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By Andrea Nakano Click here for updates on this story CONCORD, California (KPIX) — If you ride BART, you might have been the subject of an artist’s creation and may not know it. For almost 10 years, a Concord woman has been creating “BARToons,” taking people she sees and placing them into a pop-culture scene.
Continue ReadingTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The president of Honduras has announced the creation of a new 20,000-capacity “megaprison.” The plan is part of the government’s larger crackdown on a wave of gang violence. President Xiomara Castro unveiled a series of emergency measures in a midnight nationally televised address early Saturday. It includes plans to strengthen the
Continue ReadingBy James Taylor, CBS13 Photojournalist Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — As fire danger increases in the valley, the City of Sacramento is warning property owners to clear away dry grass and weeds. Those that don’t could be facing fines. Firefighters say vacant lots overgrown with dry brush create a high
Continue ReadingBy Kati Weis Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — Colorado is about to have a statewide free recycling program that will increase recycling access to hundreds of thousands of people. The bill creating the Producer Responsibility Program passed in Colorado two years ago, but this spring, state lawmakers gave it the
Continue ReadingBy DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — When Grand Papa was brought to the River Rouge Animal Shelter last week, he was suffering from a neurological condition that caused him to drag one of his paws and was positive for heartworms. Shelter manager Patty Trevino said the senior husky,
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Swanson Click here for updates on this story ROCHESTER, Minnesota (WCCO) — A 26-year-old Pipestone woman is in custody and facing criminal charges after allegedly attacking a toddler with a pizza cutter Thursday inside a Rochester day care center. The Olmsted County Attorney’s Office says the suspect is charged with one felony count
Continue ReadingBy Julia Falcon Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH (KTVT) — After 85 years, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” is moving back home. The home that Opal Lee lived in as a child was burned down on June 19, 1939, when hundreds of white rioters gathered to harass, vandalize, and run her family
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story YORK, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Miss Pennsylvania contestant is quitting the competition after she said she got death threats from another contestant. Robyn Kass-Gerji was crowned Miss Susquehanna Valley earlier this year and she was planning to compete for Miss Pennsylvania this weekend but told
Continue ReadingBy Mahsa Saeidi Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS, WLNY) — A card-skimming scam has targeted tens of thousands of New Yorkers who use SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. CBS New York investigative reporter Mahsa Saeidi has learned a simple tech upgrade could prevent much of this agony. The
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A Missouri judge has rejected the argument that lawmakers intended to “impose their religious beliefs on everyone” in the state when they passed a restrictive abortion ban. Judge Jason Sengheiser issued the ruling Friday in a case filed by more than a dozen Christian, Jewish and Unitarian Universalist leaders who
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By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The story of a six-year-old George Washington chopping down a cherry tree may be a myth, but archeologists excavating Mount Vernon, the home of the United States’ first president, made the very real discovery of 35 glass bottles filled with cherries and berries. The bottles were found in five storage
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Father’s Day is always a special time for Rick and Jesse Minter. Sunday, though, might be extra rewarding. The Minters are on the same staff for the sixth time in their coaching careers, but this is the first time they have worked together in
Continue Reading CNN By Lauren Izso, Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi and Andrew Raine, CNN (CNN) — Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces says, in one of the deadliest single incidents involving its troops since October 7. The IDF said the incident was still under review but preliminary findings suggested
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis has returned to her parents’ house in the northern Italian city of Monza. Salis arrived on Saturday evening after being freed from house arrest in Budapest on Friday. Her father Roberto Salis told journalists waiting for her at home that “a nightmare is over.” Ilaria Salis was
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Flags dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month were vandalized this week in New York City, according to the city’s police department. The colorful flags near the Stonewall National Monument, located in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood and dedicated to a turning point in the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement,
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The Rome LGBTQ+ Pride parade has celebrated its 30th anniversary as tens of thousands of people in brightly colored outfits marched through the streets of Rome. They waved banners, danced and sang Saturday as they marked LGBTQ+ rights and poked fun at Pope Francis. Many of the signs and banners at the
Continue Reading By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — Kristina Nikita Coffey was four years old when the plane her father had boarded lost contact with air controllers and disappeared over Lake Champlain in Vermont on a snowy night in 1971. The crash site was never found, but over the years she held out hope it would be
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — What were you doing at 16 years old? Spain’s Lamine Yamal made history on Saturday by becoming the youngest player to appear at a men’s European Championship when he took to the field against Croatia at Euro 2024. At 16 years and 338 days old, Yamal surpassed the previous
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Republicans rejected Sen. Mike Braun’s choice for lieutenant governor on Saturday, instead nominating a podcasting pastor with far-right views to be his running mate. Braun, who is leaving the Senate, endorsed state Rep. Julie McGuire for his running mate when he became the GOP nominee for
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump used back-to-back stops Saturday to court Black voters and a conservative group that has been accused of attracting white supremacists as the Republican presidential candidate works to stitch together a coalition of historically divergent interests in battleground Michigan. Trump hosted an afternoon
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