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Riverside County commemorates Homeless Persons Memorial Day, known as the “Longest Night.” The event’s significance coincides with the winter solstice, the year’s longest night. It aims to raise awareness of the challenges the unhoused face and honor those who have died. The “Longest Night” signifies two things: a call to action for the county’s most
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer The European Union’s top court has ruled UEFA and FIFA acted contrary to competition law by blocking plans for the breakaway Super League. The case was heard last year at the Court of Justice after Super League failed at launch in April 2021. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin called the club leaders
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos and Maya Szaniecki, CNN Paris (CNN) — A last-minute strike action that caused dozens of Eurostar cancelations on Thursday has ended. Eurotunnel said in a statement that an agreement had been reached between its management and trade union representatives following a year-end bonus dispute. It added that traffic would gradually resume following
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Viewers in Poland are waiting for the main evening newscast on the state television TVP to see first signs of change in state media under the country’s new, pro-European Union government. Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Cabinet has promised to free public media outlets of the former ruling conservatives’ propaganda and divisive
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The “Barbie” power ballad “I’m Just Ken” and AP and Frontline’s documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” just got one step closer to an Oscar nomination. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday shortlists in 10 categories, including best original song, documentary feature, international feature, original score,
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Initially unsure of which orangutan was the father of a new baby primate, the Denver Zoo decided to have a little fun with the results and turned to former daytime talk show host Maury Povich. Just as he would do on his long-running show, Povich pulled the purported DNA
Continue ReadingBy Cecilio Padilla Click here for updates on this story DAVIS, California (KOVR) — Health officials have started contact tracing after a person at the UC Davis campus was identified as having contagious tuberculosis. UC Davis officials announced on Wednesday that they were working on identifying and notifying people who had been in close contact
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A report from the United Nations finds that more than half a million people in Gaza are starving because there’s not enough food entering the territory since the outbreak of war more than 10 weeks ago. World Food Program Chief
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Prague’s police chief says a lone gunman opened fire in a university building in Prague, killing at least 15 people and injuring 24 more. Police and the Czech Republic’s interior ministry say the gunman in the mass shooting Thursday is also dead. Authorities have not released the
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy in federal court in New York on Thursday, just days after a jury ordered him to pay nearly $150 million to two former Georgia election workers for defamation. According to the filing, Giuliani listed debts between $100 million and $500 million, and assets worth
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Inhale, exhale. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but it’s also a time when holiday stress may start to pile on. Between shopping, cooking, parties, wrapping presents, guests and busy travel, try to remember to enjoy the present moment and all the little things this joyous
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is ramping up the pressure on his Mexican counterpart to help with the untenable situation at the US southern border that’s left officials scrambling to respond to an unprecedented migrant surge and exacerbated one of the president’s longstanding political problems. Biden spoke with Mexican President
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy in federal court in New York on Thursday, just days after a jury ordered him to pay nearly $150 million to two former Georgia election workers for defamation. According to the filing, Giuliani listed debts between $100 million and $500 million, and assets
Continue ReadingBy KDKA Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin stopped by his hometown of McKees Rocks on Tuesday night to host a toy drive for local kids. It’s the fourth annual drive for his Chasing M’s Foundation and last night’s event was hosted at the Sto-Rox
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By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma judge on Tuesday declared innocent a man who spent 48 years in prison for a murder he did not commit – believed to be the longest amount of time served by anyone wrongfully convicted in the United States. “This is a day we’ve been waiting on for
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A New Hampshire man was indicted Wednesday for allegedly threating to kill three presidential candidates in violent and graphic text messages. The presidential candidates are not named in charging documents. A spokesperson for Republican hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy previously told CNN that the tech entrepreneur’s campaign was a target of the threats.
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Staff Click here for updates on this story MARATHON, Florida (WFOR) — A scuba diving Santa Claus was spotted spreading good cheer in the Florida Keys when, instead of going down a chimney, he submerged Wednesday at Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters. Visitors seemed thrilled to see Santa at the marine ecological attraction in
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Two officials from a rural Arizona county pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony charges for delaying the certification of their county’s 2022 midterm election results. Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby had balked for weeks about certifying the results, in a process known as canvassing. They didn’t cite problems with
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — The grisly killings of a retiree and then a priest has shocked everyone in tiny Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, including Sheriff Mike Robinson. He’s lived in the community just north of Omaha for 62 years and can’t recall a single homicide before
Continue ReadingBy EUGENE GARCIA and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Torrential rain flooded homes and streets in Southern California’s coastal cities Thursday, stranding some drivers in typically idyllic Santa Barbara and compounding holiday travel headaches. The downpours targeted Ventura and Santa Barbara counties northwest of Los Angeles County overnight, swamping areas in
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