By Hilda Flores Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A medical assistant working at the Sacramento County Main Jail was arrested and is accused of bringing and distributing contraband at the facility, Sheriff Jim Cooper said in a news conference Wednesday where he also voiced his frustrations over jail medical
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El actor Michael Gambon, más conocido por interpretar a Albus Dumbledore en la mayoría de las películas de “Harry Potter”, murió a los 82 años tras un “ataque de neumonía”, según un comunicado emitido el jueves en nombre de su familia, informó la agencia de noticias PA Media. “Estamos devastados
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is ticking higher Thursday as the pressures squeezing it this month from the oil and bond markets relax a bit. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in late trading after flipping between small gains and losses a few times. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI, LISA MASCARO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden, promising to “provide accountability” as they probe the family finances and lucrative business dealings of his son Hunter and make their case to the public, colleagues and a skeptical Senate.
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is asking America’s colleges to step up their efforts to make campuses more racially diverse. A new Education Department report urges schools to boost scholarships and minority recruiting and place “meaningful emphasis” on the adversity students face because of their race or finances.
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Chinese hackers who breached multiple US government agencies in May stole some 60,000 emails from senior State Department officials, including information on officials’ travel itineraries, a Senate staffer briefed on the matter told CNN. The new details from a briefing to senators and their staffers illustrate how the
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By Kevin Conlon and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Three Baton Rouge Police Department officers have been placed on administrative leave as investigations continue into an alleged police “torture warehouse” in Louisiana dubbed the Brave Cave. Among the three now on leave is Deputy Chief Troy Lawrence, Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul announced Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Girl Scout cookies are getting more expensive. In some places, at least. At least one New York State chapter, the Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, told troop parents and other members of the community in an email this week that all cookies will be sold for
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press The National Transportation Safety Board says a small jet in a crash that killed four people in 2021 was going slower than usual as it took off because the pilot had left a parking brake on. The report released Thursday says it was the probable cause of the crash. It
Continue ReadingBy KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister has summoned the head of the military to discuss how the armed forces can help police deal with an unprecedented crime wave that has shocked the country with almost daily shootings and bombings. Getting the military involved in crime-fighting would be a highly unusual
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, said on Thursday that it will lay off 16% of its staff, around 830 employees, as it attempts to reverse what CEO Tim Sweeney called “unrealistic” spending. In a letter to employees Thursday, Sweeney said the video game company had been “spending way
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok has become a key marketing channel for vendors promoting steroids and other bodybuilding drugs to millions of the app’s users, according to a report released Thursday that the social media company disputes. In the study, the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate says popular videos
Continue ReadingBy Mycah Hatfield Click here for updates on this story GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The Galveston County District Attorney’s Office terminated a prosecutor whom it said “failed to disclose exculpatory information in a criminal trial.” Clay Hearrell, who joined the district attorney’s office in March 2020, was terminated almost a year after the murder
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News Channel 3 contacted multiple farm owners in the Coachella Valley, and some say they are still recovering from the tropical storms that hit the Valley. Arthur Futterman from Futterman Farms in Indio says they did not experience as much damage as others, but the storms affected his crops. George Tudor, owner of Tudor Ranch,
Continue ReadingBy Rosie Nguyen Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — People living in areas deemed as “cancer clusters” in Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens will now have the option to voluntarily move out of their neighborhoods with financial help. This comes after Houston City Council voted Wednesday morning to pass $5
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story September 28, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a surprising turn of events, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, a lifelong Dallas native and former Democrat State Representative, made headlines last week by announcing his switch to the Republican Party. This move makes him the only
Continue ReadingBy Kassandra Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story LINDSAY, California (KFSN) — A Lindsay Family is pleading for the safe return of their French bulldogs after thieves broke into their house and grabbed them on Monday morning. They took one-and-a-half-year-old Lola and her three puppies, who were just four weeks old. It’s been
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — The formation of a new “supercontinent” could wipe out humans and all other mammals still alive in 250 million years, researchers have predicted. Using the first-ever supercomputer climate models of the distant future, scientists from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom predicted how climate extremes would intensify
Continue Reading CNN By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — The formation of a new “supercontinent” could wipe out humans and all other mammals still alive in 250 million years, researchers have predicted. Using the first-ever supercomputer climate models of the distant future, scientists from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom predicted how climate extremes would
Continue ReadingBy KFSN Digital Team Click here for updates on this story FRESNO COUNTY, California (KFSN) — A Fresno County church’s holy items have been returned after a break-in over the weekend. On Wednesday, the items stolen from the Saint Rita Mission in Yokuts Valley were found on the doorsteps of a non-affiliated church on Shaw
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