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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators rushed Friday to seize the assets of one of Silicon Valley’s top banks, marking the largest failure of a U.S. financial institution since the height of the financial crisis almost 15 years ago. Silicon Valley Bank, the nation’s 16th-largest bank, failed after depositors hurried
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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators rushed Friday to seize the assets of one of Silicon Valley’s top banks, marking the largest failure of a U.S. financial institution since the height of the financial crisis almost 15 years ago. Silicon Valley Bank, the nation’s 16th-largest bank, failed after depositors hurried
Continue Reading By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts sports fans raced to their cell phones Friday to begin placing bets as the state allowed online sports wagering just days ahead of tipoff of the NCAA Tournament next week. The move comes a little over a month since the state began allowing in-person sports betting
Continue Reading MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, who vanished from a California college campus more than 25 years ago, was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison. Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jennifer O’Keefe rejected defense motions to toss out Paul Flores’ first-degree murder conviction, acquit him and order
Continue Reading MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Killer of California college student Kristin Smart, who disappeared in 1996, sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La senadora estadounidense Dianne Feinstein, demócrata de California de 89 años, anunció recientemente que había sido dada de alta del hospital y se recuperaba en su vivienda de herpes zóster, también conocido como “culebrilla”, una dolorosa inflamación viral en los nervios de la piel que provoca un sarpullido con ampollas y
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Wayne Chang, CNN When a Chinese high-altitude balloon suspected of spying was spotted over the United States recently, the US Air Force responded by sending up a high-flying espionage asset of its own: the U-2 reconnaissance jet. It was the Cold-War era spy plane that took the high-resolution photographs — not
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN People who want to fly from China to the United States will now have an easier time of it. Special Covid testing rules for people traveling from China and its administrative areas, which were put in place on January 5 during a big outbreak of cases in China, were officially rescinded
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Fishing in rivers and streams that cross through a national monument in northern New Mexico is off limits now as wildlife managers look for ways make the area more habitable following a catastrophic fire and years of subsequent flooding. Managers at Bandelier National Monument issued
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Roku held approximately $487 million of its $1.9 billion in cash at Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed Friday and was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the streaming technology company disclosed in an SEC filing. That’s approximately 26% of the company’s cash and cash equivalents, Roku said, adding that
Continue Reading TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals signed receiver Greg Dortch to a one-year deal and released veteran linebacker Markus Golden on Friday. The 24-year-old Dortch — who was an exclusive rights free agent — was one of the bright spots for the Cardinals in a difficult season. The 5-foot-7, 175-pounder had career highs of
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A 65-year-old man accused in the fatal stabbing of a woman in Palm Springs must stand trial on the murder charge, a judge ruled today. In addition to the murder charge Miguel Hernandez Toscano was facing two felony counts of willful child cruelty and one misdemeanor court of willful cruelty to a child, according to
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man imprisoned for nearly 25 years for murder has been released from prison after being exonerated by prosecutors and a California law school clinic. Leon Benson, 47, left the Correctional Industrial Facility in Pendleton a free man Thursday after an investigation revealed police failed to disclose key evidence, including information implicating
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The 2023 USA Pickleball National Championships will be moved from Indian Wells to Dallas, Texas, officials announced. The National Championships, which will now be presented by the PPA Tour, will take place on Nov. 4-12 as originally scheduled, however, they will now be held at the Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas. The event has been
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CNN By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Cleanup of the toxic train derailment site in the Ohio town of East Palestine will likely take about three months, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday. EPA Administrator Michael Regan said 6.8 million gallons of liquid waste and more than 5,400 tons of solid waste have already
Continue ReadingBy Kalea Gunderson Click here for updates on this story UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — One of the two men killed inside a Uniontown bar early Wednesday morning was remembered Thursday night by friends and family. Loved ones of Tommy Stargell Jr. held a vigil in his honor outside of the place where he was killed,
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College of the Desert trustee Rubén Pérez was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence last month, authorities confirmed. Pérez, 29, was arrested at around 12:50 a.m. near the intersection of Avenue 52 and Silverrock in La Quinta on February 10, jail records show. He was released on a citation the same day, the Riverside
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Lang Click here for updates on this story INDIANTOWN, Florida (WPBF) — An Indiantown man was arrested Thursday for luring multiple girls into his vehicle over the last year. A middle school girl reported to Martin County deputies on Thursday that Marcos Rodas-Marcos approached her in his van twice last week as she
Continue ReadingBy Arielle Mitropoulos Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — As chaos ensued on a flight on Sunday, one Granite Stater stepped up to help keep passengers and flight attendants safe. Jeff Neil, of Exeter, New Hampshire, was on his way home from Los Angeles to Boston on a United
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge on Friday rejected a Justice Department bid to push back against alleged “judge-shopping” in a case brought by Texas and other Republican states against a Biden administration immigration policy. US District Judge Drew Tipton denied a request from the DOJ that he transfer the lawsuit to a court
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