By RICHARD RAMOS Click here for updates on this story IONE, California (KPIX) — A man who was found to have several warrants out for his arrest was taken into custody after Northern California authorities said he was holding a woman against her will. Antonio Medina, 35, of Galt in Sacramento County, faces new charges
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2023 has been a memorable year for weather events, from feet of snow in the mountains to record heat in the summer. For the first time in the history of the National Weather Service San Diego Office, a Blizzard Warning was issued. Dumping feet of snow, San Bernardino mountain communities would become stranded for more
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CNNEE (CNN) — Un video editado que circula en las redes sociales parece mostrar a hombres palestinos y al menos dos niños detenidos y desnudados por las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) en un estadio en el norte de Gaza. Los clips del video muestran lo que parecen ser dos niños jóvenes en un
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. The worldwide growth rate in the past year was just under 1%. At
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Volunteer groups are participating in a Thousand Palms “muck out,” after storms hit Southern California last week.After rainfall on Thursday December 21st, Hidden Springs Ranch Oasis in Thousand Palms is facing destruction.Three homes on Via Eduardo have been damaged significantly. MORE: Cleanup continues after residents in Thousand Palms spent holiday digging out from mud. One
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The California Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to navigate the roads safely this holiday season. CHP Officer David Torres said, “Last weekend statewide there were 20 people killed in crashes within CHP jurisdiction between Dec. 22 and Dec. 25. Additionally CHP arrested 900 impaired drivers.” Within that same period CHP Indio investigated over 50 crashes.
Continue ReadingSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco failed to show up Thursday for a meeting with a prosecutor who is investigating him for an alleged relationship with a minor. Prosecutor Olga Diná Llaverías said the investigation will continue regardless of Franco’s no-show. She waited for the All-Star player and his
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By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Idaho temporarily blocked a state ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors this week, just days before the law was set to take effect in the New Year. The law would have placed medical professionals who provide such care for transgender people under the age
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. The worldwide growth rate in the past year was just under 1%. At
Continue ReadingBy Wes Bruer, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday upheld the Republican-drawn Georgia congressional map that safeguards the state GOP’s dominance. “The Court finds that the General Assembly fully complied with this Court’s order requiring the creation of Black-majority district in the regions of the State where vote dilution was found. Hence, the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powerful surf rolled onto beaches on the West Coast and Hawaii on Thursday as a big swell generated by the stormy Pacific Ocean pushed toward shorelines, causing localized flooding. Forecasters urged people to stay off rocks and jetties, and to not turn
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powerful surf rolled onto beaches on the West Coast and Hawaii on Thursday as a big swell generated by the stormy Pacific Ocean pushed toward shorelines, causing localized flooding. Forecasters urged people to stay off rocks and jetties, and to not turn
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS CASTANEDA Click here for updates on this story Santa Cruz County, California (KPIX) — A community along the Santa Cruz County coast is being warned to prepare to evacuate Thursday morning because of dangerous surf conditions. The evacuation warning was issued just before 8 a.m. for coastal areas near Seacliff State Beach in
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the L’Oreal heiress and richest woman in the world, has become the first woman to hold a $100 billion fortune, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index, which reflects changes as of 5 pm ET of the previous trading day, lists Bettencourt Meyers as
Continue Reading By Marcus Mabry, CNN (CNN) — 2023 was another unprecedented year — from a former US president being criminally indicted to a Speaker of the House of Representatives being removed — both for the first time in the country’s nearly 250-year history. Beyond politics, the US and Canada witnessed a suspected Chinese spy balloon float
Continue ReadingBy COLE PREMO Click here for updates on this story WILLOW RIVER, Minnesota (WCCO) — Authorities in Pine County are asking for the public’s help in locating a driver who nearly hit students leaving a school bus last week. According to the county sheriff’s office, the incident took place on Dec. 21 at around 3:22
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LAURITSEN Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A group of Minnesotans, who lost loved ones to COVID, are suing local hosptials that cared for their family members. “We have lost so much. Just like everybody else,” said one member doing a group zoom meeting. Every Tuesday night, dozens
Continue ReadingBy Beverly Kidd Click here for updates on this story NORFOLK, Virginia (WTKR) — History was made in Hampton Roads 42 years ago: The first in vitro fertilization (IVF) baby in the United States was born in Norfolk. But it wasn’t without controversy. When the first patients began treatment, protests erupted here and around the
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Workers in several New England states are looking forward to a bump up in the minimum wage in 2024 while advocates in Massachusetts are pushing a ballot question aimed at phasing out the state’s subminimum wage for tipped workers. In Rhode Island, the state’s current $13 minimum
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK DAMP Click here for updates on this story EAU CLAIRE BOROUGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Nearly 60 animals were rescued from a home in Butler County, according to Pennsylvania State Police. A warrant was served at the home on South Washington Street in Eau Clarie Borough earlier this month. That’s when troopers say they
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