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By Anabel Munoz Click here for updates on this story WATTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Students, activists and community leaders are not giving up their fight to close a scrap metal recycling plant in Watts. Protesters on Monday gathered outside of Atlas Iron & Metal Co., which towers over Jordan High School. Genesis Cruz is
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By BRITTNEY J. MILLER, Cedar Rapids Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Waves of torrential rainfall drenched California into the new year. Snowpacks in the Sierra Nevada Mountains have swelled to more than 200% their normal size, and snowfall across the rest of the Colorado River Basin is trending above average, too. While the much-needed
Continue Reading By BRITTNEY J. MILLER, Cedar Rapids Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Waves of torrential rainfall drenched California into the new year. Snowpacks in the Sierra Nevada Mountains have swelled to more than 200% their normal size, and snowfall across the rest of the Colorado River Basin is trending above average, too. While the much-needed
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Southey Click here for updates on this story BOONE COUNTY, Missouri (KOMU) — A private animal rescue in Hallsville will hold a fundraiser in February to raise money after it lost over two dozen dogs in a fire over the weekend. The Little Rays of Sunshine Animal Rescue, located at the 10,000 block
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin’s first court appearance has been set as he confronts accusations of firearm safety failures and involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. A New Mexico court on Wednesday scheduled Baldwin and film-set weapons supervisor Hannah
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin’s first court appearance has been set as he confronts accusations of firearm safety failures and involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. A New Mexico court on Wednesday scheduled Baldwin and film-set weapons supervisor Hannah
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Más de un millón de personas asistieron este miércoles a la misa oficiada por el papa Francisco en Kinshasa, República Democrática del Congo (RDC), dijo la Oficina de Prensa del Vaticano, citando cifras estimadas por las autoridades locales. El viaje de Francisco a la República Democrática del Congo —la primera visita
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Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz has been appointed as a Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appointed Ruiz to the position on Tuesday. Ruiz issued the following statement: “I am honored to have been appointed by Democratic Leader Jeffries to serve as Ranking Member of the
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — En su evento anual Unpacked del miércoles, Samsung presentó su nueva línea de teléfonos inteligentes Galaxy S, y la compañía apuesta a que centrarse en las mejoras de la cámara será suficiente para que los consumidores quieran actualizar sus móviles. La nueva línea, que incluye al Galaxy S23 Ultra de 6,8
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced on Wednesday it is piloting a $20 monthly subscription plan that offers users priority access to the AI chatbot even during peak times. The paid plan, called ChatGPT Plus, comes two months after the tool was released publicly and quickly went viral, thanks
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CNN By Randi Kaye, Dakin Andone and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Two witnesses in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh told the court Wednesday they are “100%” certain that Murdaugh’s voice is on footage prosecutors say undermines the disgraced former South Carolina attorney’s claim he was not present at the scene of the killings when his
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A federal judge will not block Meta from buying a virtual reality tech startup, according to multiple reports, in a setback for the US government, which had alleged the deal would threaten competition in a nascent market. Tuesday’s decision, issued by the US District Court for the Northern District of California,
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New campaign finance reports show that former President Donald Trump’s political operation started this year with about $25 million socked away for his recently launched presidential campaign. That sum is substantially less than the $105 million he had on hand just one year ago when
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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer Nobody drove Tom Brady harder than the record-setting quarterback himself, even if his 23rd and final season after a brief retirement didn’t end with him lifting yet another Lombardi Trophy. He leaves the NFL with more wins, yards passing and touchdowns than any other quarterback. He even
Continue ReadingBy Delaney Tarpley Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, Missouri (KOMU) — Leonard “Raheem” Taylor is set to be executed next Tuesday. He was convicted of the quadruple murder of his girlfriend and her three young children. Back in December of 2004, Taylor’s girlfriend, Angela Rowe, and her three children were found shot
Continue Reading By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida will have enough money to withstand a national economic downturn while still being able to provide tax breaks. DeSantis released his proposed $115 billion budget Wednesday with promises of sales tax relief on items like pet food and, children’s books
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una pareja iraní, ambos influyentes en las redes sociales, fue condenada a diez años y medio de prisión después de que saliera a la luz un video en el que aparecían bailando en una plaza principal del centro de Teherán, según informó el grupo activista Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Continue Reading By Toby Lyles and Will Mullery, CNN Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January, although King was actually born on the 15th of January 1929, 94 years ago. Coretta Scott King and musician Stevie Wonder fought for years to make it a federal holiday. Wonder told CNN that they
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon ban people from carrying guns in nearly all public places as Gov. Gavin Newsom and his allies in the state Legislature seek to test the limits of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new conservative majority in the aftermath of six mass shootings last month
Continue ReadingBy Daniela Hurtado Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 3-year-old is fighting for his life at the hospital in Houston after police say he was beaten severely. The child’s mother, Jasmine Salas, is in jail after being accused of playing a role in his abuse. Salas is charged with
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