By PAULINA AGUILAR Click here for updates on this story CAMAS, Washington (KPTV) — Painless Ric, a beloved man in Camas Washington, passed away from lung cancer over the weekend. Some may know his infamous tattoo shop, Painless Ric. Now his daughter needs your help to keep his shop open. Ric left behind this shop
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BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote Wednesday on a measure that would ban new oil and gas wells in the nation’s second most populous city and phase out hundreds of existing ones. The measure would shut down oil and gas fields in the city after a
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s central bank has declined to raise its benchmark interest rate but says rates will likely rise in the future. The Bank of Canada says it expects interest rates will need to rise later as economic growth bounces back. The bank is keeping its key overnight interbank
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks gained ground in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors review a mostly solid round of earnings reports and await the Federal Reserve’s latest policy statement. The decisive move higher in early trading was a welcome relief following several days of volatile swings
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business It wasn’t exactly “The Fast and the Furious” — pretty much the opposite — but the 1988 Oscar winning film “Rain Man” featured cars as an integral part of the story. And the movie’s most famous car, a 1949 Buick Roadmaster, is up for auction. The beige convertible has been
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business It wasn’t exactly “The Fast and the Furious” — pretty much the opposite — but the 1988 Oscar winning film “Rain Man” featured cars as an integral part of the story. And the movie’s most famous car, a 1949 Buick Roadmaster, is up for auction. The beige convertible has been
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By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press The on-again, off-again ban on toxic, high-end waxes that help cross country skis glide smoothly over the snow is off when it comes to the Winter Olympics. The testing device isn’t ready. Without a tester, cross country skiing officials aren’t able to make sure everyone is playing fairly. Biathlon doesn’t
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russia has placed more than 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s border and ratcheted up war games in the region. Moscow denies it is planning an assault but the United States and its NATO allies fear that Russia is planning for war and are also preparing for one.
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN They’ve left Dunder Mifflin behind, but not each other. John Krasinski will direct his former “The Office” costar Steve Carell in his new movie, “If.” The movie is a tale about “a child’s journey to rediscover their imagination,” reports Deadline, and will be directed, written and produced by Krasinski. Krasinski took
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Late Night” host Seth Meyers announced that David Letterman would return to the show for its 40th anniversary. In a video posted Tuesday, Meyers said, “The 40th anniversary is next Tuesday, and to celebrate, my guest that evening will be the man who started it all, David Letterman.” Letterman will appear
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) es una tarea crucial y urgente en la lucha contra el cambio climático. Al comer alimentos de origen marino, podrÃas contribuir en esta batalla. Sin embargo, esos alimentos tienen que ser producidos de manera sustentable… y la maricultura puede ser la clave
Continue Reading WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — South Korea forward Hwang Hee-chan will sign for Wolverhampton on a full-time basis at the end of the season after the Premier League club activated a clause in his loan agreement to make his move permanent. Wolves says Hwang’s new deal will tie him to the club until 2026. The 26-year-old
Continue Reading FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Italy coach Roberto Mancini has dismissed suggestions that recalling forward Mario Balotelli to the Italy squad after a three-year absence smacks of desperation. Balotelli made the last of his 36 international appearances in 2018. Mancini recalled him on Monday for a three-day training camp this week. Italy won the European Championship
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Sales of new single family homes in December rose to their highest level in 10 months as buyers snapped up cheaper homes in anticipation of higher interest rates. The Commerce Department reported that December’s increase put the seasonally adjusted annual sales pace to 811,000
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Las selecciones de la Concacaf concluyeron este miércoles una triple fecha del octogonal final rumbo al Mundial de Qatar 2022. Canadá, Estados Unidos y México, los tres primeros de la tabla, ganaron sus respectivos partidos y afirmaron sus posiciones de clasificación. AquÃ, el resumen de los resultados y las
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By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Confidence is growing that a winter storm with the intensity of a hurricane, snow measured in feet and blizzard-like conditions will impact major Northeast cities this weekend. “The models continue to show a nor’easter with blockbuster potential for the weekend, mainly late Friday through Saturday,” CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller says.
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who was left a quadriplegic when his Uber vehicle crashed last year is seeking $63 million in damages in a negligence lawsuit he has filed against the ride-hailing platform. William Good alleges in the lawsuit filed Tuesday that Uber “failed to appropriately screen, hire and supervise their driver, resulting
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By Jim Sciutto and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US and a handful of allies are in discussions to deploy thousands more troops to Eastern European NATO countries before any potential Russian invasion of Ukraine as a show of support in the face of Moscow’s ongoing aggression, three US officials familiar with the discussions tell CNN.
Continue ReadingBy Adrienne Moore Click here for updates on this story ELK GROVE, California (KOVR) — An Elk Grove horse rescue was robbed over the weekend. Thieves took off and then crashed a truck that is used to haul and feed the animals. “First, it was disbelief. It was like ‘This can’t be,’ and then it
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LAGUNA HILLS, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A Laguna Hills High School student unleashed a flurry of racial slurs directed at the only Black player on Portola High School’s boy’s basketball team during a game last week. A cell phone camera captured the flurry of slurs
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