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By Elizabeth Cook and Molly McCrea Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — The global fashion industry is worth an estimated $1.7 trillion, but that value comes at a cost. Each year, more than 11 million tons of textiles – mostly discarded clothing – ends up in landfill. Some of
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Taylor Swift has donated $100,000 to the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the woman killed in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. Two $50,000 donations were posted Friday under the singer’s name on a GoFundMe page. Swift’s representative confirmed the donations to Variety, the trade publication
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A bill to ban the sale of cold beer and alcoholic drinks in Tennessee is getting attention, but there’s more to the legislation. Part of it would also cap the number of drinks people can have a restaurants and bars. But
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Another juror has been dismissed in the murder trial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy, forcing the panel to start over its deliberations for the third time in three days. The dismissal came less than an hour after jurors resumed their talks on Friday. There are now no more alternate jurors
Continue ReadingBy Rene Marsh and Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) — Members of Congress pressed the CEO of the nation’s largest credit union for answers about racial disparities in its mortgage lending during a Capitol Hill meeting Thursday but said they left unsatisfied with her responses. Mary McDuffie, the CEO of Navy Federal Credit Union, met with
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a single week, the Republican chairs of three House committees announced they would not be seeking reelection, raising questions about whether the chaos that has reigned this Congress is driving out some of the GOP’s top talent. What makes the retirements particularly noteworthy is that none
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman who disappeared with her 5-year-old foster son will now face a murder charge. Columbus police say 48-year-old Pammy Maye was found wandering in her nightgown before 10 p.m. Thursday in the Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn. That’s about 150 miles from her home in Columbus. Police Chief Elaine Bryant
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ, DASHA LITVINOVA and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news — less than
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has upheld laws that criminalize gay sex. Friday’s ruling was a blow to activists who have long decried the violence that the LGBTQ+ community has faced on the conservative Caribbean archipelago. The ruling stems from
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president says the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people. The state university scholarship for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is sponsored by GALZ, a membership organization for LGBTQ+ people in Zimbabwe. The association started offering it
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Zotos Click here for updates on this story FERGUSON, Missouri (KMOV) — Ferguson Police want parents to be aware of an alarming trend of teenagers getting their hands on realistic-looking weapons. “At first glance, they look pretty similar,” explained Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle of the two weapons. One a police-issued AR-15 rifle,
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A San Francisco woman was sentenced Thursday to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay at least $1.5 million in restitution for stealing students’ tuition payments at the University of California, San Francisco nursing school for more than five years.
Continue ReadingBy Jeffrey Lindblom Click here for updates on this story GOVERNMENT CAMP, Oregon (KPTV) — Snowfall on Mt. Hood throughout Thursday evening was a welcome sight for skiers and snowboarders eagerly waiting for fresh powder up at Mt. Hood Skibowl. “I didn’t start skiing until January,” Burton said. “Just because there wasn’t any snow up
Continue ReadingBy Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Nike will lay off about 2% of its employees, or close to 1,700 people, as the sportswear behemoth looks to cut as much as $2 billion in costs. “The actions that we’re taking put us in the position to right-size our organization to get after our biggest growth
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — A senate committee on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a plan that would do away with the state’s annual one-hour switch from standard to Daylight Saving Time. Oregonians living in the Pacific Time Zone would be able to continue using standard time for
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story BEND, Oregon (KPTV) — A 48-year-old Uber driver was arrested Tuesday in Deschutes County and charged with kidnapping, according to the Bend Police Department on Thursday. At about 9 p.m., a woman reported to police that she had ordered a ride to her Bend home
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — College basketball players from Farleigh Dickinson University found themselves in a tight spot ahead of Thursday’s away game against Long Island University – quite literally. The start of the Division I Northeast Conference game was delayed after several FDU players became stuck in a cramped elevator at the Steinberg
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Another hotter-than-expected update on inflation is keeping U.S. stocks in check on Friday. The S&P 500 was down 0.3% in morning trading after setting an all-time high the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 87 points lower, or 0.2%, as of 10:15 a.m.
Continue ReadingBy Jason Rantala Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — What began as a sixth grade science project, was born out of a childhood pet peeve. “I hated having to wake up an hour early before I already had to wake up for school, just to go outside and shovel,” said Max
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Missile fire has apparently targeted a ship off Yemen in the Red Sea. Friday’s assault is the latest attack suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The ship’s captain reported an explosion nearby the ship in the
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