By Simone McCarthy and Andrew McNicol, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Within 72 hours of the start of the Paris Olympics, star Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei had already climbed the champions’ podium twice. The former gold medalist won two bronzes as China fights to best rivals like the United States and Australia. But the wins
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 300 video game performers and Hollywood actors picketed in front of the Warner Bros. Studios building on Thursday to protest against what they call an unwillingness from top gaming companies to protect union voice actors and motion capture workers equally against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 300 video game performers and Hollywood actors picketed in front of the Warner Bros. Studios building on Thursday to protest against what they call an unwillingness from top gaming companies to protect union voice actors and motion capture workers equally against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top contenders for the role are largely unknown to Americans. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly stands out as one with more name recognition and higher favorability,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Logan Webb pitched his second career shutout, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 1-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night in a speedy 1 hour, 55 minutes. Webb (8-8) struck out six, limiting the A’s to five singles and a walk in his first complete game
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Those who love Netflix’s beguiling Korean series “Squid Game” will be getting a belated Christmas present later this year, before it all comes to an end in 2025. On Wednesday, Netflix announced that its Emmy-winning drama “Squid Game” will finally return with Season 2 on December 26. The streamer
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Caltrans has announced that there will be full lane closures tomorrow on State Route 62 Thursday. Crews will be making emergency repairs to the Mission Creek Bridge. On Thursday, August 1, SR-62 will be closed from Indian Canyon Dr. to Pierson Blvd. Westbound lanes will be closed from approximately 9:00 A.M. to 9:30 P.M. Eastbound
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WAYANAD, India (AP) — Hopes of finding more than 180 missing people alive waned as rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a third day Thursday after landslides set off by torrential rains killed at least 194 people in southern India. The rescue work was challenging in a forested, hilly area while
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Coachella Youth Golf just wrapped up their fourth season with their final event of the summer at Andalusia Country Club in La Quinta. Trent Hamilton, a senior at Xavier Prep, shot 7-under (65) to win the boys high school division. It was the lowest score in CYG history. However, Nate Carlson from Helendale took home
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Carlotta has formed in the eastern Pacific, but is moving away from Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says in an advisory that a tropical depression was upgraded to the tropical storm Wednesday. The system has maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and is centered 345 miles southwest of
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego’s Dylan Cease held the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers in check in his first start after throwing his first career no-hitter and Clayton Kershaw lasted only 3 2/3 innings in his second start of the season as the Padres won 8-1 Wednesday night for a two-game
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Miriam Ordonez SAN LUIS, Ariz. (T3) – Nueve candidatos compiten por un asiento en el concejo municipal, y mientras las elecciones primarias han concluido, los candidatos están comenzando a reaccionar a los resultados. Es importante destacar que aún se están contando los votos, por lo que se espera que los números continúen cambiando. Sin embargo, hasta
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El secretario de Estado adjunto de Estados Unidos para asuntos del hemisferio occidental, Brian Nichols, dijo este miércoles que las autoridades de Venezuela “saben” que el candidato presidencial de la mayoría opositora, Edmundo González Urrutia, “claramente” ganó las elecciones del domingo pasado, en las que él y el presidente Nicolás
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CNN By Oren Liebermann and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The US has reached a plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants accused of plotting the 2001 terror attacks, according to the Defense Department. The pretrial agreement – reached after 27 months of negotiations – takes the death penalty
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Five years after Hong Kong’s massive anti-government protests erupted, the lives of many young people who were jailed or arrested during Beijing’s political crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement remain in limbo. While some industries have been lenient, other employers, especially those in some professional sectors, tend to see
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — One of the few things working in Iran’s favor after the humiliating news that Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital overnight is that the regime controls most of the information the world gets to see. What Iran has said so far is that Haniyeh
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Wednesday that his 2024 Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, “happened to turn Black” a few years ago, saying that “all of a sudden, she made a turn” in her identity. Trump’s comments at a gathering of Black journalists in
Continue ReadingPADEN CITY, W.Va. (AP) — A small West Virginia school will remain open after a judge sided with residents who fought a decision to relocate classes due to contaminated groundwater in the town being on a national cleanup priority list. News outlets report a judge ordered Paden City High School to be reopened immediately. Last
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If there’s one thing wildfires are known for it’s heat. As fires heat up the air, it becomes less dense and will want to rise. As this happens, it has the ability to create special thunderstorms known as pyrocumulus and pyrocumulonimbus clouds (aka thunderstorms caused by fires). Fires can also influence the weather on the
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