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With more frequent weather extremes and scientists projecting a hotter and drier future, California’s agriculture is at risk, according to the USDA California Climate Hub. The agency has reported that when heat stress combines with (or leads to) water stress, crop yield, size, and quality can all be affected. Currently, changing when and how much irrigation
Continue ReadingBy Joy Benedict Click here for updates on this story RIVERSIDE, California (KCAL) — After more than 80 years, the remains of an 26-year-old killed overseas during World War II are being returned to the United States for burial at Riverside National Cemetery. Private First Class Charles Powers was enlisted in the U.S. Army when
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nine crew members were rescued and another died as teams searched for others after an oil tanker capsized this week off the coast of Oman, according to the country’s state news agency. The tanker, the MT Prestige Falcon, had 16 crewmembers on board, mostly Indians, when it
Continue ReadingAP Soccer Writer Lionel Messi is facing calls to apologize for racist chants made by Argentina players after they won the Copa America on Sunday. An Argentinean government official said Messi, who is the team captain, and the president of the country’s soccer federation, Claudio Tapia, should apologize after a video was shared on social
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says a Spanish court has given a suspended eight-month prison sentence to a person who racially insulted soccer stars Vinícius Júnior and Antonio Rudiger in the comments section of a popular Spanish sports news website. The club said that the offender, whose name was not given, was found guilty of
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía Nacional de México y la del estado de San Juan de Potosí informan que están investigando a dos integrantes de la Guardia Nacional por un supuesto incidente armado contra una familia que viajaba en un automóvil 57 en el tramo San Lorenzo en el Municipio de Villa
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks. On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded onto a cargo ship detonated, causing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks. On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded onto a cargo ship detonated, causing
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — US Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors found to be unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion.
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las autoridades de Estados Unidos obtuvieron información de inteligencia de fuente humana en las últimas semanas sobre un complot de Irán para tratar de asesinar a Donald Trump, un desarrollo que llevó al Servicio Secreto a aumentar la seguridad alrededor del expresidente en las últimas semanas, dijeron a CNN múltiples personas
Continue ReadingBy CBS/Bay City News Service staff Click here for updates on this story ALAMEDA COUNTY, California (KPIX) — Three death row inmates have been resentenced, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced Tuesday afternoon. Ernest Dykes, who was convicted of killing a 9-year-old boy in 1993, is expected to be released from prison next year
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By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Keir Starmer, Britain’s new prime minister, pitched himself as an antidote to “the snake oil charm of populism” on Wednesday, unveiling sweeping plans to target housebuilding, crime, illegal migration and a breakdown in public trust during the first ceremonial King’s Speech of his government. King Charles III formally opened
Continue ReadingBy Madisen Keavy, Cecilio Padilla Click here for updates on this story REDWOOD CITY, California (KPIX) — Convicted murderer Scott Peterson is back in court on Tuesday in a new effort to prove his innocence. Peterson is serving a life sentence for the 2002 murder of his wife Laci and their unborn son, but a
Continue ReadingBy Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield Click here for updates on this story BLAINE, Minnesota (WCCO) — A Twin Cities couple emptied what little savings they had to start a mission and a movement that is saving hundreds of abandoned children. Agnes and Prince Cole know the struggle. “Living in Africa with disabilities was really, really hard. I
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — Seis personas, entre ellas dos ciudadanos estadounidenses, que fueron halladas muertas en el interior de una habitación de un hotel de lujo del centro de Bangkok bebieron probablemente de tazas de té y café impregnadas de cianuro tras una disputa relacionada con malas inversiones, informó este miércoles la Policía tailandesa. El
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, Michigan (WWJ) — A 36-year-old man died after an equipment malfunction at a Michigan automotive manufacturing facility, just days before the facility was scheduled to begin the closing process, officials said. On Monday, deputies responded to Dexter Stamping at 1013 Thorrez Road in
Continue Reading By Michael Mitsanas, Audry Jeong and Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — A prominent North Korea expert and former CIA analyst has been indicted by a New York grand jury on charges of secretly working for the South Korean government in exchange for designer goods, Michelin star meals and $37,000 for a fund that she controlled.
Continue ReadingBy Yolanda Perdomo Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Brookfield Zoo Chicago revealed its $500 million makeover plan and move will reshape more than 100 acres of the zoo, nearly half of the park. The plans illustrate that visitors can observe species that live together in the wild instead of
Continue ReadingBy Stacy Friedman Click here for updates on this story NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WBBM) — A mother suspected in the death of her foster child in Northwest Indiana was in police custody Sunday night. Jennifer Lee Wilson, 48, was apprehended Saturday evening in New Buffalo Township, Michigan, according to the Berrien County, Michigan Sheriff’s
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors announced on Wednesday afternoon that for the seventh straight year, they are freezing tuition for in-state, undergraduate students. According to PASSHE, these repeated freezes save students nearly 25 percent in tuition
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