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By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The demolition of the building where 17 people died in the 2018 Parkland school shooting is set to begin. Crews will begin tearing down the three-story building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday. The work was supposed to begin Thursday, but heavy rain and
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre who were seeking reparations. The nine-member court on Wednesday upheld the decision made by a district court judge in Tulsa last year. The suit was an attempt
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired infielder-outfielder Cavan Biggio from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for minor league pitcher Braydon Fisher on Wednesday. Biggio arrived at Dodger Stadium earlier in the day and was in the starting lineup against the Texas Rangers. He was designated for assignment last week after batting
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (KOVR) — There is a daily hum at John’s Cleaners in South Lake Tahoe—a song of steaming and pressing, a tune true to John Cristando and his bustling family dry cleaning business of 55 years. John, 98, always wore his hat
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By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Norma Galeana and Evelio Contreras, CNN Sasabe, Arizona (CNN) — Norma regrets ever having called the police. A shop owner and local coordinator for a political party on the outskirts of Mexico City, Norma called authorities in November to file a complaint about noise coming from the building next door
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The City of Indio was looking for public feedback on safe routes to schools and community connections around the city. In order to garner public opinion, the city posted a link on their Facebook Page with a survey. The survey focuses on how students and residents get to school, whether there are sidewalks along their
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Chicos, hablemos de hombre a hombre. A menudo nos obsesionamos con el sexo y nuestro rendimiento, pero ¿cuántos toman medidas para asegurarse de estar en plena forma a largo plazo? Si no cuidamos nuestra salud hoy, no disfrutaremos de una vida sexual sana mañana. Es fundamental pensar en la salud sexual
Continue ReadingBy Shelby Reilly Click here for updates on this story GEORGETOWN, California (KOVR) — Nearly three months after a fatal mountain lion attack in Northern California, we are hearing from a family member who is turning the devasting incident involving his nephews into a call for change. The attack at the end of March killed
Continue ReadingBy Alan Gionet Click here for updates on this story FORT LUPTON, Colorado (KCNC) — Gathered on their front porch in Fort Lupton in support, the family of 36-year-old Valarie Garcia is mourning her loss with sadness and hurt and worrying about her children after they identify her as the woman killed in a weekend
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Palestinian supporters have vandalized locations associated with the Brooklyn Museum and the United Nations in New York City. They threw red paint across their entrances in opposition to the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Mayor Eric Adams says the homes of museum director Anne
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By Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — A shipwreck in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed more than 80 people, the Congolese president’s office said Wednesday. “The President of the Republic is calling for an investigation into the true causes of this unfortunate incident, to prevent such a disaster from happening again in the
Continue ReadingST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — TikTok may not be as hot a place for politics as many seem to think. The attention devoted to TikTok as a powerful force in US politics — for better or for worse — does not seem to match up with the experience of most TikTok users, according
Continue ReadingBy Anna Alejo Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — They captured international headlines in 2013 when they became the first gay couple to be granted a civil union in Colorado. Fran and Anna Simon made history again in 2014 as the first gay couple to legally marry in Denver. We caught
Continue ReadingDAVENPORT, Calif. (AP) — A kite surfer was rescued after using rocks to spell out the word “HELP” when he became stranded on a Northern California beach last weekend, authorities said. The kite surfer got stuck Sunday on a narrow beach at the base of towering bluffs with the tide coming in, according to the
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are jumping amid a worldwide rally Wednesday following a surprisingly encouraging update on inflation. The S&P 500 was 1.1% higher in afternoon trading and on track to add to its all-time high set a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron defended his decision to call snap parlimentary elections after his party’s crushing defeat in the European parliamentary vote, insisting on Wednesday that voters will ultimately choose the “progressive bloc” over the far-right. In France, legislative elections decide the makeup of
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian forces launched an aerial attack against Kyiv and five other areas of Ukraine overnight. They say Ukraine’s air force shot down more than two dozen missiles and drones, and that several people were injured. The attack comes a day before the leaders
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The NBA and sports world reacted Wednesday to the death of basketball Hall of Famer Jerry West. He died Wednesday morning at age 86 with his wife, Karen, by his side, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Clippers. West had been working for the Clippers as a consultant. ___
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer The 1975’s Matty Healy and model Gabbriette Bechtel are engaged, accordingly to Healy’s mother, the English actor Denise Welch. Welch, a regular panelist on the ITV talk show “Loose Women,” confirmed the news Wednesday on the U.K. program. “I’ve obviously known for a few weeks that Matty got engaged,”
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