CNN By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Democrats grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his various controversial statements including his stance on vaccines during his confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, and most left feeling overwhelmingly unsatisfied by the answers they received. The Democratic lawmakers confronted Kennedy
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Democrats grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his various controversial statements including his stance on vaccines during his confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, and most left feeling overwhelmingly unsatisfied by the answers they received. The Democratic lawmakers confronted Kennedy
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More than three weeks after the Palisades and Eaton Fires started in Los Angeles County, wildfire victims face a difficult path to recovery. Maps from CAL FIRE still show evacuation orders and road closures in place for portions of the two burned areas as debris and hazards continue to be cleared. Current evacuation orders still
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Deputies arrested a robbery suspect Wednesday morning in Palm Desert. The robbery was first reported just before 11:20 a.m. on the 44000 block of San Pablo Avenue. “The victim stated he caught a male attempting to break into his vehicle, and when he confronted the suspect, the suspect threw a rock at him but missed,”
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The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians announced Monday the launch of a grant program for the food and beverage businesses, including restaurants and bars, located on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. The Food and Beverage Tax Grant Program will offer up to $100,000 in potential grants to the approximately 65 food and beverage businesses.
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Update 12:40 p.m. A federal judge in New York on Wednesday sentenced a tearful former United States Senator Robert Menendez to 11 years in prison for taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and for acting as an agent of Egypt while he served as the
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Isenberg Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KMGH) — The ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit against an Aurora landlord on Tuesday, claiming the landlord repeatedly harassed their Venezuelan tenants and threatened to report them to immigration authorities. ACLU of Colorado named Avi Schwalb and Nancy Dominguez, as well as PHS
Continue ReadingBy Isabella Ledonne , Claire Bradshaw Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Kansas (KSHB) — A water tower in Independence came crashing down on Tuesday, but not the way it was supposed to. The 200-plus foot structure stood tall for more than a century. But it didn’t stand the test of time, rusting
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Beckett Click here for updates on this story MARSHFIELD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — There are only three Massachusetts high school basketball coaches who have notched 700 wins in their careers, including Marshfield’s Bob Fisher. With 17 league titles, four sectional titles and two state titles, Fisher, 80, has seen it all during his 44
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists investigating a roughly 5,000-year-old tomb in southwestern Spain say the women laid to rest there were buried with a staggering number of white beads that would have been threaded together to form elaborate, shimmering outfits. Beads appear regularly in the archaeological record as a form of adornment, currency
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By Malcolm Shields Click here for updates on this story OCEAN RIDGE, Florida (WPBF) — The Ocean Ridge Police Department responded to a death. The town said around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the police department responded to Ocean Ridge Town Hall for an accident involving an employee from a contracted tree trimmer vendor. According to
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Tansino Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — Investigators said the guns allegedly used in the killing of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont were purchased in that state. Teresa Youngblut is facing two felony charges in connection with agent David Maland’s death. Court documents said the guns
Continue ReadingBy Yazmin Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — Mayor Ed Gainey emphasized to residents and other city officials that his office will not aid ICE amid President Donald Trump’s push for immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, Sen. Dave McCormick opposes that comment, saying the mayor needs to follow the law and
Continue ReadingBy Serra Sowers Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WXII) — Large-scale immigration arrests are happening nationwide. Immigration and customs enforcement arrested 969 people on Monday alone. The Trump administration says the focus is on undocumented immigrants who have committed serious crimes. But, the arrests and deportations are sparking fear in
Continue ReadingBy Michael Cusanelli Click here for updates on this story CROGHAN, New York (WPTZ) — A child in Lewis County, New York has died after he was trapped under a fallen hay bale. New York State Police said the incident happened on Sunday afternoon in the town of Croghan, which is in Lewis County. According
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By Daniel Dale, Alex Marquardt and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — During her first official White House briefing as President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt announced that Trump had prevented a “preposterous waste of taxpayer money.” Trump’s team, she said, used the president’s pause on foreign aid to thwart a plan in which
Continue ReadingWCVB By David Bienick, John Atwater Click here for updates on this story WEYMOUTH, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A construction worker has died and four others were injured Tuesday when a home under construction collapsed in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Mario Diaz Obando, 29, of Fall River, Massachusetts, died at South Shore Hospital after he was critically injured
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By David Bienick, John Atwater Click here for updates on this story WEYMOUTH, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A construction worker has died and four others were injured Tuesday when a home under construction collapsed in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Mario Diaz Obando, 29, of Fall River, Massachusetts, died at South Shore Hospital after he was critically injured in
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration is ending the case against his former co-defendants in the classified documents investigation brought by former special counsel Jack Smith. The Justice Department has stopped pursuing an appeal brought by Smith to revive the criminal charges against Trump’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Rihanna has made her first appearance at the Los Angeles trial of her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, with whom she has two toddlers. The singer superstar on Wednesday morning sat out of view of the courtroom’s cameras, next to Rocky’s mother and sister in the downtown Los Angeles criminal courthouse. Security brought her
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