By RYAN YAMAMOTO Click here for updates on this story OAKLEY, California (KPIX) — Every Monday afternoon, you may hear the loud thumps of wood hitting a pad coming from the Oakley Senior Center and, if you peak inside, that is exactly what you will see — a group of senior citizens using their walking
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize subpoenas for conservatives Leonard Leo and Harlan crow in its probe into ethics controversies at the Supreme Court. In a party-line vote, the Democratic-led committee approved the requests for documents and records from Leo, the co-chairman of the board of the
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS CASTANEDA Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A trespasser who climbed a power pole above a Caltrain station platform at Fourth and King Streets in San Francisco forced a halt to train service in and out of the station for hours Thursday morning before he voluntarily came down.
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By Anna Chernova and Lindsay Isaac, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s Supreme Court has declared what it called the “international LGBTQ movement” an extremist organization and banned all activities associated with it in the country. The landmark ruling on Thursday is set to further erode the rights of Russia’s LGBTQ community, who have faced an intensifying
Continue ReadingBy AMY MAETZOLD Click here for updates on this story LAGUNA BEACH, California (KCAL) — A large stretch along the coastline of Laguna Beach is closed due to a 94,500-gallon sewage spill on Wednesday. Swimmers and surfers will not be allowed to go in the waters stretching from Laguna Ave to Blue Lagoon, according to
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have voted to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices. But Republicans are planning to object to the legitimacy of the action. The committee chairman, Democratic Sen. Dick
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The city of Fort Worth, Texas, will pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit connected to the 2019 death of Atatiana Jefferson, who was fatally shot in her home by a police officer. Money from the settlement, unanimously approved by the city council Tuesday, will be
Continue ReadingAcademy Awards enthusiasts won’t have to stay up quite as late to hear the best picture winner in March. The 96th Oscars will begin one hour early, with the official show starting at 7 p.m. Eastern for the first time, ABC said Thursday. The official pre-show will also begin earlier, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. The
Continue ReadingAcademy Awards enthusiasts won’t have to stay up quite as late to hear the best picture winner in March. The 96th Oscars will begin one hour early, with the official show starting at 7 p.m. Eastern for the first time, ABC said Thursday. The official pre-show will also begin earlier, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. The
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KCAL) — When you put an address into Google Maps, you trust that it will give you the fastest route. However, for dozens of families trying to make it home from Las Vegas, it redirected them to the middle of nowhere. It happened
Continue ReadingBy AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Bayan Khateeb knows she’s a terrible cook. So when she managed to pull off a dish of cooked tomatoes and eggs, she took a photo to show friends on social media. “Soon we shall eat the Shakshouka of victory!” crowed her caption, which included an emoji of
Continue ReadingBy KELLY VAUGHEN Click here for updates on this story OXFORD, Michigan (WBZ) — Thursday marks two years since the Oxford High School shooting. Since then, the district faced criticisms of its handling of the shooting and leadership changes. Tuesday night, the Oxford Community Schools board took the next steps toward finding a new superintendent,
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will be headlining a closed-door fundraiser in Florida next week as his Republican primary rivals return to the debate stage on Dec. 6. The former president has chosen to skip his party’s three previous primary debates, citing his commanding lead in early state and
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La temporada de huracanes del Atlántico de 2023 termina este jueves como una de las más activas registradas, con un giro: la mayoría de sus tormentas se desviaron hacia el medio del océano Atlántico. Pero como se espera que El Niño termine el próximo año y las temperaturas globales aumenten, los
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY MUTASA Click here for updates on this story LOWELL, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Lowell school officials are warning the community that three intruders tried to enter two schools without the proper authorization. Parents say they found out the three intruders tried to make their way into Moody and Shaughnessy Elementary Schools on Tuesday, but
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s government has postponed a deadline by two weeks for ethnic Serbs living in the country to register their vehicles with Kosovo license plates instead of Serbian ones. The move on Thursday was made to give ethnic Serbs more time to comply with the order. The deadline was initially set for
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The annual meeting of members of the global chemical weapons watchdog has called on countries to prevent the sale or transfer to Syria of raw materials and equipment that could be used to create poison gas and nerve agents. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said in a
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has executed a man who claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two men in Oklahoma City in 2001. Phillip Hancock received a lethal injection Thursday and was declared dead at 11:29 a.m. Hancock’s execution went forward once Gov.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Instagram-parent Meta has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent regulators from reopening the company’s landmark $5 billion privacy settlement from 2020 and and from banning the social media giant from monetizing the user data of children. Thursday’s lawsuit in Washington federal court calls for
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Actor-singer Cynthia Erivo lent searing and soulful vocals to an evening marking Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 65th anniversary, and celebrating the talents of dance legend Judith Jamison its former star dancer and longtime company leader. Erivo donned bright red to sing a passionate “Feeling Good,” and black-and-white stripes
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