By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Weeks of historic rainfall in California won’t be enough to end a severe drought, but it will provide public water agencies serving 27 million people with much more water than the suppliers had been told to expect a month ago, state officials announced Thursday. The Department
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By Mallika Kallingal, Paradise Afshar and Andy Rose, CNN The remains of a child found by Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents in Rush Springs last week have been positively identified as those of a missing 4-year-old girl. The Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner’s office says the remains are those of Athena Brownfield, who was first
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Los ministerios del Interior y Defensa de Perú informaron este jueves que las Fuerzas Armadas del país, junto a la Policía Nacional, efectuarán el desbloqueo de las carreteras de la red vial nacional que se encuentran declaradas en estado de emergencia por los bloqueos en protesta al Gobierno de la presidenta
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The Galleri Classic is in late March but some of golf’s biggest names have committed to compete at Mission Hills Country Club. Jim Furyk, Fred Couples, Ernie Els, and Steve Stricker announced on Thursday their devotion to the inaugural Galleri Classic in Rancho Mirage. BREAKING: World Golf Hall of Famer @fredcouplesgolf has committed to the
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN The former boyfriend of New York Rep. George Santos says the Long Island Republican facing growing calls to resign for extensively lying about his past will never do so, even as he faces multiple investigations, including into his finances. “His ego is too big. He’s not gonna resign. If they
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The strongest winds are behind us, with both Palm Springs and Thermal recording gusts of 30 MPH late this morning. However, a Wind Advisory, for the Coachella Valley, and a High Wind Warning, for the pass and mountains, remain in effect until 10:00 p.m. One benefit to the offshore winds is the dry conditions left
Continue Reading PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Flightline ran away in all six of his races, and ran away with top honors at the Eclipse Awards on Thursday night. And trainer Todd Pletcher, for the first time in nearly a decade, received the sport’s top prize as well. Flightline — the now-retired winner of last year’s Breeders’
Continue ReadingRebecca Cairns, CNN The year is 2050. Agriculture happens in labs, as well as fields. And on the menu for dinner? Microalgae. That speculative future meal might not sound very appealing, but microalgae are packed with proteins, essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals — including vitamins A, B1, B2, C, and E, iron, calcium and
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN Ali Shukri Amin, a Virginia man who pleaded guilty in 2015 to providing support to ISIS, is accused of violating his release conditions after allegedly meeting multiple times with John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban” who served 17 years in prison for supplying services to the group. According to court
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge has allowed another civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump for the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol to proceed. US District Judge Amit Mehta on Thursday denied a request by Trump — and several far-right activists who were also sued for their connection to the
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Interview by Coy Wire, CNN If Eileen Gu’s account of last Saturday’s Freestyle Ski World Cup event in Calgary is anything to go by, a day in the Olympian’s life is as varied as it is busy: She took first place in morning qualifiers, wrote two essays, read some René Descartes and
Continue ReadingCNN Oscar Holland, CNN Interview by Coy Wire, CNN If Eileen Gu’s account of last Saturday’s Freestyle Ski World Cup event in Calgary is anything to go by, a day in the Olympian’s life is as varied as it is busy: She took first place in morning qualifiers, wrote two essays, read some René Descartes
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Weeks of historic rainfall in California won’t be enough to end a severe drought, but it will provide public water agencies serving 27 million people with much more water than the suppliers had been told to expect a month ago, state officials announced Thursday. The Department
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Havasu Falls, one of the most intriguing features of the Grand Canyon system, will be reopening to visitors after a three-year closure caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. But it’s with a catch. The reopening is scheduled for February 1; however, access will be limited initially to a certain, small group. People
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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A proposed settlement between New Jersey and the current owner of a notoriously polluted industrial site is drawing fire from residents of Toms River, where memories of children getting cancer at elevated rates are still a fresh source of pain. The state and Germany-based BASF
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A proposed settlement between New Jersey and the current owner of a notoriously polluted industrial site is drawing fire from residents of Toms River, where memories of children getting cancer at elevated rates are still a fresh source of pain. The state and Germany-based BASF
Continue Reading By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A newly released report from the Mississippi State Department of Health finds that an increasing number of mothers in the state have died in recent years due to pregnancy complications. Racial disparities in health outcomes have also widened. The report shows that between 2017
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR and AO GAO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The shooting that left four dead at a California mushroom farm on Monday was at least the second time an employee tried to kill a coworker on the property, records show. Martin Medina, a manager at California Terra Garden, was charged with attempted
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sam Ryder extended his lead to three shots in the Farmers Insurance Open with a 4-under 68 in challenging wind in the second round Thursday on Torrey Pines’ South Course while Jon Rahm had an eagle and three straight birdies late in his 5-under 67
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza militants fired rockets and Israel carried out airstrikes early Friday as tensions soared following an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank that killed nine Palestinians, including at least seven militants and a 61-year-old woman. It was the deadliest single raid in the territory in over
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