By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Despite a weaker-than-expected first-quarter GDP reading, the US economy is “firing on all cylinders” and inflation is on a path toward a more normal level, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday in an interview with Reuters. Yellen on Thursday was interviewed by Reuters’ editor in chief Alessandra Galloni
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the glowing gas ejected from a dying star, which in this case happens to resemble a “cosmic dumbbell.” The portrait may also include evidence that the star gobbled up another star, in a form of stellar cannibalism, before
Continue ReadingBy Madisen Keavy Click here for updates on this story TRACY, California (KOVR) — A 29-year-old man was arrested after authorities said he was driving the wrong way on a Tracy freeway while drunk and with an 18-month-old in the back seat. The driver was caught on video traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump returned to court Thursday for the third day of witness testimony in his hush money trial. The trial resumed around the same time the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Washington over whether he should be immune from prosecution for actions he took during his time as president. At
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The governor of Kansas is blocking an attempt by Republican legislators to help Texas in the partisan national fight with the Biden administration over illegal immigration. Top Republicans in the Kansas House were considering Thursday whether their chamber can muster the two-thirds majority necessary to
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, California (KOVR) — A mother said she has now pulled her child out of Fairview Elementary School in Fairfield after he was allegedly choked with a jump rope by another student during an after-school program on April 16. The Fairfield Suisun Unified School District
Continue ReadingBy Karen Morfitt Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — Working as a parole officer in Colorado means long and dangerous hours. “You are dealing with these same convicted felons; however, they are not under constant supervision like at the facility, so they have access to weapons and drugs as readily as
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Sofía Barruti (CNN en Español) — Mientras las preguntas sobre seguridad incluidas en el referendo y la consulta popular impulsados por Daniel Noboa obtuvieron un apoyo mayoritario de los ecuatorianos, aquellas sobre economía y empleo fueron rechazadas por casi 7 de cada 10 ciudadanos, de acuerdo con los datos del Consejo Nacional Electoral de Ecuador
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Werthmann, Austen Erblat Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Colorado (KCNC) — Parents from an Aurora elementary school are livid at the response of school staff during and in the hours following an alleged kidnapping attempt of a 5th-grader from school grounds. That kidnapping attempt is alleged to have happened last
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two people are now facing several charges after winning thousands of dollars during fraudulent roulette games at Rivers Casino. According to the criminal complaint provided to KDKA, Joe Jeng Chiou Lin and Chen Huan Lin on three separate occasions – February 22,
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new report says circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that flooded Dubai and surroundings. But scientists don’t see the definitive fingerprints of greenhouse gas-triggered warming they find in other extreme weather events. Thursday’s study says between 10% and 40% more rain fell in
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN Venice, Italy (CNN) — April 25 has long been a historic day in Venice – the date is not just Italy’s Liberation day, but it’s also the feast day of the city’s patron saint, St. Mark. But now Venice will notch up another dose of history for April 25 – as
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Will Power said Thursday he was unaware of any manipulations to Team Penske’s push-to-power system until after last weekend’s IndyCar race at Long Beach and never illegally used the mechanism. Team Penske is under heavy scrutiny following the March 10 season-opening race at St. Petersburg, Florida, in which
Continue ReadingBy Erica Mokay Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON HILLS, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Some aren’t even old enough to vote, but stationed at polling places in the South Hills and Mon Valley, a group of Thomas Jefferson High School students is helping voters fulfill their civic duty. Instead of the school bell, the
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press A body believed to be that of a missing truck driver has been found in a northwest Iowa field not far from where his abandoned rig was discovered on an isolated highway just before Thanksgiving , but details of his death remain a mystery. The Iowa Department of Public Safety
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities investigating New York’s Gilgo Beach killings have launched a sprawling search of a wooded area on Long Island, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The case has fueled national speculation after years of dead ends. Months ago, prosecutors charged a New York architect
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration’s most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution
Continue ReadingFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky appeals court judge has denied Zedan Racing Stables’ requests for an emergency hearing and ruling that sought to allow Bob Baffert-trained Arkansas Derby winner Muth to run in next week’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Jeff S. Taylor issued an order denying relief on
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Supporters of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey and New York are trading blows with opponents in some shore towns who say vacationers and local residents don’t want to see turbines filling the ocean horizon. Eight Jersey Shore beach towns tell state utility
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Under the gaze of the world’s media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program Thursday to charge day-trippers a 5-euro ($5.35) entry fee that authorities hope will discourage visitors from arriving on peak days and make the city more livable for its dwindling
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