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By JOHN SHUMWAY Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As winter winds down, attentions turn to those who desperately need home repair projects. If money is tight to make those critical repairs, what is the solution? There is money on the way to help, from the American Recovery Program. If the
Continue ReadingBy KOVR Staff Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KOVR) — Senators Alex Padilla and Diane Feinstein announced nearly $97 million in funding to reduce wildfire risk in communities across California. The money will fund 29 projects in the state, which will help plan for and mitigate wildfire risks. Some counties in the
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business One mother in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, said her 18-year-old daughter is so obsessed with TikTok, she’ll spend hours making elaborate videos for the Likes, and will post retouched photos of herself online to look skinnier. Another mother in the same county told CNN her 16-year-old daughter’s ex-boyfriend shared partially
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — If you need any reminder of the sheer force of Mother Nature, just drive down any street, in any San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood. Debris, fallen branches, toppled trees, damaged homes and vehicles is scattered about everywhere. Even during this extraordinary
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began at sundown on Wednesday, as the faithful prepared for a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting intended to bring them closer to God and to remind them of the suffering of those less fortunate. For the next 30 days, Muslims will refrain from eating
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN After the previous week’s extended detour into the dysfunction of the New Republic, “The Mandalorian” returned to more conventional pursuits, like an aerial battle to save a Mandalorian child from a giant winged monster. But the fourth episode, “The Foundling,” was actually defined by a flashback, one that featured a rather
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By MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A strong late-season Pacific storm brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated California on Wednesday after causing two deaths a day earlier as it raked the San Francisco Bay Area with powerful gusts and downpours. A possible tornado left a line of
Continue Reading By MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A strong late-season Pacific storm that brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated California has been blamed for two deaths and forecasters said additional flooding was possible Wednesday in parts of the state. Tuesday’s storm blasted the San Francisco Bay Area with
Continue ReadingCNN By Maegan Vazquez and Nikki Carvajal, CNN Songstress Gladys Knight, actress Mindy Kaling and designer Vera Wang were among a group of creatives, writers, advocates and scholars honored at the White House on Tuesday with the 2021 National Humanities Medals and the National Medal of Arts, marking the first time President Joe Biden has
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Right now, $250,000 seems to be the number on everyone’s minds. That’s the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s standard limit, meaning any bank deposits up to that amount are protected by the independent government agency. Before the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, most Americans were not worried about
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell, Paula Reid, John Miller, Kristen Holmes and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The extraordinary legal peril surrounding Donald Trump is reaching a fever pitch at the same time the former president is forging ahead in a 2024 Republican primary that is increasingly dominated by criminal investigations in New York, Washington and Atlanta.
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell, Paula Reid, John Miller, Kristen Holmes and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The extraordinary legal peril surrounding Donald Trump is reaching a fever pitch at the same time the former president is forging ahead in a 2024 Republican primary that is increasingly dominated by criminal investigations in New York, Washington and
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Sir John Major, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Personal Birth date: March 29, 1943 Birth place: Carshalton, Surrey Birth name: John Major Father: Abraham Thomas Ball, stage name – Tom Major, performer Mother: Gwen (Coates) Major, dancer Marriage: Norma (Johnson) Major (1970-present) Children:
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By Amy Simonson, CNN Lori Vallow will not face the death penalty if she is convicted or murder in the deaths of her two children, an Idaho judge ruled. Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, face multiple counts of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Janelle Chavez, CNN A rare strain of bacteria found in recalled eye drops has been linked to dozens of infections, as well as cases of vision loss and surgical removal of eyes. This week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported two additional deaths — a total of three — have been
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By DAVID KOENIG and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press A vote on President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration was delayed indefinitely Wednesday in the face of an opposition blitz by Republicans, who say the nominee lacks enough experience in aviation to lead the agency, which is under pressure to stem a
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez and Jalen Brown, CNN Health advocates are urging Ohio state environmental officials to test for lead contamination in a community near the site of a metal factory explosion last month. A maintenance worker was killed and 12 other people were injured in the February 20 explosion at the I. Schumann & Co.
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly in favor of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s deal with the European Union to rewrite the rules on Northern Ireland trade. The House of Commons voted 515 to 29 on Wednesday to back a portion of the agreement. But Sunak faced a rebellion
Continue ReadingBy Kyla Russell, CNN Black and Hispanic adults in the US are less likely than White adults to get statins, medications that prevent or treat common forms of heart disease, according to a new study. For the study, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Cardiology, the researchers analyzed data on more than 3,000 people ages
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The First Alert Weather Alert has ended as showers taper off. An area of low pressure will gradually exit th region, but snow showers in the mountains will continue. Fresh snow above 5,000 feet is impressive, as this view of Long Valley near the Mountain Tram Station shows. A Winter Storm Warning has been extended
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