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By The Associated Press In a harsh warning, President Vladimir Putin declared that he won’t hesitate to use nuclear weapons to protect Russian territory, a threat that comes as Moscow is poised to annex swaths of Ukraine that Moscow has taken over after hastily called referendums there. While the West has heard such rhetoric from
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan and Katherine Dillinger, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized the release of “numerous batches” of Moderna’s updated Covid-19 booster amid reports of supply problems in some areas. Updated boosters from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna were made available early this month, soon after the FDA authorized them. However, some pharmacy chains
Continue ReadingBy DAESHEN SMITH Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — For the second time in the same day. The CannaBama CBD store downtown was the victim of a break in. “I can’t even describe it. It was bizarre. Unbelievable,” said owner Jennifer Boozer. “We’re out of town coming home from dinner
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By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An environmental review for a proposed copper mine in eastern Arizona did not adequately analyze the potential impacts of climate change and the strain that drought and demand have put on water resources in the region, a U.S. Bureau of Land Management report has found. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed An intricately detailed, 200-plus page civil lawsuit lays out New York Attorney General Letitia James’ case that former President Donald Trump, three of his children, his companies and his business executives defrauded lenders, insurers and other entities. “This conduct cannot be brushed aside and dismissed as some sort of good-faith mistake,”
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The city of Indio held its first-ever Emergency Preparedness Expo today at the Indio Emergency Operations Center, next to City Hall. “We’re doing this in celebration of National Preparedness Month, which occurs every September,” said Dennis Day, Emergency Operations Center Manager. Dennis Day, Emergency Operations Center Manager The event featured a mix of businesses from
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business In its continued bid to quash high inflation, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised the overnight bank lending rate to a range of 3% to 3.25%. It is the fifth increase by the US central bank in six months and its third consecutive 75- basis-point hike, which will put upward
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PASADENA, California (KABC) — Pasadena firefighters were able to rescue a blind dog that had fallen into a construction hole Tuesday night. The dog fell into the hole, about 15 feet deep and three feet wide, at a construction site on Lake Avenue near Boylston
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis When Angelica Rose Brown was accepted into the University of North Carolina’s Kenan Flagler Business School PhD. Program in 2020, she said it brought her one step closer to her career aspirations. Brown entered the program that year with high hopes: she wanted to do extensive research on code switching and
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN President Joe Biden lit a firestorm of controversy this week when he said in an interview that “the pandemic is over”: Is it really over? How do we know? Who gets to decide? Pandemics don’t have hard edges. Knowing where they start or stop is a judgment call, and there isn’t
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By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists Wednesday to bolster his forces in Ukraine, a deeply unpopular move that sparked rare protests across the country and led to almost 1,200 arrests. The risky order follows humiliating setbacks for Putin’s troops nearly seven months
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN House Democrats have struck a deal on a long-stalled package of public safety and policing bills, lawmakers and aides told CNN, paving the way for a Thursday vote. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer affirmed to reporters the vote will be scheduled for Thursday, and Rep. Joyce Beatty, the
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (WABC) — An apparent argument over not saying “thank you” for opening the door of a Brooklyn smoke shop ended with a 37-year-old man fatally stabbed late Tuesday. It happened around 10:20 p.m. at Park Slope Convenience on 4th Avenue in Park
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press CAGUAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than a half million people in Puerto Rico remained without water service three days after Hurricane Fiona slammed into the U.S. territory, and many spent hours in lines Wednesday to fill jugs from water trucks while others scooped water from mountain runoff. Sweat rolled
Continue Reading By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians experienced a widespread internet outage on Wednesday amid days of mass protests against the government, including a loss of access to Instagram and WhatsApp, two of the last Western social media platforms available in the country. An Iranian official had earlier hinted that such
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyler Murray appears content to let face smacks that happened in Vegas stay in Vegas. Police in Las Vegas said on Monday that they were investigating allegations that a fan in the stands struck the Cardinals quarterback amid celebrations of Arizona’s 29-23 overtime victory over
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Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia and local agriculture workers are urging Governor Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that will require state-owned institutions to target 60% of their food product purchases to be California grown or produced. The bill is called California Grown. Also, known as AB 778. Many officials at the press conference came from farm
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks bounced around and bond yields snapped higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve made its third big interest rate hike in a row and sharply increased its outlook for how high it expects to raise rates in coming months. Treasury yields pushed further into multiyear
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks bounced around and bond yields snapped higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve made its third big interest rate hike in a row and sharply increased its outlook for how high it expects to raise rates in coming months. Treasury yields pushed further into multiyear
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Intensifying its fight against high inflation, the Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by a substantial three-quarters of a point for a third straight time and signaled more large rate hikes to come — an aggressive pace that will heighten the risk of an eventual
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