By AMY MAETZOLD Click here for updates on this story LAGUNA BEACH, California (KCAL) — A large stretch along the coastline of Laguna Beach is closed due to a 94,500-gallon sewage spill on Wednesday. Swimmers and surfers will not be allowed to go in the waters stretching from Laguna Ave to Blue Lagoon, according to
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have voted to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices. But Republicans are challenging the legitimacy of the action and pledging to withhold support for enforcing the legal.
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The city of Fort Worth, Texas, will pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit connected to the 2019 death of Atatiana Jefferson, who was fatally shot in her home by a police officer. Money from the settlement, unanimously approved by the city council Tuesday, will be
Continue ReadingAcademy Awards enthusiasts won’t have to stay up quite as late to hear the best picture winner in March. The 96th Oscars will begin one hour early, with the official show starting at 7 p.m. Eastern for the first time, ABC said Thursday. The official pre-show will also begin earlier, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. The
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KCAL) — When you put an address into Google Maps, you trust that it will give you the fastest route. However, for dozens of families trying to make it home from Las Vegas, it redirected them to the middle of nowhere. It happened
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The annual meeting of members of the global chemical weapons watchdog has called on countries to prevent the sale or transfer to Syria of raw materials and equipment that could be used to create poison gas and nerve agents. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said in a
Continue ReadingBy AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Bayan Khateeb knows she’s a terrible cook. So when she managed to pull off a dish of cooked tomatoes and eggs, she took a photo to show friends on social media. “Soon we shall eat the Shakshouka of victory!” crowed her caption, which included an emoji of
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cada día que se prolonga la pausa en la guerra de Israel contra Hamas se salvan vidas. A primera hora de este jueves entró en vigor una segunda prórroga de la tregua, de un día de duración. Pero la pausa en los combates también agudiza los dilemas morales, políticos y militares
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An American Red Cross van caught fire on its way to a blood drive in Columbia on Thursday morning.
Continue ReadingBy KELLY VAUGHEN Click here for updates on this story OXFORD, Michigan (WBZ) — Thursday marks two years since the Oxford High School shooting. Since then, the district faced criticisms of its handling of the shooting and leadership changes. Tuesday night, the Oxford Community Schools board took the next steps toward finding a new superintendent,
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will be headlining a closed-door fundraiser in Florida next week as his Republican primary rivals return to the debate stage on Dec. 6. The former president has chosen to skip his party’s three previous primary debates, citing his commanding lead in early state and
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY MUTASA Click here for updates on this story LOWELL, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Lowell school officials are warning the community that three intruders tried to enter two schools without the proper authorization. Parents say they found out the three intruders tried to make their way into Moody and Shaughnessy Elementary Schools on Tuesday, but
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s government has postponed a deadline by two weeks for ethnic Serbs living in the country to register their vehicles with Kosovo license plates instead of Serbian ones. The move on Thursday was made to give ethnic Serbs more time to comply with the order. The deadline was initially set for
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La centenaria controversia entre Venezuela y Guyana por la soberanía del Esequibo, el territorio del noreste de Sudamérica de casi 160.000 km2 con salida al océano Atlántico, ubicado entre las desembocaduras de los ríos Orinoco y Esequibo, ha reavivado en las últimas semanas las tensiones entre Caracas y Georgetown.
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Missouri’s minimum wage is increasing by 30 cents in 2024 from $12 to $12.30 per hour — the first time it will be based on inflation instead of a voter-approved amount in five years.
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By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Instagram-parent Meta has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent regulators from reopening the company’s landmark $5 billion privacy settlement from 2020 and and from banning the social media giant from monetizing the user data of children. Thursday’s lawsuit in Washington federal court calls for
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Actor-singer Cynthia Erivo lent searing and soulful vocals to an evening marking Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 65th anniversary, and celebrating the talents of dance legend Judith Jamison its former star dancer and longtime company leader. Erivo donned bright red to sing a passionate “Feeling Good,” and black-and-white stripes
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A property owner has submitted plans to the city which include the possibility of a new water tower in southwest Columbia, which pressure problems have plagued for years.
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal watchdog is investigating how the Biden administration chose the site for a new FBI headquarters following a contentious competition marked by allegations of conflict of interest from the bureau’s director. Virginia leaders have released a letter saying the inspector general for the General Services Administration
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The legislature of the northern Mexico border state of Nuevo Leon says protesters broke through doors, took over the floor of the state congress and launched a smoke bomb. The chaotic scene came after the state legislature named an interim governor to take the place of Gov. Samuel García, who took
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