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By Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story MERIDEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Two men were arrested for vehicle break-ins that happened in a Meriden community. Police said Delquan Talley, 32, and Ricardo Torres, 36, both of Hartford, were part of a group that was in two vehicles spotted in the Mattabasset Drive area
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 2019, when the K-pop group TOMORROW X TOGETHER first debuted, they were best known as the first BigHit Entertainment boy band since BTS. Those days went as quickly as they arrived. They are now one of the most influential contemporary K-pop groups, lovingly referred
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Allies of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny say Russian authorities have detained three of his lawyers after raiding their homes. Activists say the raids are an attempt to “completely isolate Navalny.” His spokeswoman told AP the opposition leader, who is serving a 19-year prison term, is
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — US. stocks are ticking higher as they get pulled in opposite directions by competing waves of optimism and fear Friday. Several of the biggest U.S. banks said their profits during the summer were better than feared, which offered hope for an earning reporting season that
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — In recent closed-door testimony to Congress, the top-ranking Justice Department prosecutor in Washington, DC, refuted claims from two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers that he blocked federal investigators from charging Hunter Biden with tax crimes in DC, according to a transcript of his testimony obtained by
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — There’s an election for governor next month in Kentucky, and voters are trying to decide between Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Daniel Cameron, the state attorney general. The college town of Bowling Green in Warren County is a crucial swing area. Concerns about abortion,
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DeBRE, EDITH M. LEDERER and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians fled in a mass exodus Friday from northern Gaza after Israel’s military told some 1 million people to evacuate to the southern part of the besieged territory ahead of an expected ground invasion in retaliation for the surprise attack by
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Summer may have come to an end, but the desert is getting fired up for the return of the Coachella Valley Firebirds. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. against the Bakersfield Condors, but you’re going to want to get there early to take in the fun. Fans are invited to come out before the
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Unions representing 85,000 health care workers have reached a tentative agreement with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels, the parties announced Friday. The deal includes setting minimum hourly wages at $25 in California, where most of Kaiser’s facilities are located, and $23 in other states.
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — On Friday, Migos rapper Offset released his ambitious second solo album, “Set It Off.” In doing so, he’s also announced a new era. It’s been four years since Offset released his debut solo album, “Father of 4.” “My goal changed,” Offset told The Associated Press.
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the movie industry, it isn’t just actors and writers who have been battling management. Movie theater workers also have been taking action. Over the past two years, employees have formed or attempted to form unions at the Film Forum and Anthology Film Archives in
Continue ReadingISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Refrigerants are chemical fluids that have made air conditioning and refrigeration possible, but they are hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful at warming the planet than carbon dioxide, the most notorious greenhouse gas. Although it’s not meant to happen, they leak and get into the air.
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer has been shot and killed and a second officer has been wounded after they confronted people breaking into a car at Philadelphia International Airport. Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford says officers Richard Mendez and Raul Ortiz had just arrived at
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Part of an Annular Solar Eclipse will be visible from the Coachella Valley this Saturday morning. You can view it this Saturday at Rancho Mirage Community Park with the help of professional astronomer, Eric McLaughlin who works for the city’s observatory. “We actually get to see an alignment of heavenly bodies that actually shows just
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Unions representing 85,000 health care workers have reached a tentative agreement with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels, the parties announced Friday. The deal includes setting minimum hourly wages at $25 in California, where most of Kaiser’s facilities are located, and $23 in other states.
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft has completed its takeover of Activision Blizzard, the maker of “Call of Duty” and other hit video games, closing one of the biggest tech deals of all time. The company said in a filing Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that Activision (ATVI)
Continue ReadingBy John Lauritsen, Beret Leone, Cole Premo Click here for updates on this story PRINCETON, Minnesota (WCCO) — A suspect has been taken into custody hours after a shooting that injured five officers in Minnesota’s Benton County Thursday morning. According to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, all five shot are members of the Sherburne County
Continue ReadingWCCO By John Lauritsen, Beret Leone, Cole Premo Click here for updates on this story PRINCETON, Minnesota (WCCO) — A suspect has been taken into custody hours after a shooting that injured five officers in Minnesota’s Benton County Thursday morning. According to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, all five shot are members of the Sherburne
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kaiser Permanente has reached a tentative deal with health care worker unions after a recent 3-day strike.
Continue ReadingBy LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Emailed bomb threats sent to schools and kindergartens across the three Baltic nations this week led to the cancellation of classes across the region. Lithuania’s police chief said “a coordinated mass attack” began late Thursday involved hundreds of emails that were sent from a server within
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