By TERRY SPENCER, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through inundated streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped amid flooded homes and shattered buildings left by Hurricane Ian, which crossed into the Atlantic Ocean and churned toward South Carolina. Hours after
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As new estimates come in it becomes increasingly likely that the damaged Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea will spew more climate-changing methane into the atmosphere than any previous known single event. The leaks, which are being called an act of sabotage, highlight the problem
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New York City man alleges in a lawsuit that an Atlantic City casino and others paid him $30,000 a month to not report being repeatedly disconnected while gambling online. Sam Antar says he is a compulsive gambler. He says his habit was well-known to
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who was arrested in Las Vegas on Thursday, and his 17-year-old son, were charged with murder in the fatal shooting of rapper PnB Rock at a South Los Angeles restaurant, authorities said. An FBI-led fugitive task force took 40-year-old Freddie Lee Trone into custody at about 1 p.m., Los
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who was arrested in Las Vegas on Thursday, and his 17-year-old son, were charged with murder in the fatal shooting of rapper PnB Rock at a South Los Angeles restaurant, authorities said. An FBI-led fugitive task force took 40-year-old Freddie Lee Trone into custody at about 1 p.m., Los
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Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: CarMax, Rite Aid fall; Enerpac, Vail Resorts rise.
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are using a trove of emails and other communications to try to show how the former chair of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee worked behind the scenes in 2016 to get the future president to embrace the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Some of the
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The Desert Healthcare District is supporting Connect IE, a community resource provided through the Inland Empire Health Plan to help people search for free or reduced-cost services including medical care, food assistance, job training, behavioral healthcare, and more.
Continue Reading OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Two adult students and four school workers were shot and wounded at an Oakland school campus in a gang-related attack that officials said Thursday was perpetrated by at least two shooters who fired more than 30 rounds. Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong said a student counselor, a security guard, two students
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Throughout the pandemic, millions of Americans quit their jobs or retired in what came to be known as “the Great Resignation.” But there are new signs many people are rethinking their choices. With inflation the highest it’s been in decades and predictions of a coming recession, many retirees are now going back to work, including
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El huracán Ian azotó el miércoles la costa del Golfo de Florida con una marejada récord y vientos devastadores. Pero a medida que avanzaba hacia el interior, las lluvias extremas se convirtieron en el aspecto más destructivo del ciclón para el centro de Florida. Las estimaciones del radar sugieren que cayeron
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, stood by the false claim that the 2020 election was fraudulent during an interview Thursday with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, the panel’s chairman said. “It’s a work in progress,”
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju Sen. Joe Manchin has wielded his power more than any other senator in the 50-50 Senate — but whether he wants to do it for six more years is still a question. The moderate West Virginia Democrat told CNN Thursday he is undecided on whether he wants to run for another term
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Google plans to shut down its cloud gaming service Stadia in January, a little more than three years after it launched, citing lackluster demand from customers. Phil Harrison, the vice president and general manager of Stadia, said in a blog post Thursday that the consumer gaming service “hasn’t gained
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Google plans to shut down its cloud gaming service Stadia in January, a little more than three years after it launched, citing lackluster demand from customers. Phil Harrison, the vice president and general manager of Stadia, said in a blog post Thursday that the consumer gaming service “hasn’t gained the
Continue ReadingBy KVVU Staff Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who was found at a local park. According to police, the unidentified man “was found in a local park in the Las Vegas area
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A suction-dredge gold miner from California who operated in an Idaho river containing federally protected salmon and steelhead without permits required by the Clean Water Act must pay $150,000, a federal judge has ruled. Shannon Poe received the fine Wednesday in an order by Chief U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Drew Andre Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — The prisoner that escaped from Southern Desert Correctional Center made a dummy and used battery acid to break down the window frame of his cell, according to the president of a union that represents corrections officers in Nevada. Paul Lunkwitz,
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — School athletics officials in Southern California will ask the state to make flag football an official high school sport for girls. The California Interscholastic Federation’s Southern Section voted Thursday in favor of the plan, said Thom Simmons, the section’s assistant commissioner. The state body that governs interscholastic athletics in California
Continue ReadingBy Cody Lee Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — UPDATE: Sheriff Joe Lombardo will hold a news conference Thursday afternoon to speak on the capture of Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, the convicted killer who escaped Friday night and was captured Wednesday near downtown Las Vegas. The news conference will take place
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