By Christina Zdanowicz and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Unable to move his legs, Matt Reum used whatever he could reach with his hands while pinned inside a wrecked pickup truck for six days and waiting to be rescued. First responders reached him Tuesday after a pair of fishermen spotted his smashed truck in a
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On the one-year anniversary of his death, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office is honoring fallen Deputy Isaiah Cordero. Watch it in the player below. RSO Remembers Deputy Isaiah Cordero, EOW: December 29, 2022Isaiah Cordero began his service with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office as a Correctional Deputy on May 5, 2014, and was assigned to
Continue ReadingBy MARCIO SANCHEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Bulldozers built giant sand berms Friday to protect beachfront homes in one of California’s coastal cities hit hard this week by extraordinary waves generated by powerful swells from Pacific storms. Dozens of people watched construction of the emergency barriers in the Pierpont area
Continue ReadingBy MARCIO SANCHEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Bulldozers built giant sand berms Friday to protect beachfront homes in one of California’s coastal cities hit hard this week by extraordinary waves generated by powerful swells from Pacific storms. Dozens of people watched construction of the emergency barriers in the Pierpont area
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors, casting the action out of step with many in his own party as thoughtful, limited and “pro-life.” He simultaneously announced plans to move
Continue ReadingBy ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi’s president has accused Rwanda of funding and training rebels behind an attack last week on the village of Gatumba, close to Burundi’s border with Congo, that killed at least 20 people. A Burundian armed rebel group known as RED-Tabara and based in South Kivu,
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — US intelligence agencies found that the Chinese surveillance balloon that transited the United States in early 2023 used an American internet service provider to send short, periodic transmissions of data related to navigation and location back to China, according to a US official. This connection was one of
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Alabama Crimson Tide caused a stir at the Rose Bowl when they revealed they’ve restricted their players’ game film viewing on iPads heading into the College Football Playoff semifinal against Michigan because of concerns about hacking. As it turns out, Michigan is also taking
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Alabama Crimson Tide caused a stir at the Rose Bowl when they revealed they’ve restricted their players’ game film viewing on iPads heading into the College Football Playoff semifinal against Michigan because of concerns about hacking. As it turns out, Michigan is also taking
Continue ReadingCNN, WBNS By Jay Croft and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, he said Friday. Signing the bill would “be saying that the state, the government” knows what’s better for youth than their parents, Gov. Mike DeWine said. State lawmakers
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officers from two Nevada law enforcement agencies opened fire during a pre-dawn chase through Las Vegas as they tried to stop a man who fatally shot his mother, then stole a police cruiser and carjacked bystanders at gunpoint while trying to evade police, authorities said Friday.
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officers from two Nevada law enforcement agencies opened fire during a pre-dawn chase through Las Vegas as they tried to stop a man who fatally shot his mother, then stole a police cruiser and carjacked bystanders at gunpoint while trying to evade police, authorities said Friday.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — While it’s not yet possible for humans to venture to the intriguing ocean worlds in our solar system, NASA is sending a cosmic message in a bottle to Jupiter’s moon Europa that will carry more than 2 million names. And your name can be one of them if you
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s onetime personal lawyer and fixer, says he unwittingly passed along to his attorney bogus artificial intelligence-generated legal case citations he got online before they were submitted to a judge. Cohen made the admission in a court filing unsealed Friday in Manhattan federal
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina formally announced Friday that it won’t join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, the latest in a dramatic shift in foreign and economic policy by Argentina’s new far-right populist President Javier Milei. In a letter addressed to the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — all members
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Getting hitched in Las Vegas is famous for being as easy as 1-2-3. Now, the nation’s top wedding destination is prepping for an influx of couples hoping to embrace that simplicity by marrying on New Year’s Eve, when the date will be: 12/31/23 – alternately, 1-2-3 1-2-3. “Magic dates” long
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Anti-Trump challengers have succeeded at using the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado and Maine, though those decisions have been paused pending potential appeals. Other major challenges have been rejected on procedural grounds in Minnesota, Michigan and some other states.
Continue ReadingCNN, KOAT By Marshall Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Anti-Trump challengers have succeeded at using the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado and Maine, though those decisions have been paused pending potential appeals. Other major challenges have been rejected on procedural grounds in Minnesota, Michigan and some
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — What to do about smoking in the casinos, and how to keep gamblers coming to the resort are among the challenges that Atlantic City faces in the new year. State lawmakers, backed by many casino workers, will renew a push to ban smoking in the
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, Ebony Davis and Ali Main, CNN (CNN) — The honeymoon period of Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign is over. After enjoying weeks as a rising star, the former South Carolina governor is facing a heightened level of scrutiny not just from her GOP rivals, but from voters. That new dynamic was on display
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