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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police say a second person has been arrested in a Tampa, Florida, mass shooting that erupted during Halloween festivities, leaving two dead and 16 injured. Police say a 14-year-old boy was arrested Thursday in Palm Beach County and was waiting to be transported back to Tampa. He faces two felony charges.
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The CVUSD Middle School Environmental Science Field has been awarded a $300,000 research grant from the Youth Community Access Grant Program, the Coachella Valley Unified School District announced on Thursday. The grant, made possible through the Outdoors for All Initiative backed by Governor Newsom and the State Legislature, will empower 1,200 7th and 8th-grade students
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By Reuters (Reuters) — Spain’s parliament voted to make Pedro Sanchez prime minister for another term on Thursday, ending a protracted deadlock after an inconclusive general election in July. His Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) reached separate deals with a number of regional parties to earn their backing, including a contentious bill on amnesty for Catalan separatists that has sparked protests across
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly and Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — IBM on Thursday announced it had suspended advertising on Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after an ad for the computing giant appeared alongside pro-Nazi content. “IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A book about an inferno that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize. John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World” was awarded the 50,000 pound ($62,000) Baillie Gifford Prize at
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Serena Williams and Ruby Bridges will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame next year. The Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York, announced the latest honorees on Thursday. The tennis great and civil rights icon will join eight other previously announced women who will be inducted
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Swifties are invited to set sail to the Bahamas next year on a four-night fan cruise from Miami. But Taylor Swift fans shouldn’t expect to see their idol aboard the ship, Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas. The cruise’s organizers, travel agents at Marvelous Mouse Travels, are careful to
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By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Panda lovers in America received a much-needed injection of hope when Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that his government was “ready to continue” lending the black and white icons to American zoos. But it wasn’t certain when or where the pandas might be coming, although Xi
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Panda lovers in America received a much-needed injection of hope when Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that his government was “ready to continue” lending the black and white icons to American zoos. But it wasn’t certain when or where the pandas might be coming, although Xi
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT, CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — National Democrats this year have insisted the party is united and ready to rally around President Joe Biden heading into next year’s election. But a protest outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters signals growing tension within the coalition that has propelled Democrats
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN (CNN) — Major League Baseball owners unanimously voted Thursday to approve the relocation of the Oakland Athletics out of the Bay Area to Las Vegas. The franchise is set to start playing baseball in Nevada in 2028 in a new stadium on the Las Vegas Strip at Las Vegas Boulevard and
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Local Congressman Ken Calvert issued a statement expressing his frustration with the Biden Administration’s delay in approving a major disaster declaration in response to the impacts of Tropical Storm Hilary. “Two months have now passed since the state of California officially requested a major disaster declaration from the Biden Administration to provide relief from the
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California family is suing a Virginia sheriff’s department that hired a deputy who sexually extorted and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint, killed her mother and grandparents, and set their home on fire. Austin Lee Edwards, 28, died by suicide during a shootout with law
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Apple is once again increasing the price of its TV+ streaming platform. A monthly Apple TV+ subscription will now cost $9.99, up from $6.99, which equates to an overall $36 bump for the year. A year ago, in October 2022, Apple hiked the price for an Apple TV+
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Decenas de jóvenes estadounidenses publicaron videos en TikTok esta semana en los que expresan su simpatía por Osama bin Laden, el conocido terrorista que orquestó los atentados del 11 de septiembre, por una carta que escribió hace dos décadas en la que criticaba a Estados Unidos, incluido su Gobierno y su
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Apple is set to host its second product event of the season, a month after introducing its new iPhone 15 lineup. The event, which is online-only, will kick off on Monday at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT, an unusually late start-time for Apple keynotes. Some analysts said the
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Apple’s MacBook Pro lineup and colorful iMacs just got even faster. At an event livestreamed on Monday night, the company introduced its next-generation family of custom-made processors – the M3, M3 Pro and M3 Pro Max – and along with it, a handful of new computers. The event’s
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge in Nevada has dealt another legal setback to Native American tribes trying to halt construction of one of the biggest lithium mines in the world. U.S. District Judge Miranda Du granted the government’s motion to dismiss their claims the mine is being built
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — During an Apple product launch the night before Halloween, Apple CEO Tim Cook – wearing all black at its Cupertino, California-based headquarters – introduced the next phase of Mac computers which hint at a more AI- driven future. The focus of the event, which featured the tagline “scary fast,” was
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Kaleb Higgins scored 13 points as Cal State Bakersfield beat Saint Katherine 77-44 on Thursday. Higgins shot 5 for 11, including 1 for 4 from beyond the arc for the Roadrunners (2-2). Tom Mark scored 12 points and added seven rebounds. Marvin McGhee shot 4 for 9
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