By NICOLE COMSTOCK Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — A Rowland Heights Chevron gas station caused widespread outrage after it posted a sign banning women from a certain ethnic background. The sign contained two ethnic slurs commonly used to portray Romanis as traveling thieves. “It’s been used against them as
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — The “face” of the Hawaiian Airlines logo, which has decorated the tails of its airplanes for decades, has passed away. Leina’ala Ann Teruya Drummond, Miss Hawaii 1964, died of cancer Monday at the age of 77 in Hilo, Hawaii. The Hawaiian native worked at the airline
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether individual states are required to cover health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance. The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SALISBURY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Gary Simard, a 44-year-old Methuen father of four who rushed into the water in an attempt to save his son from a dangerous rip current on Wednesday, has died. Essex District Attorney Paul Tucker said Simard “had been enjoying the day
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THIS AFTERNOON: We’ll hang on to some clouds today, but rain dodges us for the afternoon with temperatures in the low 80s. TONIGHT: Isolated storms are possible as a front pushes into the area and some could be strong. These could move into areas near The Lake after midnight bringing heavy downpours and winds. EXTENDED:
Continue ReadingBy Jim Dolan Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WABC) — Two old friends come together again – this time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Edgar Degas, his vibrant colors against a stark background. Édouard Manet, whose subtle shadings of blues and greens lead one to the other. These two
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swings by Earth on Sunday, it is expected to deliver a rare cosmic gift: a pristine sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. If all goes according to plan, the spacecraft will release a capsule containing an estimated 8.8 ounces of asteroid rocks and soil
Continue ReadingOpinion by Nicole Hemmer (CNN) — A small town, coated in ash, melting under the intense heat of a roaring fire. The sign greeting visitors — an American flag flapping next to the message “Welcome to our perfect small town, from sunrise to sundown” — disappearing beneath the smoke and embers. That image closes the
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The head of the junta in Guinea has defended the recent coups in Africa. He says they’re as an attempt by him and other soldiers to save their countries from leaders whose “broken promises” and prolonged stays in power are stifling development. In his address at
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A bus driver and eight Phelps County R-3 students suffered minor injuries Thursday morning after a school bus crashed on Route M, about a mile west of Edgar Springs, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Eight children, ages 4-12, and the bus driver – Judy Harris, 60, of
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he will skip the APEC summit in November in San Francisco and says it’s because his country “has no relations” with Peru. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has claimed previously that Peru’s current government was installed by a coup and that he still considers ousted president Pedro Castillo
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Recently released court documents show that two Memphis jail deputies have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punched, kicked and kneeled on his
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada is making an explosive allegation that India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil, but thus far Canada’s allies are voicing measured concern about what happened. They are calling for a full investigation. But none of Canada’s key allies
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story KINGSBRIDGE, New York (WABC) — Crime scene investigators Thursday returned to the Bronx day care where a 1-year-old died and three other children were injured after it’s believed they were exposed to fentanyl. Investigators also returned Wednesday night and executed a search warrant for hidden
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO, California (KGO) — Explore the world from the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The California Academy of Sciences has exhibits and experiences for explorers, young and young at heart. And one of those experiences could be seeing the oldest living aquarium
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By Dan Ashley and Tim Didion Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO, California (KGO) — It takes a lot of paddling to reach the fjords of Norway from a small bathtub on San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill. But for Bay Area entrepreneur Bryton Shang, all it took was the thought of artificial intelligence
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Una amplia zona de baja presión se consolidó frente a la costa este de Florida y el Centro Nacional de Huracanes dio aviso sobre el potencial ciclón tropical dieciséis. Se emitió una advertencia de tormenta tropical desde Cape Fear, Carolina del Norte, hacia el norte hasta la isla Fenwick,
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit on Wednesday, he’ll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a “disaster” for workers. Union leaders say Trump’s record in
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit on Wednesday, he’ll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a “disaster” for workers. Union leaders say Trump’s record in
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida agriculture losses from Hurricane Idalia are estimated at between $78 million and $371 million, with producers also suffering widespread damage to such infrastructure as irrigation rigs and fences. That’s according to a preliminary report Thursday from the University of Florida. Predicted losses for livestock
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