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By Heather Healy Click here for updates on this story WACO, Texas (KXXV) — It’s a journey that began about four years ago. “It started as a joke — I put on a Grinch onesie, go ride around town and everybody took pictures,” Russell Homeyer said. “I bought a Grinch suit, that way we could
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Nneka Obiazor scored 18 points, Desi-Rae Young had 17 points and 11 rebounds for her 41st career double-double and No. 25 UNLV beat San Diego State 67-60 on Wednesday for its eighth straight victory in the series. UNLV (15-1, 5-0 Mountain West) extended its conference winning streak to 29 games. UNLV
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A winter storm made its way across the eastern half of the United States on Wednesday, snarling traffic in the air and on the highways. By early afternoon in the East, more than 1,000 U.S. flights had been canceled and 4,000 others were delayed, according to FlightAware. The brunt of cancellations stretched from
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An ice storm threatened to topple towering trees onto power lines and turned roads and mountain highways treacherous Wednesday in the Pacific Northwest, where residents were urged to avoid travel. Around Portland, Oregon, long icicles dangled from roofs and cars, and ice encased branches, plants and
Continue ReadingBy KSBY Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN LUIS OBISPO, California (KSBY) — San Luis Obispo has once again landed on a list of “top happiest places in America.” The city has ranked ninth on SoFi’s “Happiest places to retire in the United States in 2024.” According to the report, the city,
Continue ReadingHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte — whose administration oversaw a reduction in income taxes and an increase in residential property taxes — is seeking re-election. Gianforte made the announcement Tuesday. Using a historic budget surplus coming out of the pandemic, Montana paid off its debt, reduced the top income tax rate
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority spent several hours Wednesday attacking a longstanding legal doctrine that gives federal agencies wide latitude to create policies and regulations in various areas of life. The justices heard two cases concerning the so-called Chevron deference, which emerged from a 1984 case. Oral arguments
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. anunció este miércoles una recompensa de hasta US$ 5 millones por información que conduzca al arresto de Jesús “Chuy González” González-Peñuelas, un ciudadano mexicano que enfrenta diversas acusaciones en ese país y es considerado fugitivo. Según un comunicado del Departamento de Estado, González-Peñuelas presuntamente sería
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A senior official at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has been accused in a lawsuit of sexual harassment and retaliation against a senior employee. Kendra Bowyer, a former Cal OES employee who helped to manage the state’s relief efforts from wildfires and
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A senior official at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has been accused in a lawsuit of sexual harassment and retaliation against a senior employee. Kendra Bowyer, a former Cal OES employee who helped to manage the state’s relief efforts from wildfires and
Continue ReadingBy Tracy Carloss Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND, Ohio (WEWS) — Angie Stefan is on a mission to keep her brother’s legacy alive. “Rob was the kind of person who always helped everybody else in life,” said Stefan. Rob Gates died in a car crash. But, even in death, he was still
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Despite having the support of millions of Guatemalans, newly installed President Bernardo Arévalo has a clear obstacle — the attorney general’s office and its leader, Consuelo Porras. Arévalo has made a bold promise to clean up corruption in a Central American state that for years
Continue ReadingBy Bob Jones Click here for updates on this story MASSILLON, Ohio (WEWS) — It might be frigid throughout Northeast Ohio this week, but that’s not stopping volunteers from braving the elements to make sure some of your neighbors don’t go hungry. Meal on Wheels of Northeast Ohio, which deliveries about 1,300 meals a day
Continue ReadingFourteen construction workers who were renovating a Yale University-owned building have been hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning. Rick Fontana, New Haven’s emergency operations director, says one of the workers was found lying unconscious Wednesday outside of the building, which is a couple of blocks from Yale’s campus. That worker was taken to a Brooklyn hospital,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken was forced to change planes to return to Washington from Davos after his plane suffered what the traveling press was told was a critical failure related to an oxygen leak. Blinken and the traveling party boarded the modified Boeing 737 jet in Zurich on
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ refusal to allow Border Patrol agents into a park along the U.S.-Mexico border is a new marker in the state’s deepening rift with the Biden administration over immigration. For nearly a week as of Wednesday, Texas has denied entry to Border
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man who spent nearly 28 years in prison until a judge determined he was wrongfully convicted filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging that St. Louis police officers “detained, arrested, and framed him for a murder he did not commit.” Lamar Johnson seeks unspecified damages
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is eligible to serve as US president, despite right-wing “birther” questions about her natural-born citizenship that have been circulating in conservative media outlets and were recently amplified by former President Donald Trump. Trump first promoted the false claim last week, by reposting a story from a conspiracy-peddling
Continue ReadingBy Laurie Perez Click here for updates on this story COMPTON, California (KCAL) — Cemetery owners in Compton have grown frustrated and are calling for their city to action after nearly 600 grave markers were stolen from Compton cemeteries. Celestina Bishop said local leaders have a moral obligation to help protect Woodlawn Celestial Gardens, one
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — As prescriptions for popular weight loss drugs have soared, the class of medications known as GLP-1 agonists is changing the way people think about how to lose weight. Initially developed to treat type 2 diabetes, medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide have also been shown to be effective in promoting
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