By KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story GILROY, California (KPIX) — The world-famous Gilroy Garlic Festival, a much-loved annual weekend event that has been a mainstay since the late 1970s, has been cancelled in 2022 and for the foreseeable future, organizers announced Thursday. Citing lingering uncertainties from the pandemic, along with “prohibitive
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell isn’t as pleased with the robust U.S. job market as you might think he’d be, and he and the Federal Reserve plan to do something about it: Take it down a notch. Powell described the job market this week as “extremely, historically” tight
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By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says two restaurants cannot collect damages from insurance policies for losing business following the governor’s March 2020 order requiring restaurants to temporarily stop in-person dining amid rising COVID-19 cases. Jesse’s Embers and Wakonda Club, both in Des Moines, sued after their
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By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots were one of the biggest spenders in free agency during the 2020 offseason, uncharacteristically giving big-money deals to beef up holes on both sides of the ball. Because of it, they entered this offseason with a much tighter grip on the wallet. It
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration told a federal judge in Louisiana on Friday that the court should deny a request from more than 20 states to immediately block the end of a Trump-era pandemic restriction on the US-Mexico border. In a court filing, the Justice Department argued: “Plaintiffs fail to show that they
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Afirman que 33 personas perdieron la vida en una explosión en una mezquita de la provincia afgana de Kunduz, según los talibanes. Entre los muertos hay niños, según el portavoz talibán Zabiullah Mujahid, mientras que otras 43 personas resultaron heridas en la explosión. Mujahid dijo que la explosión tuvo lugar durante
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are tumbling on Friday as the sharp, recent surge in interest rates keeps weighing on Wall Street. Some disappointing profit reports from companies also shook what’s been the market’s main pillar of support. The S&P 500 was 2.4% lower in afternoon
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story GLENDALE, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A group of big-rig drivers protesting spiking gas prices shut down lanes of the 5 freeway in the Griffith Park area of Los Angeles Friday morning. Beginning at about 8:45 a.m., the group of around 10 semi-trucks shut down several
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2021, following heart disease and cancer, for the second year in a row, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The overall age-adjusted death rate for all causes in the US was
Continue Reading CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Three people, including a young child, are injured after a suspected car thief crashed the vehicle while being chased by police. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the crash happened just before 9 a.m. Friday in St. Louis County. The chase began when officers spotted a Dodge sedan that had been
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — As climate change bakes the planet, dozens of nations including the U.S. and many local governments are putting a price tag on greenhouse gas emissions that are causing more floods, droughts and other destructive events. Pennsylvania on Saturday becomes the latest state in the U.S. to
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — As climate change bakes the planet, dozens of nations including the U.S. and many local governments are putting a price tag on greenhouse gas emissions that are causing more floods, droughts and other destructive events. Pennsylvania on Saturday becomes the latest state in the U.S. to
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IMOLA, Italy (AP) — Formula One champion Max Verstappen has earned his first pole position of the season after an incident-packed qualifying session for the sprint race at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. There were five red flags in qualifying on a rain-sodden day at Imola. The last red flag cut qualifying short with Verstappen edging
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An MU official confirmed with ABC17 Sports that Mizzou guard Jarron ‘Boogie’ Coleman became the eighth Tiger to enter the transfer portal on Friday. Coleman will be looking for his third collegiate home, as he transferred to MU from Ball State ahead of the start of the 2021-22 season. He averaged about
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich began offseason workouts this week with another new quarterback and a beefed up defense. Now, general manager Chris Ballard may use the draft to revamp Matt Ryan’s supporting cast. The Colts most glaring need is left tackle. But with no first-round
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By Dianne Gallagher, CNN A coalition of civil rights groups has filed the first lawsuit in Florida against the recently enacted congressional map put forward by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis that eliminates two districts represented by Black Democrats while giving Republicans the advantage in as many as 20 of 28 seats. The GOP-controlled Florida legislature
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City police department has a new interim chief, as embattled Chief Rick Smith officially retired. Deputy Chief Joe Mabin, a 22-year veteran of the department, was sworn in Friday. Mabin, who leads the department’s investigations bureau, has said he will not apply for the permanent position. Smith, who
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets have fired coach James Borrego after blowout losses in back-to-back years in the play-in tournament. Hornets president of basketball operations and general manager Mitch Kupchak made the announcement on Friday. Kupchak says the team will begin a search for a new coach
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Now that some mask and vaccine mandates are being lifted, consumers seem ready to spend on travel and other leisure experiences. Call it the “revenge spending” phenomenon. Airline and hotel stocks have been surging this year thanks in part to a spate of long overdue revenge spending, or
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Now that some mask and vaccine mandates are being lifted, consumers seem ready to spend on travel and other leisure experiences. Call it the “revenge spending” phenomenon. Airline and hotel stocks have been surging this year thanks in part to a spate of long overdue revenge spending, or
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