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Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Teachers from three striking unions have gathered on the steps of the Massachusetts Statehouse to ask lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Maura Healey help them reach a resolution. The educators arrived at the Capitol on Tuesday from Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead, three communities north of Boston. Judges last Tuesday imposed a
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By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Eight people were injured after a cable car crashed more than 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) above sea level at France’s Val Thorens ski resort on Tuesday, authorities said. The cable car was carrying construction workers up the Cime Caron mountain in bad weather conditions when it “collided with the
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — A group of Knott’s Berry Farm park-goers was stuck midair for hours Monday afternoon after the ride came to an abrupt halt. According to park officials, the “Sol Spin” stopped mid-cycle, at around 2 p.m. due to technical difficulties. SkyCal flew
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A gang-affiliated drug trafficker who joined more than a dozen others in acquiring and selling methamphetamine throughout the Inland Empire and elsewhere was bound for federal prison today to serve a 15-year sentence. Javier Xavier Rodriguez, 57, of Riverside pleaded guilty in March to multiple felony counts, including conspiracy to import meth, possession of controlled
Continue ReadingBy Dave Carlin Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Three people were hurt when a sidewalk shed collapsed Monday in New York City. Dramatic video shows the moment the structure crumbled on 29th Street near Eighth Avenue in Chelsea and injured the pedestrians, including one who suffered a serious head
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The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 today to explore a pilot program to distribute fentanyl detection devices to residents at no cost. Council members voted to instruct the Office of Procurement and relative departments to report on such a program funded by the city’s opioid settlement account. Council members Monica Rodriguez and Hugo Soto-Martinez
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Kostyantyn Gak and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine hit a Russian weapons arsenal with US-made ATACMS missiles that it fired across the border for the first time, according to two US officials, in a major escalation on the 1,000th day of war. The attack comes just two days after the Biden
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Gov. Gavin Newsom will put off making a decision on the Menendez brothers’ bid for clemency until incoming Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman reviews the nearly 35-year-old case, the Governor’s Office said today. “The governor respects the role of the district attorney in ensuring justice is served and recognizes that voters have
Continue ReadingBy Curt Merrill, Way Mullery, Lou Robinson, Henrik Pettersson, Gillian Roberts, Janie Boschma and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has moved swiftly to announce his selections for his next Cabinet and key administration posts. Since CNN projected on November 6 that Trump would win election for a second term, the incoming president
Continue ReadingBy Jesse Zanger, Jenna DeAngelis, Jennifer Bisram, Lisa Rozner Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A suspect is in custody following random stabbings in New York City on Monday morning that left three people dead, police said. Police said a 51-year-old homeless man, identified as Ramon Rivera, was apprehended following
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has sued a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee and the families of some of the Sandy Hook victims in an attempt to stop the sale of his media empire Infowars to the satirical news outlet The Onion. In a lawsuit filed Monday in the US
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story November 19, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a heartwarming ceremony at Houston’s City Hall Legacy Room today, Council Member Carolyn Evans Shabazz, alongside newly inaugurated Mayor John Whitmire, honored the tremendous achievements of the Evans E. Worthing High School football team. The event
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One person was taken to a hospital today following a two-vehicle collision in Palm Springs. The crash occurred shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday on eastbound Interstate 10 near mile marker 37, according to California Highway Patrol records. A Ford truck collided with another vehicle, with the Ford’s momentum taking it off the right shoulder and
Continue ReadingBy Eva Andersen Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Philadelphia’s Temple University is turning to artificial intelligence to strengthen campus safety, incorporating new technology to help manage the network of surveillance cameras monitoring the campus. The university, with a student population of more than 30,000, currently has 1,500 active security cameras.
Continue ReadingBy Megan Hickey, Charlie De Mar Click here for updates on this story BARRINGTON, Illinois (WBBM) — A well-respected suburban doctor was shot and killed in a Barrington home over the weekend, shortly after giving a presentation to a group of physicians. Police in Barrington called the shooting that killed Dr. Olga Duchon a domestic
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle. He also selected Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees
Continue ReadingBy Tara Molina Click here for updates on this story DOWNERS GROVE, Illinois (WBBM) — A 64-year-old woman from Chicago’s western suburbs is facing hate crime charges and accused of assaulting a Palestinian-American couple in a video that went viral. Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, of Darien, Illinois, was charged with two felony hate crime counts and
Continue ReadingDOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Chicago woman faces hate crime charges for allegedly confronting a Palestinian American man wearing a sweatshirt with “Palestine” written on it and trying to knock a cellphone out of his pregnant wife’s hands as she recorded the encounter. The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office says 64-year-old
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons. It comes as the Biden administration rushes to do as much as it can to help Kyiv fight back against Russia in the remaining two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The latest tranche of weapons will
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as the “president-elect” of the South American country on Tuesday, months after President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won the July election. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized González in a post on X in which he also demanded
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