SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are faulting communities in a stretch of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley for failing to develop a plan to adequately protect groundwater. The state’s water resources board on Thursday set an April hearing to determine whether the Tulare Lake Subbasin should be placed on probation under a law aimed
Continue ReadingOpinion by S. Ilan Troen (CNN) — “Never again!” It was never supposed to have happened. But it has, and is. We are witnessing in real time a pogrom. We thought that the most extensive pogrom — the Holocaust — would mark the end of the terrible record of violence against Jews, just because they are Jews. Not so. A pogrom is
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce was active for the Kansas City Chiefs against the Denver Broncos on Thursday night after hurting his ankle before finishing out last weekend’s win over the Minnesota Vikings. He was listed as questionable on the final injury report but
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Rudolph Isley, a founding member of the Isley Brothers who helped perform such raw rhythm and blues classics as “Shout” and “Twist and Shout” and the funky hits “That Lady” and “It’s Your Thing,” has died at age 84. “There are no words to express my feelings and the love I
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Each measuring just under 1 centimeter tall, and the width of a fingernail, five newly unearthed mysterious gold treasures found in Hov, Norway, could help unlock secrets of an ancient society, scientists say. The tiny pieces — intricately detailed gold foil figures discovered during excavations of a pagan religious
Continue ReadingCASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police say more than 150 tips have come in since they released a sketch of a person of interest connected to the killing of a retired college dean. Honoree Flemming was shot dead a week ago on a recreation trail near the Vermont State University Castleton Campus. The composite
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By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — While Steve Scalise scrambles to secure the House speakership, the man who previously held the job has taken a back seat. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has actively chosen not to play a prominent role in his conference’s battle to secure the next speaker,
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Medicare enrollees will shell out about $10 more next year for their monthly Part B premiums, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday. The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B will be $174.70 for 2024, up from $164.90 this year. Premiums vary depending on a beneficiary’s
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Ambitious, intriguing and ultimately a trifle confounding, “The Fall of the House of Usher” represents Mike Flanagan’s latest macabre series for Netflix, this time taking a page from Roger Corman by adapting (even more loosely) the works of Edgar Allan Poe. English majors should get a kick from
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Pearl clutchers, prepare your gasps. Lenny Kravitz, a man who can probably read the room’s need for an escapist’s delight, has released a new TV-MA music video for his single “TK421” that is an ode to abs, a tribute to morning sexiness and definitely not suitable for consumption at
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Voters in Ecuador are getting ready to pick a new president. Their choices in Sunday’s runoff election are an heir to a banana empire and an attorney. In a different year or in another country, their respective business and lawyering experience might help them deliver
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN, AMY BETH HANSON, MATTHEW BROWN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The legal and financial troubles piled up in recent months at the Colorado funeral home where authorities last week discovered at least 115 decomposing bodies. But the troubles went unnoticed by state officials who have long struggled to effectively
Continue ReadingAIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A 79-year-old South Carolina man has avoided a possible death sentence by agreeing to plead guilty to ambushing police officers at his home in 2018. Frederick Hopkins killed two of the officers and wounded five others in Florence County. Hopkins court appearance was unannounced Thursday and reporters following the widely publicized
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — “Mamá y papá sacrificaron sus vidas para salvarme”, expresó Rotem Matias, joven israelíestadounidense de 16 años, en una conversación con CNN este jueves. Los padres de Rotem, Deborah y Shlomi Matias, fueron asesinados por combatientes de Hamas en Israel. La madre de Rotem murió mientras intentaba protegerlo. A él le dispararon
Continue ReadingAuthorities in Colombia say a prolific serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children during the 1990s has died in a hospital where he was imprisoned. He was 66. Luis Alfredo Garavito was nicknamed “The Beast.” He confessed to having murdered more than 190 children between the ages of 8 and 16, who
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Fiscales federales anunciaron este jueves un cargo adicional contra el senador demócrata Bob Menendez, de Nueva Jersey, y su esposa, señalando que conspiraron para que el congresista actuara como agente extranjero de Egipto. La acusación sustitutiva contra Menendez, quien era presidente de la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado al momento
Continue Reading CNN’s Dalal Mawad and Eve Brennan Paris (CNN) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Paris on Thursday, in defiance of a controversial new ban on pro-Palestinian rallies in the country. French police and members of the gendarmerie worked to disperse the crowds with tear gas and water cannons, visuals showed. The ban had been
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An Indiana woman pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Thursday after being accused of helping in a 2019 murder.
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A leading doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on “excited delirium,” a document that critics say has been used to justify excessive force by police. The American College of Emergency Physicians in a statement called the paper outdated and said the term
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The chief executive over Georgia’s seaports says larger cargo ships will need deeper water and a taller bridge to reach the Port of Savannah in the near future. Georgia Ports Authority President and CEO Griff Lynch said Thursday that the $1.9 billion his agency is investing
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