The Association of California water Agencies (ACWA) kicked off its two-day 2023 Fall Conference and Expo at the Renaissance Esmeralda and Hyatt Regency in Indian Wells today. The event brought together local water agency leaders from throughout California for updates, analyses, and perspectives on multiple water-related issues affecting every part of the state. Wildfire preparedness
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Elton John has addressed Britain’s Parliament at an event honoring his dedication to fighting HIV in the U.K. and beyond. The British star spoke to dozens of lawmakers and campaigners in the grand Speaker’s House of Parliament on Wednesday. John set up his AIDS Foundation in 1992
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — It was a simple plan. Business tends to slow down at Red Lobster locations during the third and fourth quarters, so its parent company, Thai Union, launched a new promotion. For $20, customers could eat as much shrimp as they wanted. The promotion has been a tradition
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon issued a stark warning to Wall Street on Wednesday: Inflation could rise further and recession is not off the table. “A lot of things out there are dangerous and inflationary. Be prepared,” he said at the 2023 New York Times DealBook Summit
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Cuban in many ways has been the face of the Dallas Mavericks franchise since he bought the club in 2000, so the news that he was selling a majority share to perhaps Las Vegas’ most powerful family created a number of questions. WHO IS
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS and SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writers Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has entered into an agreement to sell a majority stake in the NBA franchise to the family that runs the Las Vegas Sands casino company, it was announced Wednesday. The deal could be completed in the coming weeks. The agreement would
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn, (AP) — NASCAR has added two new partners and streaming elements to a seven-year media rights deal that will run from 2025 through the 2031 season. The Cup Series will include existing partners Fox Sports and NBC while Warner Bros. Discovery and Amazon have joined the package.
Continue ReadingBy Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Wednesday slammed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for labeling her a candidate of the Republican Party “establishment,” saying his remarks were “what a candidate says when they are losing.” “There is nothing establishment about a candidate who was the tea party candidate who ran for
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is trying anew to help voters using mail-in ballots in the battleground state avoid mistakes that might get their ballot thrown out in 2024’s presidential election and beyond. In a new directive Wednesday, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration asked counties to start using a standard
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas released 16 hostages late Wednesday in the last swap for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel under the current Gaza truce as international mediators raced to seal another extension to allow further exchanges and prolong the halt of Israel’s air and ground
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue in an antisemitic attack two years ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Twenty-year-old Franklin Sechriest was sentenced on Wednesday. He had previously pleaded guilty to arson and a hate crime causing damage to religious property on Halloween 2021.
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Pueblo, Colorado (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday contrasted his economic vision with that of so-called MAGA Republicans, including GOP firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert, during a visit to her Colorado district. During his speech, Biden touted provisions of his administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, which he pledged would bring
Continue ReadingGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Federal inspectors have levied fines against two construction companies in connection with a worker’s death at Lambeau Field earlier this year. The stadium is home to the Green Bay Packers. WLUK-TV reports that 27-year-old Joshua Shaw died in June after he was struck by a dumbwaiter car while working inside
Continue ReadingLAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Nearly 95,000 gallons (360,000 liters) of sewage spilled in Laguna Beach on Wednesday, leading to the closure of more than 2 miles (3.2 km) of Southern California coastline to swimmers and surfers, health officials said. The Orange County Health Care Agency’s environmental division said the spill occurred following a break
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Un ciberataque a la popular empresa de gestión de identidad Okta en septiembre resultó mucho más extenso de lo que se creía anteriormente, pues hackers robaron datos de todos los usuarios en el sistema de atención al cliente de la firma, reveló la compañía este miércoles. La declaración de Okta este
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A lawsuit filed in federal court is alleging negligence by CSX Transportation caused a train derailment and chemical fire that forced residents of a Kentucky town from their homes just before the Thanksgiving holiday. The train derailed Nov. 22 near Livingston, and residents who evacuated could
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A travel trailer was fully engulfed in flames today in Thermal but firefighters were able to quickly contain the fire. Fire crews responded shortly before noon Wednesday to a report of a residential structure fire in the area of Harrison and Pierce streets, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Upon arrival, they encountered
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The actor Jonathan Majors appeared in court in New York on Wednesday for the start of jury selection in a trial in which he is accused of injuring his then-girlfriend during an argument last spring. The trial could wind up playing a big role in what
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Nicole Randol — a Missouri-based mother of two boys, ages 6 and 10 — recently posted a message on a popular Facebook parenting group about Robux, the virtual gaming currency for the platform Roblox: Target was having a 40%-off sale for Robux. In the moments that followed, nearly
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