President Vladimir Putin’s military mobilization order, arresting hundreds, including some children, in scores of cities across the vast country. Police detained nearly 750 people, including over 370 in Moscow and some 150 in St. Petersburg, according to OVD-Info, an independent website that
Continue Reading By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — So you’re paying attention to the tectonic geopolitical issues at the U.N. General Assembly, and most of them are addressed in carefully calibrated and crafted diplomatic language. Then, suddenly, someone like Ralph Gonsalves steps up to the podium. In an ocean of speakers from around
Continue Reading By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday declared a state of emergency for Florida as Tropical Storm Ian gathers strength over the Caribbean and is expected to bring intense hurricane rain and wind to the state next week. DeSantis initially issued the emergency order for two dozen counties
Continue ReadingBy Lee Peck Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is making an urgent plea following a suspected fentanyl overdose death. Deputies responded to 6950 March Pointe Road for a person deceased. Upon arrival — investigators say Nick Zirlott, 21, was found deceased from a possible
Continue ReadingCNN By Shawna Mizelle and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday presented Sir Elton John with the National Humanities Medal, surprising the music icon following a performance on the South Lawn of the White House. “I’m never flabbergasted, but I’m flabbergasted,” a visibly moved John said, thanking the President and saying that he
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Filling in for the retired Roger Federer at the Laver Cup, 2021 Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini put Team Europe back in front by edging Team World’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (11), 4-6, 10-7 on Saturday. Federer closed his career at the team event founded by his management
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials are appealing a judge’s ruling that they lacked the legal authority to fire members of the city’s largest police union for violating a COVID-19 vaccination mandate. State Supreme Court Judge Lyle Frank in Manhattan ruled Friday that the city health department’s vaccine mandate couldn’t be used to
Continue ReadingBy Gabriella Bachara Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — It’s unclear who will represent the Waukesha Christmas parade attack suspect going forward. Darrell Brooks is accused of killing six and wounding dozens of others after driving his car through the parade route. A public defender representing Brooks filed a motion
Continue ReadingBy Isa Kaufman Geballe and Zoe Sottile, CNN Louise Fletcher, the actress who won an Academy Award for playing the villainous Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” died Friday in France, according to her agent David Shaul. She was 88. Shaul said Fletcher died of “natural causes,” without providing further details. She
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Funcionarios ucranianos informaron que terminaron de exhumar los cuerpos de la fosa común hallada en la ciudad de Izium, y confirmaron que, de los 436 cuerpos encontrados, 30 mostraban signos de tortura. En un espantoso recordatorio del costo humano de la invasión de Rusia, la mayoría de los cuerpos mostraban señales
Continue ReadingBy MADELEINE WRIGHT AND KERRI CORRADO Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Philadelphia police need your help tracking down the gunman who killed a man near Drexel University. Authorities released surveillance video of the shooting Friday. Police describe the murder as horrific. Police say the victim was hanging out with friends
Continue Reading By LORI HINNANT and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — A group of Sri Lankans held captive by Russian forces in an agricultural factory in eastern Ukraine said Saturday that they were beaten and abused for months before escaping on foot as the Russians withdrew from the Kharkiv region this month. Recounting their
Continue Reading By KRISTA LARSON Associated Press Mali’s prime minister is lashing out at everyone from the U.N. secretary-general to former colonizer France. In a speech before the U.N. General Assembly, Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga took aim at what he called a “French junta.” He says that Mali was “stabbed in the back” last year when France
Continue Reading YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Faculty members at Eastern Michigan University have voted to ratify a new four-year labor agreement with the school. The Eastern Michigan University chapter of the American Association of University Professors says Friday that 96% of its members voted in favor of the deal which would include pay raises and more favorable
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Fiona washed houses into the sea, tore the roofs off others and knocked out power to the vast majority of two Canadian provinces Saturday as it made landfall as a big, powerful post-tropical cyclone. Fiona transformed from a hurricane into a post-tropical storm late Friday, but it
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