By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — The picket lines are gone at the three Ford plants where workers have been on strike for nearly six weeks in some cases. But the strike at the company isn’t quite over, and there’s no immediate end in sight for the strikes at General
Continue ReadingBy JIM DONOVAN Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Video just released by Philadelphia police shows looters intentionally smashing a car through the front of a medical marijuana dispensary in the city’s Wynnefield section last month. The video shows the Kia car, which had been reported stolen, plowing into the Curaleaf
Continue ReadingOpinion by Danielle Campoamor (CNN) — On the morning of May 24, 2022, my then-editors at TODAY.com were ready to send me to Ukraine to cover Russia’s unprovoked war. I had done everything necessary to prepare: I completed a three-day hostile environment training; purchased tourniquets and other battlefield medical equipment to carry on my person at all times;
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ top criminal appeals court has stopped the scheduled execution of a Texas inmate who had been condemned for killing another prisoner more than 26 years ago. William Speer had been set to receive a lethal injection Thursday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. The
Continue ReadingBy JASMINE PAYOUTE, SCOTT HEZLEP Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Prince Albert II of Monaco is in Philadelphia — his mother Grace Kelly’s hometown — on Thursday, where he will talk about his foundation’s impact on the Philadelphia Zoo’s education programs and tout a partnership with the city’s Parks and
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Federal officials are warning health care providers and the public about injuries and at least one death in premature infants who were given probiotic products in the hospital. The FDA says that one death this year and more than two dozen reports of other injuries since 2018 may be
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Survivors of a Category 5 storm that killed at least 27 people as it devastated Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco spent Thursday searching for acquaintances and necessities and hoping that aid would come quickly in the wake of Hurricane Otis. The Pacific storm had strengthened with
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Not so long before her platinum single “Tennessee Orange” became inescapable on country radio, Megan Moroney was attending the University of Georgia. The life of a musician? It wasn’t supposed to happen. “I went to school to be an accountant,” Moroney tells The Associated Press.
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — As overdose deaths continue at a record pace, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced a new government-wide strategy Thursday involving scores of agencies that will target the precursor materials used by traffickers to make fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. Under the plan, CBP will work with
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern has installed the first of what will be more than a dozen automated inspection portals on its tracks in Ohio — not far from where one of its trains derailed in February and spilled hazardous chemicals that caught fire. The new portals are
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A lawyer for Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko says he’s regained consciousness after reports earlier this week he had fallen into a coma while on hunger strike. Attorney Juan Branco told The Associated Press that his client remains hospitalized and “in a very
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors and Jeep maker Stellantis are meeting with United Auto Workers bargainers to see if they can reach a contract agreement that mirrors a deal signed with crosstown rival Ford. Nearly 17,000 striking workers at Ford left the picket lines when the agreement was announced
Continue ReadingBy Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) – Herbert “Bertie” Bowman, the longest-serving African-American congressional staffer in history who worked on Capitol Hill for more than 60 years, died Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He was 92. According to his autobiography “Step by Step,” at 13, Bowman imagined Washington, DC could offer him a different
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried got a test run taking the stand at his New York criminal trial Thursday after a judge sent jurors home but let him demonstrate portions of his testimony before deciding which parts of it he’ll allow. Bankman-Fried, 31, is expected to
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried got a test run taking the stand at his New York criminal trial Thursday after a judge sent jurors home but let him demonstrate portions of his testimony before deciding which parts of it he’ll allow. Bankman-Fried, 31, is expected to
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — As the Israel-Hamas war rages, international and local monitoring groups in Gaza have been unable to keep up. The only source reporting how many people have been killed in Hamas-ruled Gaza is the Ministry of Health. Over past wars, the ministry has largely maintained a track record
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Un aparatoso accidente se registró ayer a las 5 de mañana en el freeway 10 cerca de la calle Jefferson donde hubo un choque entre varios vehículos y un semais que remolcaba varios carros que bloquearon todos los carriles con rumbo al oeste, además hubo un derrame de combustible por lo que el CHP cerro
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El Departamento de policía de Palm Springs anunció que hoy desde las 6 de la tarde hasta la 1 de la madrugada realizarán un retén de sobriedad en un punto no especificado con la finalidad de mantener fuera de las calles a personas que manejen ebrias, drogadas, con licencia suspendida o sin licencia. Cabe resaltar
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Ya escuchó su sentencia un sujeto que en mayo pasado se declaró culpable de contactar a una menor de edad residente de Banning con la finalidad de tener sexo con ella. Se trata de Devon Decerto de 33 años quien fue sentenciado a ocho meses en prisión, pero de inmediato fue puesto en libertad ya
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Ayer a las 8:50 de la mañana un excursionista llamo al 9-1-1 para pedir ayuda ya que se accidento mientras aventuraba por las montañas de Palm Desert ubicadas cerca de la calle Fred Waring y el Hwy 111, de inmediato cuadrillas de rescate fueron al área para ayudar al hombre que tenía varias heridas, después
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