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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has directed federal agencies to use all available authorities and resources to restore “healthy and abundant” salmon runs in the Columbia River Basin, a move that conservationists and tribes call a potential breakthrough. Biden’s order on Thursday stops short of calling for the removal
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian health official says the drone strikes on Thursday at a military graduation ceremony in the central city of Homs have killed 67 people, both civilians and military personnel, and wounded 180. It was one of the deadliest attacks on the Syrian army
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY and TOM KRISHER Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s transport minister is questioning the spread of electric vehicle technology following the fiery crash of a fully electric shuttle bus that killed 21 people in mainland Venice. But the battery chemistry used by the Chinese bus maker makes it less prone to catastrophic
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who prosecutors say was the helmeted motorist who stomped in the back window of a car in Philadelphia and waved a gun at the vehicle’s driver in a weekend assault that was recorded on video is in custody. Bail is set at $2.5 million for Cody M. Heron. Court records
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A shooter who wounded 10 in a rush hour attack on a New York City subway is scheduled to be sentenced. Frank James pleaded guilty to terrorism charges earlier this year for the April 2022 mass shooting. He faces the possibility of life in prison at
Continue ReadingBy SHARON CHIN Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A San Francisco artist has led the collaborative community mural movement in the city and Bay Area for nearly half a century. It’s hard to miss her artwork when walking around the Mission District. “Those were done almost 45 years ago,”
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By Lauren Kent, Sarah Dean and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was arrested at Entebbe International Airport near the capital Kampala on Thursday as he returned to the country, according to his party the National Unity Platform. The National Unity Platform (NUP) said in a social media post that Wine
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration announced they waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of sweeping executive power to pave the way for building more border barriers — a tactic used often during the Trump presidency.
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business New York (CNN Business) — Online shoppers will be offered record-setting discounts this holiday season as retailers attempt to entice inflation-weary consumers to buy, according to projections released Thursday by Adobe Analytics. And the company predicts the strategy will work, with online holiday sales climbing almost 5% above last year.
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden dijo este jueves que no cree que los muros fronterizos funcionen, incluso cuando su Gobierno dijo que renunciará a 26 leyes para construir barreras fronterizas adicionales en el Valle del Río Grande en medio de una mayor presión política sobre la migración. Según un anuncio publicado
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A new study suggests people taking popular injected medications for weight loss, including Wegovy, Ozempic, Saxenda and Victoza, may be at higher risk for serious digestive problems such as stomach paralysis, pancreatitis, and bowel obstructions, compared with those taking other types of weight loss medications. The study found risks
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD RAMOS, BRADY HALBLEIB Click here for updates on this story GRANITE BAY, California (KOVR) — The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said one of its helicopters lost its door over a Granite Bay neighborhood as it was returning from a rescue drill Tuesday afternoon at Folsom Lake. The sliding door started to detach mid-flight
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The largest health care strike in US history is now in its second day after more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers began walking off the job on Wednesday. The striking employees, who work across California, Colorado, Washington and Oregon, are represented by a coalition of unions that comprise 40%
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia has successfully tested an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, while also warning that the country’s parliament could revoke its ratification of a treaty banning nuclear tests. In a speech at a forum of foreign policy experts, Putin announced that Russia has effectively completed the development of the
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy has shown remarkable resilience but still bears deep scars from the coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine and rising interest rates. That’s according to the head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva. She spoke Thursday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, ahead of next
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The WNBA is coming to the bay. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced Thursday an expansion franchise will come to the San Francisco Bay Area and begin play in 2025. Engelbert has faced constant questions about when the league would expand, to which she would reply
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall, saying he had no choice but to use the previously approved federal money for the work. “The money
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow for construction of roughly 20 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall, saying he had no choice but to use the previously approved federal money for the work. “The money
Continue ReadingCNN By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Alisha Reed took it as a sign that times were tough in New Orleans a couple of weekends ago when her local Costco store hired a brass band and the Zulu marching crew to distract crowds of customers standing in long lines. Bottled water was the hot seller.
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Joel Embiid will wear red, white and blue in Paris next summer — not rouge, blanc and bleu. The NBA’s reigning MVP and scoring champion has told USA Basketball that, after more than a year of deliberating, he has picked the Americans over France as his team for the
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