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SEATTLE (AP) — Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders — including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl — while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday’s election. The elections offices were located in King County — home of Seattle — as well as Skagit, Spokane
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The SAG-AFTRA actors’ union reached a tentative labor agreement today with Hollywood studios, bringing an end to a strike that spanned 118 days and brought the entertainment industry to a nearly complete stop. No details of the tentative agreement were immediately released. The strike will officially end at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. There was no
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JILL COLVIN Associated Press HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump’s debate counterprogramming tour is continuing in South Florida before a friendly crowd about a half-hour’s drive from where his rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination will engage in their third debate. Wednesday’s rally is an opportunity to showcase support
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers are making a move with their defensive coordinator. Steve Wilks will go from the booth to the field this week when the Niners return from their bye week in hopes of providing a spark to a defense that struggled
Continue ReadingFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Records show that a woman accused of threatening to kill a federal judge who suspended approval of the abortion drug mifepristone earlier this year has been arrested in Florida. Court records show that Alice Marie Pence made her initial appearance in Fort Myers federal court after her arrest on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County coroner’s investigator has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a gold chain and crucifix from around the neck of a dead man, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspect, a 34-year-old man, faces one felony count of grand theft and one misdemeanor count of petty theft, the district attorney’s
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County coroner’s investigator has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a gold chain and crucifix from around the neck of a dead man, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspect, a 34-year-old man, faces one felony count of grand theft and one misdemeanor count of petty theft, the district attorney’s
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Update Nov. 10 News Channel 3 has obtained new information regarding the possible cause of the most recent 9-1-1 phone line outage. On November 8, 2023, at 10:59 p.m., a report was received regarding theft of wire and fiber in the area of Whitewater north of Interstate 10, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Disney said it would continue to dramatically cut costs as it looks to rebuild its business in a rapidly changing media environment. The company announced it would slash expenses by another $2 billion, adding to the $5.5 billion reduction it had previously announced, which included thousands of
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By Isabel Rosales, Devon M. Sayers and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Nashville police say an investigation began Monday morning into three photographs that surfaced online of writings connected to the March shooting at a private Christian school that left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead. The writings are from the 28-year-old shooter, who was
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green is announcing the creation of a $150 million fund to help those who lost family members or who were injured in Maui’s wildfires. The governor’s office says beneficiaries will receive payments of more than $1 million as early as April to June of next year. Those getting money
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Little by little an employee of Costa Rica’s National Bank took advantage of a surveillance blindspot to slip more than $6 million worth of currency into envelopes and casually walk out of the country’s largest bank. First announced last month, it was the largest bank heist in the country’s
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has chosen a location for a new FBI headquarters in Maryland, people familiar with the selection said Wednesday as the suburban Washington location was selected over nearby Virginia following a sharp competition between the two states. The site is planned
Continue ReadingMENTONE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake has struck a sparsely populated and remote area of West Texas. The temblor Wednesday could be felt hundreds of miles away. The USGS reports the 5.3 magnitude quake shook Loving County, on the border with New Mexico, shortly before 4:30 a.m. A 5.3 magnitude
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt to block Donald Trump from the state’s GOP primary ballot next year based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” but said the challengers can try again to block him from the general election ballot if the former president wins the Republican nomination. The 14th Amendment, ratified after
Continue Reading CNN By Abeer Salman, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Thousands of Palestinians fled northern Gaza on Wednesday, traveling miles on foot through the battered enclave in a growing exodus as Israel intensifies its ground and air campaign. Streams of people – women, children, the elderly and disabled – made their way down Salah Eddin Street, one of
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday reported sharp profit growth for its fiscal fourth quarter while announcing an expansion of its cost-cutting drive under returning CEO Bob Iger. The results topped Wall Street expectations and sent shares in the entertainment and theme park company up more
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday reported sharp profit growth for its fiscal fourth quarter while announcing an expansion of its cost-cutting drive under returning CEO Bob Iger. The results topped Wall Street expectations and sent shares in the entertainment and theme park company up more
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing there for four
Continue Reading By Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — Detectives are investigating a report of a decapitated baby doll found underneath a “Free Palestine” flag in an Ohio resident’s yard, according to a police report. Video from a neighbor’s camera shows a man in dark clothing approaching the flag and placing something on the ground at 10:25 a.m.
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