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By Daniel Dale, CNN President Joe Biden has gone on the attack over Social Security and Medicare. In speeches and tweets this week, Biden and his White House have singled out particular Republican senators — notably including Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida and Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin — over
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal investigators said Friday they issued subpoenas to force the pilots of an American Airlines jet to sit for recorded interviews about a close call with a Delta plane on a runway at New York’s Kennedy Airport last month. The National Transportation Safety Board said it attempted to interview
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Assemblyman Bill Essayli, R-Corona, unveiled proposed legislation today seeking to establish uniform guidelines on euthanasia of dogs and cats in animal shelters, in the hope of preventing “perfectly healthy, loving animals” from being put down when there’s a likelihood of them being adopted. Essayli has introduced Assembly Bill 595, also known as “Bowie’s Law,”
Continue ReadingBy Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Sitting across from Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show,” Paris Hilton, wearing a sparkling neon green turtleneck dress and a high ponytail, looked at a picture of a glum cartoon ape and said it “reminds me of me.” The audience laughed. It did not look like her at
Continue Reading WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (PZG) on Friday reported a loss of $1.4 million in its fiscal second quarter. The Winnemucca, Nevada-based company said it had a loss of 3 cents per share. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks drifted to a mostly higher close on Wall Street but still closed out their worst week since December. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Friday. Weakness in tech stocks pulled the Nasdaq composite lower, while the Dow gained ground. Energy companies rose with the price of crude oil. Stocks have been struggling
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to a mostly higher close on Wall Street but still closed out their worst week since December. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Friday. Weakness in tech stocks pulled the Nasdaq composite down 0.6% while the Dow closed 0.5% higher. Energy companies rose with
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he is sending a controversial new law on judicial accountability for constitutional review instead of rejecting it, because it could help unfreeze billions in European Union funds earmarked for Poland. Brussels has suspended payment of the pandemic recovery funds to Warsaw saying the government’s policies of
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Hill Click here for updates on this story MISSION BEACH, California (KGTV) — It was a wild sight near the water at South Mission Beach on Wednesday afternoon. “Nothing like this. Well, like I thought at first it was a lifeguard training or something. Then it started escalating just getting more and more
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: PayPal Holdings Inc., up $2.38 to $80.80. The digital payments platform gave investors a strong profit forecast. DexCom Inc., up $10.65 to $117.89. The medical device company reported strong fourth-quarter financial results. Cloudflare Inc., up $1.93 to $60.10. The San Francisco-based
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NEW YORK (AP) — Free agent pitcher Sonny Vargas was suspended for 110 games on Friday following a positive test for Boldenone, his second positive test for a performance-enhancing substance under baseball’s minor league drug program. Then in the San Francisco Giants organization, Vargas was suspended for 60 games last March 4 for a positive
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Free agent pitcher Sonny Vargas was suspended for 110 games on Friday following a positive test for Boldenone, his second positive test for a performance-enhancing substance under baseball’s minor league drug program. Then in the San Francisco Giants organization, Vargas was suspended for 60 games last March 4 for a positive
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Carpenter Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two Houston-area women are trying to figure out their next move after recently learning the nursing diplomas they’ve been working towards are bogus. Twenty-five people, including four from Harris County, have been charged for their alleged part in a scheme that
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A special education teacher has been charged with injury to a child after Houston police said he broke a 10-year-old student’s arm at school. George Jimerson, 70, told police he was trained in Crisis Intervention Prevention and was trying to stop
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest number of deaths in a single commercial airplane crash occurred when a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashed into Mt. Ogura
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Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — A finales de la década de 1990, la farmacéutica Purdue Pharma recomendó a doctores el uso del fármaco conocido como OxyContin. Este es un poderoso opioide recetado a pacientes con dolor crónico. Pasaron 18 años hasta que se viesen los efectos de esta intensa campaña en la sociedad estadounidense. El
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — España ofrecerá un camino a la ciudadanía para los 222 presos políticos nicaragüenses que fueron liberados recientemente de prisión y muchos de los cuales fueron enviados a Estados Unidos el jueves, dijo a CNN un portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de España. El portavoz no respondió de inmediato a una
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A pavement rehabilitation project, funded by the Community Development Block Grant, began in Indio today with construction crews repaving streets and constructing curb ramps. The $579,000 project, part of the city’s program to restore streets, is designed to extend its service life and minimize further deterioration, and will continue until March 10, with work occurring
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The number of unlawful crossings of the US-Mexico border in January marked the lowest levels of encounters since February 2021, administration officials said Friday. In January, US Border Patrol made more than 128,000 apprehensions, down 42% from December, according to administration officials. The handling of the US-Mexico border has been a
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FRANKLIN, La. (AP) — Nutria — the large, semi-aquatic rodents native to South America — have become so invasive in Louisiana that the state wants them shot on sight, offering a $6 bounty for their tails. But the culling has to be done correctly, and animal abuse is a crime. A Louisiana man is under
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