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By JULIE SHARP Click here for updates on this story ENCINO, California (KCAL) — A man has been arrested after a woman’s torso was found inside a plastic bag near an Encino dumpster Wednesday morning. The gruesome discovery was made just after 6 a.m. in the parking lot of a strip mall north of the
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Allen Click here for updates on this story Seattle, Wa (The Seattle Medium) — When it comes to setting high standards of achievement, the HEIR 12U football team is just as successful in the classroom as they are on the field. The nationally ranked 12U team boasts a 3.5-grade point average. According to
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates tumbled this week in the biggest one-week drop since last November. It’s the second straight week that rates have fallen, after rising for seven consecutive weeks. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to an average of 7.50% in the week ending November 9, down from 7.76% the week before,
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KCAL) — Police in Long Beach fatally shot a man who allegedly stabbed his mother with a knife early Wednesday morning. The scene unfolded at around 9 a.m., when Long Beach Police Department officers were sent to the 300 block of 69th
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — No receiver has ever started an NFL career as impressively as Puka Nacua, who caught a record 25 passes in his first two games for the Los Angeles Rams and shattered the league’s single-game receptions mark for a rookie in September. The fifth-round pick
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Allen Click here for updates on this story Seattle, Wa (The Seattle Medium) — When it comes to setting high standards of achievement, the HEIR 12U football team is just as successful in the classroom as they are on the field. The nationally ranked 12U team boasts a 3.5-grade point average. According to
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Arit John, Steve Contorno, Daniel Strauss, Kit Maher and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Less than a day after voters in multiple states rebuked GOP leaders who would restrict abortion rights, five Republicans running for president ignored the issue for the first 99 minutes of their third primary debate. Unlike their last
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press SMITHS STATION, Ala. (AP) — After the 2019 suicide of a local teenager, small-town mayor and pastor F.L. “Bubba” Copeland helped students place roadside signs in his Alabama community to try to reach others who might be hurting. “You are worthy of love.” “Don’t give up.” “You matter.” Those were
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant — although it’s far too soon to know if the man will ever see through his new left eye. An accident with high-voltage power lines had
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Health officials in Puerto Rico have declared a flu epidemic. Health Secretary Carlos Mellado said Thursday that at least 25,900 cases have been reported since July, with 42 deaths and more than 900 hospitalizations on the island of 3.2 million people. Epidemiologist Melissa Marzán noted that officials have seen
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden went to Chicago on June 28 to give a landmark speech on “Bidenomics,” only to learn in private during the trip about a soon-to-close auto factory, news that was a challenge to his vision for the country. The prospect of a shuttered Stellantis plant
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak remained hospitalized Thursday in Mexico City following a “health problem” while he was in the city to speak at a business conference, according to a source close to the conference who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the
Continue ReadingBy FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak remained hospitalized Thursday in Mexico City following a “health problem” while he was in the city to speak at a business conference, according to a source close to the conference who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Candace Parker plans on playing another season if she’s healthy enough to do so. The two-time WNBA MVP missed the Las Vegas Aces’ run to a second straight league championship after having surgery on her left foot in late July. “I’ll weigh my options. If
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Calderon, CNNE (CNN) — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was hospitalized in Mexico City on Wednesday, a source from the organizers of the World Business Forum (WBF), an event he attended in the country’s capital, told CNN En Español. The source said Wozniak, 73, was taken to the hospital at 3 p.m. local time after fainting
Continue ReadingBy EGILL BJARNASON Associated Press HUSAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa — one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions — closed temporarily as a swarm of earthquakes put the island nation’s most populated region on alert for a possible volcanic eruption. Guests rushed to leave the spa’s hotels in the early hours of
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By David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s war on Hamas could set the Palestinian economy in Gaza and the West Bank back decades, according to a new analysis by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A report released Thursday by the organization paints a dire picture of the economic conditions in the Palestinian enclave, where
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, BASSEM MROUE and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Crowds of Palestinian families stretching as far as the eye could see walked out of Gaza City and surrounding areas toward the south Thursday. They sought to escape Israeli strikes and ground troops battling Hamas militants in dense urban
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says it “feels good to get in the game” after endorsing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president. Reynolds made the decision this week after seven months of hosting Republican presidential candidates in Iowa. The Republican governor’s decision to weigh in breaks
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The contentious debate over a new FBI headquarters is intensifying. Bureau Director Christopher Wray said he’s concerned about a “potential conflict of interest” in the site selection. The White House defends the process as “fair and transparent.” But a senator says there’s a clear need for a
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