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By SETH BORENSTEIN and ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Earth’s average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record. The planetary average hit 63 degrees Fahrenheit, 17.23 degrees Celsius, surpassing the 62.9 and 17.18-degree marks set Tuesday and equaled Wednesday,
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By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy and Freddie Freeman homered and Julio Urias pitched six innings to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday night. The Dodgers took three of four from Pittsburgh to pull within a half-game of slumping Arizona for the NL
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Five transportation projects in Riverside County will receive a total $11.5 million in state funds for further development, it was announced today. The Southern California Association of Governments — SCAG — Regional Council awarded the money, which was made available under a $237 million California Department of Transportation Housing & Development award disbursed to agencies
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By Rosa Flores, Andi Babineau and Ray Sanchez, CNN El Paso, Texas (CNN) — The mass shooter who killed 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in one of the deadliest attacks targeting Latinos in modern US history was sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms by a federal judge on Friday. Prosecutors had recommended Patrick
Continue Reading By TERRY TANG and GEORGE WALKER IV Associated Press HAZEL GREEN, Ala. (AP) — A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and historically Black colleges or universities is opening the eyes of students of color who never pictured themselves fighting forest fires. An on-site fire academy in Alabama is part of the 1890 Land Grant
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Se trata de preguntas viejas: ¿Cuánto necesitas para sentirte seguro desde el punto de vista financiero? ¿Y cuánto necesitarías para sentirte rico? Más de 2.500 adultos estadounidenses dijeron que necesitarían ganar, en promedio, US$ 233.000 al año para sentirse financieramente seguros y US$ 483.000 anuales para sentirse ricos o alcanzar
Continue Reading PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A look at the first round Thursday of the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach: LEADING: Xiyu Janet Lin and Hyo Joo Kim at 68. CHASING: Leona Maguire and amateur Aine Donegan were among six players at 69. FLAILING: The top four players in the women’s world ranking combined to
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Marc Stewart and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water into the ocean is safe and there is no better option to deal with the massive buildup of wastewater collected since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog told CNN.
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, Marc Stewart and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water into the ocean is safe and there is no better option to deal with the massive buildup of wastewater collected since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog told CNN.
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Pebble Beach was everything the best women golfers in the world imagined for the first U.S. Women’s Open with its raw beauty, marine layer and chill in the air. For some of them, it was a sheer beast. Xiyu Janet Lin and Hyo Joo
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First responders are at the scene of a fire that has spread to a structure and palm trees in a Palm Springs neighborhood. The fire was reported at around 7:00 p.m. in the area of Prescott Dr and W Hermosa Place. Fire units arrived to the scene and reported locating a fully involved stucture on
Continue Reading By Zenebou Sylla and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A collision between a double-decker bus and a city bus in Manhattan on Thursday left dozens injured and at least 18 people requiring hospitalization for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the New York City Fire Department. First responders received notice of the crash on the borough’s east
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A Florida couple has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of an 18-month-old girl who died after being left in a hot car overnight following a Fourth of July party, police said. Joel and Jazmine Rondon, both 33 and residents of Lakeland, went to a Fourth of
Continue ReadingCNN By Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — When a band of House Freedom Caucus members met last month to strategize over how to hold GOP leadership accountable for the bipartisan debt ceiling deal, not everyone from the far-right group was invited. Around a half dozen hardliners opted to hold a secret strategy
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pittsburgh third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes was activated from the 10-day injured list Thursday and hit leadoff against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hayes had been sidelined since June 24 by lower back inflammation. He entered hitting .254 with 16 doubles and 32 RBIs. Right-hander Roansy Contreras was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis. The
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Britney Spears dio detalles sobre un incidente ocurrido la noche de este miércoles que involucra Victor Wembanyama, jugador de baloncesto de los Spurs de San Antonio, en Las Vegas. La estrella del pop relató que un guardia de seguridad la golpeó en la cara cuando intentó llamar la atención de Wembanyama.
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Last month, Taylor Swift told a Pittsburgh audience at a stop on her groundbreaking “Eras Tour” that “Cruel Summer” – her self-professed “favorite song” off of her 2019 “Lover” album – was finally becoming a single because so many people keep streaming it, leading to the track charting in
Continue Reading By ANNA FRANTS Associated Press MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his troops are in their field camps, the president of Belarus said Thursday, raising new questions about the deal that ended the extraordinary challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Belarusian President
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las patrullas de vigilancia de tiburones han intensificado sus operaciones en las playas de Long Island, Nueva York, luego de que, en un lapso de solo dos días, cinco personas sufrieran mordeduras de animales marinos que probablemente son tiburones, según las autoridades. La Policía del condado de Suffolk, al este de
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban says beauty salons have been banned in Afghanistan because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardships for grooms’ families. The explanation comes days after the group confirmed they were giving all salons in the country one month to close shop. In a video released Thursday, a Taliban
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