By Andrew Haubner Click here for updates on this story WHEATLAND, California (KOVR) — The historical society in Wheatland is making a push to preserve a little-known wagon trail that marked the end of the Donner Party. California’s early history is on full display at Wheatland’s historical museum. “Once a historical site is gone, it’s
Continue ReadingKOVR, WHEATLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CNN By Andrew Haubner Click here for updates on this story WHEATLAND, California (KOVR) — The historical society in Wheatland is making a push to preserve a little-known wagon trail that marked the end of the Donner Party. California’s early history is on full display at Wheatland’s historical museum. “Once a
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It has been only a day since the transitional presidential council was installed in Haiti, and the list of demands on the Caribbean nation’s new leaders is rapidly growing. Haitians want security, food, jobs — and they want them now. The members of the council, tasked
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed off on a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private sales of weapons, bolstering the state’s “yellow flag” law, criminalizing the transfer
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The CEOs of leading U.S. technology companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety board to advise the federal government on how to protect the nation’s critical services from “AI-related disruptions.” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the new board Friday that includes key corporate leaders in AI development such as OpenAI
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he’s hopeful the Federal Reserve can bring down inflation without causing a recession but wouldn’t rule out more troubling possibilities, such as stagflation. In an interview with The Associated Press at a Chase branch opening in The Bronx, Dimon said
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story LAURENS COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of murdering a woman he was doing HVAC work for on the day she disappeared, according to the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office. Billie
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Carmen Sánchez (CNN) — Los detectives de enfermedades de Chicago dicen que han estado observando una tendencia preocupante: los pacientes se quejan de síntomas inusuales como problemas de visión y oculares, dolores de cabeza y pérdida de audición o mareos causados por la sífilis, una infección de transmisión sexual. Los médicos saben desde hace mucho
Continue ReadingOCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A stubborn fire at the end of a landmark wooden pier on the Southern California coast was contained early Friday, authorities said. The fire erupted at 3 p.m. Thursday on the seaward end of the pier in the city of Oceanside, north of San Diego. Firefighters pulled hoses down the 1,954-foot
Continue Reading Paulina Nares (CNN Español) — El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Rusia, Sergey Lavrov, anunció este viernes que Moscú apoya las aspiraciones de Bolivia de unirse al grupo BRICS, en una conferencia de prensa con su par boliviana, Celinda Sosa, de visita oficial en ese país. Lavrov dijo también que Rusia apoya los esfuerzos de
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Poppy Harlow, the longtime CNN anchor who most recently co-helmed “CNN This Morning,” announced Friday that she will exit the network. “The nearly two decades since have been a gift,” Harlow wrote in an email to colleagues. “I have been inspired by you and learned so much from you
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said he will debate former President Donald Trump ahead of this year’s election, the clearest declaration yet of his willingness to face-off with his Republican rival before voters cast ballots in November. Still, Biden said he didn’t know yet what format the debates might take,
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians voted in a moderate turnout in the second round of multi-phase national elections, with some big names in the contest. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is strongly promoting his party’s pro-Hindu line in his campaign. Rahul Gandhi, a top opposition party leader, is contesting
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mary J. Blige just might be the most famous native of Yonkers, New York, and yet she’s not forgotten her roots there. The newly announced Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is giving back to the community that helped launch her start. Blige’s “Strength of a Woman
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial dug Friday into assertions of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and his efforts to protect Trump from negative stories during the 2016 election. David Pecker returned to the witness stand for the fourth day as defense attorneys tried to poke holes
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La actriz ganadora del Oscar Anne Hathaway contó que tuvo que besar a una serie de actores durante un proceso de audición en la década de 2000 para “probar la química” ante la cámara. A sus 41 años y con decenas de películas a sus espaldas, Hathaway reveló que al
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Missiles suspected to have been fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a ship traveling through the Red Sea, authorities said. The attack Friday follows an uptick in assaults launched by the Houthis in recent days after a relative lull in their monthslong campaign over Israel’s war on
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden says he is willing to debate Donald Trump later this fall. Biden’s comment Friday is the most definitive he’s been on whether he would debate his presumptive Republican opponent. The comments came during an interview with the radio host Howard Stern on
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Un grupo de agentes de la Fiscalía Especial contra la Impunidad de Guatemala y la Policía Nacional Civil allanó este jueves la sede de la organización no gubernamental Save The Children como parte de una investigación iniciada tras una denuncia por presuntos abusos contra menores guatemaltecos en albergues de Texas,
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council has agreed to pay a $150,000 settlement to an eyewitness who tried to intervene to prevent George Floyd’s murder and who says he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result. Donald Williams is a mixed martial arts fighter who testified against former Officer Derek Chauvin in his
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