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CalMatters Starting next week, California residents have 30 days to challenge maps that will determine how $1.8 billion is distributed to increase internet access in the state. Actually getting the California Public Utilities Commission to accept changes to the federal maps is quite difficult, which internet access advocates with educational backgrounds are raising alarm over.
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — LeBron James has reportedly signed a two-year, $104 million maximum contract to return to the Los Angeles Lakers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The deal reportedly includes a no-trade clause and a player option for the 2025-26 season, giving James, 39, control over his
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The championship game of the National Women’s Soccer League will be played Nov. 23 at CPKC Stadium. It is the home of the Kansas City Current and one of the first purpose-built stadiums for a professional women’s team in the world. The league made the announcement Wednesday. The $120 million,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A 16-story apartment building in Ohio may reopen early next month several weeks after it was temporarily shuttered following a deadly natural gas explosion that severely damaged a neighboring building. Youngstown officials had ordered the evacuation of the International Towers on June 10. The order came after an engineering firm determined that the
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Las uvas han estado entrelazadas con la historia de la humanidad durante milenios, proporcionando la base para los vinos producidos por nuestros antepasados desde hace miles de años, pero ese podría no haber sido el caso si los dinosaurios no hubieran desaparecido del planeta, según una nueva investigación. Cuando un asteroide
Continue ReadingBy Duncan Adams Click here for updates on this story Montana (The Montana Standard) — Grizzly bear buffs and ranchers in the Madison Valley share at least one goal — conserving the wide-open landscape required by both the bruins and the ranchers to thrive. Grizzlies continue to disperse from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, a reality
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — People who take Ozempic or Wegovy may have a higher risk of developing a rare form of blindness, a new study suggests. Still, doctors say it shouldn’t deter patients from using the medicines to treat diabetes or obesity. Last summer, doctors at Mass Eye and Ear noticed an unusually
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Do Americans want plant-based options at fast-food restaurants? Two recent moves show restaurant chains are still undecided. On Wednesday, Panda Express said it is reintroducing plant-based chicken – which it developed with El Segundo, California-based Beyond Meat – at hundreds of U.S. stores. Beyond Orange Chicken will be available for a limited
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Do Americans want plant-based options at fast-food restaurants? Two recent moves show restaurant chains are still undecided. On Wednesday, Panda Express said it is reintroducing plant-based chicken – which it developed with El Segundo, California-based Beyond Meat – at hundreds of U.S. stores. Beyond Orange Chicken will be available for a limited
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By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Voters in Britain are primed to end a 14-year era of Conservative rule, in a momentous general election that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is almost universally expected to lose. Sunak took the biggest gamble of his troubled premiership by calling the early vote, but he has struggled to
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Burbach Click here for updates on this story Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — Michael Coleman has reasons to like his little apartment near the heart of Dundee. “I’ve got some good neighbors around here that I love,” said Coleman, who’s 62 and disabled because of a bad back. “There’s one lady who lives down
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La resistencia se ha convertido en una parte tan importante de la psicología de Joe Biden como Delaware. Pero a medida que el presidente y su círculo más cercano se atrincheran tras su desastrosa actuación en el debate de la semana pasada, un número creciente de líderes demócratas están diciendo que
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Tres cuartas partes de los votantes estadounidenses dicen que el Partido Demócrata tendría más posibilidades de ganar la presidencia en 2024 si alguien que no fuera el presidente Joe Biden encabezara la elección, según una nueva encuesta de CNN realizada por SSRS. Su índice de aprobación también alcanzó un nuevo mínimo
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Pica Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — Inch by excruciating inch, crews carefully began moving a 400-ton, four-story brick apartment building in Downtown Madison Thursday, intending to carry it to its new home about a block and a half away. They made it about 200 feet.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Southwest Airlines has adopted a ‘poison pill’ following activist investor Elliott Investment Management taking a significant stake in the company. The airline said Wednesday that the shareholder rights plan is effective immediately and expires in a year. Southwest shareholders would need to approve any extension. Last month Elliott said it bought a
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter and Isil Sariyuce, CNN (CNN) — The German interior minister has condemned the celebrations of Turkish defender Merih Demiral following Turkey’s win against Austria at the European Championship on Tuesday. Demiral scored twice in Turkey’s 2-1 round of 16 victory and celebrated by making a gesture known as the “wolf salute,” which
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — A twice-stolen painting by Italian Renaissance master Titian, which was once found in a plastic bag at a bus stop in London, sold for $22.3 million at auction on Tuesday. “The Rest on the Flight into Egypt” went under the hammer at Christie’s in London with an estimate of £15 million-£25
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — The two Republican senators on Donald Trump’s shortlist for potential running mates may have to overcome some political baggage in the form of their home-state governors to get the nod. If Trump picks either Marco Rubio of Florida or JD Vance of Ohio, the senator’s successor would be chosen
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has been the White House’s first line of defense after President Joe Biden’s faltering performance in last week’s debate with Donald Trump. At campaign events, she concedes that Biden didn’t do well but emphasizes the stakes of the election as she tries to rally anxious Democrats. It’s a
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Spoiled in-flight meals prompted the diversion of a Delta Air Lines flight early Wednesday. “Delta flight 136 from Detroit to Amsterdam diverted to New York’s JFK early Wednesday morning after reports that a portion of the Main Cabin in-flight meal service were spoiled,” the airline said in a statement.
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