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Month: November 2023

Offshore winds developing

Offshore Santa Ana winds will develop this afternoon, lingering into tomorrow, and a Wind Advisory stretches from the Northern Coachella Valley all the way out to the Saddleback Mountains of Orange County. An Air Quality Alert remains in effect through 6 this evening due to blowing sand and dust potential thanks to gusty winds. The

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Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches tentative deal with Caesars, but threat of strike still looms

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The labor union representing tens of thousands of Las Vegas hospitality workers announced Wednesday that it has reached a tentative deal with casino giant Caesars Entertainment, a major breakthrough that could help avert an unprecedented strike at more than a dozen hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas

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Michigan Democrats to lose full control of state government after representatives win mayoral races

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrats in Michigan who’ve enjoyed control of the governor’s office and slim majorities in both chambers of the Legislature for the past year will soon temporarily lose their majority in the House of Representatives. Two state representatives, Lori Stone and Kevin Coleman, won mayoral races in

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Former Uvalde mayor wins back job as mother whose daughter was killed at Robb Elementary loses bid

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press A mother in Uvalde, Texas, whose 10-year-old daughter was killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting has lost her run for mayor. Kimberly Mata-Rubio has pushed for stricter gun laws and police accountability since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in the 2022 attack. Uvalde voters instead elected

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Putin calls for closer Russia-China cooperation on military satellites and prospective weapons

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a senior Chinese military official that Moscow and Beijing should expand their cooperation on military satellites and other prospective defense technologies. It was a statement that signaled increasingly close defense links between the allies. Putin spoke in televised remarks at the start of his meeting Wednesday

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Facebook and Instagram will require political advertisers to disclose AI deepfakes

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Meta, parent company of Instagram and Facebook, will require political advertisers around the world to disclose any use of artificial intelligence in their ads, starting next year, the company said Wednesday, as part of a broader move to limit so-called “deepfakes” and other digitally altered misleading content. The

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Shakespeare portrait sent to edge of space to celebrate 400 years since ‘First Folio’

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering more than four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his career. To mark the continued resonance of the famed playwright’s words 400 years after the publication of his “First Folio” on November 8, 1623, British filmmaker Jack Jewers has sent a

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