The most popular used cars in the US
The top 25 used cars bought in 2022 include pickup trucks, SUVs, compact, and midsized cars. Stacker used data from iSeeCars.com to compile the list.
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Month: April 2023
There are more million-dollar homes in the U.S. than ever before. But can Americans afford them?
With the number of million-dollar homes rising substantially, Today’s Homeowner took a closer look at the high-end housing market in the U.S.
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Police: 8 people, including girl, wounded in 2 DC shootings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two shootings in Washington, D.C., on Friday night resulted in eight people, including a young girl, suffering injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department said. There were no fatalities in the two shootings, which police said could be related because they occurred in the same area of the city in a short time frame.
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Trevor Moore scores on OT power play, Kings beat Oilers 3-2
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trevor Moore grew up in nearby Thousand Oaks and came to Los Angeles Kings playoff games one day hoping to achieve his own postseason moment. On Friday night it happened for the 28-year old forward even though he needed to wait a little bit to
Continue ReadingFor Earth Day 2023, how to put your best travel foot forward
By Forrest Brown, CNN The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. We mark it again this Saturday. Decades after that optimistic first event, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reminds us that “global climate change has had an alarming effect on Earth and its inhabitants.” Waves upon waves upon yet more waves
Continue ReadingJapan prepared to shoot down North Korean spy satellite rocket if necessary, minister says
By Junko Ogura Japan says it is prepared to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite rocket if it needs to. Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told the Japanese military on Saturday to make the “necessary preparations,” as he could potentially “order the destruction of ballistic missiles.” The news follows an announcement by North Korea on
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DEL baseball highlights and scores
DEL baseball regular season is near the end. Here are the scores from around the league. Palm Desert beat Shadow Hills, 7-3, on Friday night at home. Rancho Mirage beat La Quinta, 2-0. Xavier Prep beat Palm Springs, 10-9.
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A Maryland man won the lottery three times with the same numbers
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Maryland man has found his lucky numbers — and used them to win the lottery not just once but three times. The anonymous winner won his third $50,000 lottery prize in 11 months on April 13, according to a news release from the Maryland Lottery. Previously, the 52-year-old won two
Continue ReadingUS bank run victims were bailed out in 3 days. In China, many have been waiting a year
CNN By Selina Wang, CNN Wearing surgical masks to cover their faces, dozens of people demonstrated outside a branch office of China’s central bank in the landlocked province of Henan early this month to demand their savings back. They’re among thousands of depositors in China that protesters say are still campaigning for compensation after last
Continue Reading Moore’s OT power-play goal gives Kings 3-2 win over Oilers
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trevor Moore scored a power-play goal at 3:24 of overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series. After Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was called for high sticking at 1:44, Moore, who
Continue Reading 8 people, including 12-year-old girl, wounded in back-to-back shootings in Washington, DC, authorities say
By Rebekah Riess, CNN Eight people, including a 12-year-old girl, were injured in two back-to-back shootings in Washington, DC on Friday night — incidents that police are investigating as being connected. Around 10:00 p.m. ET, Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to sounds of gunshots in the district’s southwestern quadrant, officials said. When they arrived, police
Continue Reading Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Witnesses say makeshift tents were deliberately set ablaze in a large camp of migrants in Mexico across the border from South Texas this week. About 25 tents were destroyed in the fires Wednesday and Thursday in Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. The camp is home to
Continue Reading Attorneys for slain New Mexico homeowner’s family and police who went to the wrong address and shot him give dueling accounts
By Paradise Afshar, Travis Caldwell and Holly Yan, CNN Depending on who you ask, the late-night shooting that killed Robert Dotson was either a “justified” use of force by New Mexico police or a “murderous” act by officers who responded to the wrong house. Attorneys for both sides have given dueling narratives of what happened
Continue Reading Want to help the ocean? Avoid the moisturizer with shark in it
By Martha Shade, CNN It all seems so daunting: plastics in the ocean, dying coral reefs, entire species being wiped out — but don’t click away in despair! There really are things everyone can do to help make the ocean cleaner and keep our environment healthier. Here are some easy (or mostly easy) life changes
Continue Reading Rural Maine town shaken by violence remembers slain friends
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) — Tireless. Helpful. Deeply religious. Those were some of the ways Patti Eger’s friends remembered her Thursday in the small Maine town of Lisbon Falls, joining hands in prayer on a lawn outside a white church to say goodbye to a woman who stood alongside them to
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Firebirds fall to Roadrunners 4-3, forcing winner-take-all Game 3 on Sunday
The Tuscon Roadrunners had to win and they did. The Roadrunners came out firing with three first period goals and went on to beat the Firebirds, 4-3, on Friday night at Acrisure Arena. #CVvsTUC… We’ll see you in Game 3. pic.twitter.com/xaTqw1YRyn— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) April 22, 2023 Jimmy Schuldt, AHL Rookie of the Year
Continue Reading Alonso hits majors-best 10th homer, Lucchesi wins in return
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Joey Lucchesi used to ask his parents not to come watch him pitch because that way he wouldn’t get rattled. There’s no way he could do that this time after such a long wait to get back on a big league mound, such a long
Continue ReadingBelgium destroys shipment of American beer after taking issue with ‘Champagne of Beer’ slogan
By Mitchell McCluskey Belgium has destroyed a shipment of American beer after taking exception to its maker’s slogan that it was “The Champagne of Beers.” Belgian customs crushed the 2,352 cans of Miller High Life beer earlier this week, reasoning that they were improperly labeled as Champagne. The move came after a trade association for
Continue Reading Gallen continues scoreless streak, D-backs top Padres 9-0
By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen has never been too concerned with things like streaks or statistics, saying he’s done his job each inning if there’s a zero on the board for the other team. It’s safe to say the job is going very well at the moment. Gallen threw
Continue Reading Gallen continues scoreless streak, D-backs top Padres 9-0
By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen has never been too concerned with things like streaks or statistics, saying he’s done his job each inning if there’s a zero on the board for the other team. It’s safe to say the job is going very well at the moment. Gallen threw
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