Month: February 2023
Appeals court rejects WinRed’s effort to halt Minnesota AG’s probe into its fundraising tactics
By Eric Bradner, CNN The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against WinRed in its effort to block subpoenas from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office in an investigation into whether the GOP donation processing website violated the state’s consumer protection law. Ellison, a Democrat, is investigating WinRed’s pre-checked recurring donation boxes that enroll
Continue ReadingRetired police K-9 rescued after falling down 40-foot well in Chula Vista
By De’Anthony Taylor Click here for updates on this story CHULA VISTA, California (KGTV) — Multiple agencies showed up in San Diego’s Chula Vista area and saved a retired police K-9 after it fell in a 40-foot well Wednesday afternoon. According to the Chula Vista Fire Department, authorities received a call around 2:38 p.m. about
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Hamlin appears during Super Bowl event to receive award
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Damar Hamlin made a brief appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week to receive the NFLPA’s Alan Page Community Award. The Buffalo Bills safety received the award at the Phoenix Convention Center on Wednesday, a little over a month after he went into cardiac arrest and
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La historia de Leonardo DiCaprio, el actor y activista consagrado que vuelve una y otra vez al foco público
Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Leonardo DiCaprio nunca pasa mucho tiempo lejos de los reflectores públicos: ya sea por una nueva película, un encendido mensaje ambiental o un rumor sobre su vida romántica. Su figura nos acompaña hace al menos 25 años, cuando “Titanic” lo catapultó a un estrellato mundial, algo que ha usado
Continue ReadingBorder advocates react to a ‘soft-sided’ migrant processing facility opening for the first time
By Ciara Encinas Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO, California (KGTV) — San Diego now has a temporary migrant processing facility. Over the past several years we’ve mainly seen them in Arizona and Texas, but it is the first time the San Diego sector has seen something like this. It looks like
Continue Reading Esta familia de cuatro recorre Asia en un autobús: así es su historia
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Hacer las maletas y emprender un largo viaje por carretera era algo que Nina y Kai Schakat, ambos alemanes, habían imaginado hacer juntos durante su jubilación. Pero tras la muerte del padre de Nina y el impacto de la pandemia mundial de covid-19, la pareja, que tiene dos hijos, Ben, de
Continue ReadingColumbia church works to educate community on Black church history
By Rachel Henderson Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, Missouri (KOMU) — In light of Black History Month, Second Baptist Church is using a documentary screening to launch an educational initiative for the community to explore the role African Christianity has played in world history. “We really want to just give people in
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Stocks fall on Wall Street, giving back recent gains
By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is giving back some of its recent gains, as uncertainty about interest rates and inflation continues to reign. The S&P 500 was 1.2% lower in afternoon trading Wednesday following another mixed set of earnings reports from big companies. Chipotle
Continue Reading Day care in Canada struck by city bus; 2 children dead
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press A city bus crashed into a day care center north of Montreal on Wednesday, killing two children and injuring six, authorities said. The driver was arrested and charged with first degree murder. A neighbor who ran to the center in Laval, Quebec, said she saw children screaming and crying and
Continue Reading Paralegal angry by Alex Murdaugh theft, knew he loved family
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Alex Murdaugh’s paralegal is testifying at his double murder trial about the betrayal she felt when she discovered he lied and manipulated to steal millions of dollars from clients. But Annette Griswold also told jurors on Wednesday that Murdaugh was a dedicated family man. She says he was so distraught
Continue Reading Earthquake stuns Syria’s Aleppo even after war’s horrors
By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — For years, the people of Aleppo bore the brunt of bombardment and fighting when their city, once Syria’s largest and most cosmopolitan, was among the civil war’s fiercest battle zones. Even that didn’t prepare them for the devastation and terror wreaked by this week’s
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Additional funding needed to complete homeless navigation center in Palm Springs
Update 2/9/23 The city council approved the additional funding Original Report: 2/8/23 Plans for the new homeless navigation center in Palm Springs are still underway but more money is needed to complete the project. The city originally secured about $28.7 million from county, city, state and federal funding. Courtesy of The City of Palm Springs
Continue Reading Chiefs’ Mahomes says ankle will be ready for Super Bowl
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes says he’s “definitely in a better spot” when it comes to his ailing right ankle than he was for the AFC championship game, and the All-Pro quarterback doesn’t expect to be limited by it when he leads the Kansas City Chiefs against the
Continue Reading California proposal would reinstate prisoners’ voting rights
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California voters could decide whether to reinstate voting rights to people in prison on felony convictions under a newly proposed constitutional amendment. It would be a major expansion of suffrage for incarcerated people if passed. California would join Maine and Vermont, as well as the District
Continue Reading New Year’s Eve machete attack suspect pleads not guilty
NEW YORK (AP) — A Maine man charged with attacking police officers with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault charges in a new state indictment. Nineteen-year-old Trevor Bickford of Wells, Maine, entered the plea Wednesday in state court in Manhattan. Three
Continue Reading MS-13 gang members in Central America sanctioned by US
By The Associated Press The United States Treasury Department has sanctioned two members of the powerful Central American gang Mara Salvatrucha. The action Wednesday was part of an ongoing effort by the U.S. to crack down on the gang, commonly known as MS-13. The sanctions were imposed on two men in Honduras and Nicaragua. Each
Continue ReadingEmotions run high in Turkey amid questions over state response to deadly quake
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Isil Sariyuce, Zeena Saifi and Reyhan Baysan, CNN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted to his government’s “shortcomings” amid growing anger over the state’s response to the massive earthquake earlier this week, which is now known to have killed more than 21,000 people. Days after the quake hit Turkey’s Gaziantep province
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