By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon should prepare for the U.S. government eventually legalizing marijuana and position the state, with its huge stockpiles of the drug, as a national leader in the industry, state auditors said Friday. Oregon, long known for its potent marijuana, would be competing with other pot-producing states
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon should prepare for the U.S. government eventually legalizing marijuana and position the state, with its huge stockpiles of the drug, as a national leader in the industry, state auditors said Friday. Oregon, long known for its potent marijuana, would be competing with other pot-producing states
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Cuando Loni Philbrick-Linzmeyer decidió hacer el Camino de Santiago, se empeñó en que era algo que tenía que hacer sola. Era 2013. Loni era una maestra de escuela californiana de 29 años que se encontraba “en una encrucijada”. Acababa de pasar por una dura ruptura sentimental y se sentía a la deriva.
Continue Reading By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Fuel stations throughout the country will be able to sell gasoline blended with 15% ethanol during the summer under an emergency waiver issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. The move announced Friday could reduce prices at the pump and boost demand for the Midwest-based ethanol
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Lawmakers from several western states want the U.S. Forest Service to do more to address a wildfire crisis that they say will surely destroy more landscapes, communities and livelihoods as long-term drought persists around the West. They grilled Forest Service Chief Randy Moore during a
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Lawmakers from several western states want the U.S. Forest Service to do more to address a wildfire crisis that they say will surely destroy more landscapes, communities and livelihoods as long-term drought persists around the West. They grilled Forest Service Chief Randy Moore during a
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There are still places around the southland where you can see the “Super Bloom” in the valley. At the Whitewater Preserve, visitors enjoy the sounds of the water and the sight of blooming flowers like the brittlebush and apricot mallow. “We have here a lot of native plants that are blooming,” says Citlalli Gonzalez, education coordinator of
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rising Friday, as the market winds down a week of sharp swerves with another batch of corporate profit reports that mostly topped expectations. The S&P 500 was 0.7% higher in afternoon trading. Despites its big swings earlier this week, it’s still on
Continue ReadingBy Louie Tran Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WXII) — A Winston-Salem family is relieved and grateful after a Tennessee state trooper found their loved one, who has dementia and Alzheimer’s, and had been reported missing. A Silver Alert was issued for Julian Papp, 87, of Winston-Salem, Monday. WXII 12
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and KEN SWEET AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve blamed last month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on poor management, watered-down regulations and lax oversight by its own staffers, and said the industry needs stricter policing on multiple fronts to prevent future bank failures. The Fed was highly critical
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Friday to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries. President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar panel installations in the U.S., a key part of his climate agenda. The 221-202 House vote sends the measure to
Continue Reading By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In massive victories for Republicans, the North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday threw out a previous ruling against gerrymandered voting maps and upheld a photo voter identification law that colleagues had struck down as racially biased. The rulings likely give the GOP-controlled legislature the ability
Continue Reading By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has announced the launch of a gold-backed digital currency in a bid to stabilize its faltering dollar. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Gov. John Mangudya said Friday that the gold tokens will start circulating on May 8. He said they will be “fully backed” by the
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 31 people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes who were serving time in home confinement. The White House said Friday that many would have gotten a lower sentence if they were charged with the same offense today because of changes
Continue Reading By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press James Corden used part of his farewell speech on Thursday’s final episode of CBS’ “ The Late Late Show” to address the deep rift in America over hot button issues including politics and ideology. “We started this show with Obama, then Trump and a global pandemic. I’ve watched America change
Continue ReadingBy Tara Jakeway Click here for updates on this story WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — West Palm Beach native John McKendrick says he missed all the warning signs. He may be 80 but the U.S. Navy veteran has a master’s and is quite tech-savvy. But still, he says scammers wiped out his bank account.
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer ChatGPT’s maker says the artificial intelligence chatbot is available again in Italy after the company met the demands of regulators who temporarily blocked it over privacy concerns. OpenAI said Friday that it fulfilled a raft of conditions that the Italian data protection authority wanted satisfied by an April 30
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN The collapse of Signature Bank was due to “poor management,” according to a report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation released Friday. Bank management “did not always heed FDIC examiner concerns, and was not always responsive or timely in addressing FDIC supervisory recommendations,” the report said. Contagion effects from Silicon Valley
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A woman faces charges for falsely reporting that she was robbed of $15,000, according to police in Fairfield. Wilhelmina Ray, 55, of Bridgeport, was charged with interfering with police, misuse of the 911 system, and filing a false police report. Police
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Ya están en la cárcel dos adolescentes de 14 años y dos de 17 que protagonizaron una persecución policiaca que inició en la Avenida 52 cerca del Hwy 111 en Coachella, luego en el área de la calle Monroe y la Avenida 48 en Indio chocaron con otro auto, después en la calle Dr Carron
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