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A strong earthquake in the Highland Park area rattled a wide swath of the Southland today, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The temblor hit at 12:20 p.m., centered two miles south-southeast of Highland Park, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The magnitude was initially reported at 4.6, but was later
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WCBS By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged with 14 counts, including attempted murder, assault and hate crimes, on suspicion of stabbing a 33-year-old man near a Brooklyn synagogue over the weekend, police said. Just before 2 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, around
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 has struck the Los Angeles area, the U.S. Geological Service says.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sierra Leone’s president says Africa cannot wait any longer to get a bigger voice in the United Nations’ most powerful body, the Security Council. President Julius Maada Bio chaired a council meeting Monday. He used it to press a longstanding bid for African countries to get more council seats,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The unprecedented mental health crisis for children in the United States often surfaces where they spend much of their days: school. With that in mind, Google’s philanthropic arm is directly financing high school wellbeing projects on a classroom crowdfunding platform. Google.org flash funded Monday all mental health-related listings on DonorsChoose, an online charity
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Data collected on Mars’ planetary crust by the InSight lander has led scientists to conclude the planet has stores of liquid water underground, a report revealed today. Analysis led by Vashan Wright, a geophysicist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, provides evidence that the planet still has liquid water in addition to that
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams will have a joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday instead of the Los Angeles Chargers. The Rams announced the switch because the round-trip commute from their facility at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California, to the Cowboys’ practice in Oxnard is shorter than going
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has opened an investigation into a Houston area utility provider over allegations of fraud and misuse of taxpayer dollars during its botched response to Hurricane Beryl. The Texas attorney general’s office announced the investigation Monday of CenterPoint Energy and the prolonged power outages that followed last
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration approved the first nasal spray epinephrine drug for severe allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis, providing a needle-free alternative to EpiPens and similar medicines. The drug, called Neffy, is cleared for adults and children who weigh more than 66 pounds, the agency said Friday.
Continue Reading By AnneClaire Stapleton, Tara John, Duarte Mendonça, Paul P. Murphy, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Vinhedo, Brazil (CNN) — A passenger plane carrying 62 people crashed outside São Paulo on Friday afternoon, killing everyone on board. Dramatic footage circulating on social media showed the plane’s fall and its destroyed fuselage in flames on the
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States will resume sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said Monday, ending a suspension put in place at the beginning of the Biden administration over concerns about human rights violations in the war in Yemen. “As part of this policy, our administration froze the sale
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors say they won’t charge the police officers who killed a student as he was trying to get inside a Wisconsin middle school with an air rifle. Investigators say police intercepted 14-year-old Damian Haglund as he was trying to get into Mount Horeb Middle School with an air rifle
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A pair of professional French rugby players have been released from house arrest in Argentina but must remain in the country while they await trial on charges of aggravated sexual assault after an Argentine court order. The court decision in Argentina’s western city of Mendoza, where the alleged assault occurred,
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Cancer cases and deaths among men are expected to surge by 2050, according to a study published Monday, with large increases among men 65 and older. For the study, published in the journal Cancer, researchers from Australia analyzed cases and deaths from 30 types of cancer in 185 countries
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean, new research suggests. The findings released Monday are based on seismic measurements from NASA’s Mars InSight lander, which detected more than 1,300 marsquakes before shutting
Continue ReadingBy Jenna DeAngelis Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — The NYPD is searching for the person wanted for stabbing a migrant outside a shelter on Randall’s Island. It was the second act of violence near the city shelter in just a few weeks, worrying some residents. Investigators responded
Continue ReadingBy John King, CNN Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Carol Carty misses something in today’s Republican Party and searches for it in her music choices. “I was young when (Ronald) Reagan was around, but I really miss the ’80s,” Carty said. “I do. I’m now turning on ‘80s songs to go back to the ‘80s
Continue ReadingBy Bria Jenkins Click here for updates on this story CECIL COUNTY, Maryland (WJZ) — The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of skeletal remains near the Conowingo Creek. Investigators say they were notified Thursday August 8th of skeletal remains found on the bank of Conowingo Creek. That portion of the creek runs
Continue ReadingBy Brian Hickey Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A group of young whitewater rafters from Northern California hope their sport will be included in the Summer Olympics as soon as 2028. The team called the “Troublemakers” out of Coloma say they’d like to see competitive rafting join kayak and
Continue ReadingBy KCCI Staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A missing teen from Arizona flew to Iowa to meet someone she had met online, according to the FBI. Authorities say 17-year-old Liliana Munguia was seen on home security video leaving her father’s home in Bapchule, Arizona, at 1:30 a.m.
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