By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Utah is poised to become the next state to regulate bathroom access for transgender people. On Friday, its Republican-controlled Legislature passed a measure that requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth. Under the measure, trans
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La jueza Fátima Veloz, de la Oficina de Atención Permanente del Distrito Nacional, impuso presentación periódica e impedimento de salida como medida de coerción a George Thevenet, acusado de fumigar con un químico tóxico (fosfuro de aluminio) en un edificio residencial en Santo Domingo, que dejó al menos dos
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CNN By Poppy Harlow and Callum Sutherland, CNN (CNN) — While the NFL playoffs near their finale with this weekend’s conference championship games, one person who won’t be involved is Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell. O’Connell’s Vikings missed out on the postseason this time round, but that has left him plenty of time to
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Why flight attendants want you to stop ignoring them, what Brits don’t want in their tea and Italians don’t want on their pizza, plus how to stay safe if you ever encounter a lion in the wild. Plane safety What the recent incidents on
Continue Reading CNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Why flight attendants want you to stop ignoring them, what Brits don’t want in their tea and Italians don’t want on their pizza, plus how to stay safe if you ever encounter a lion in the wild. Plane safety What the recent incidents
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision by President Joe Biden, announced as the 2024 presidential election year
Continue ReadingBy Brian Maass Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — A man wanted in Arkansas for allegedly violating his probation in a 2017 murder case has twice been arrested and jailed in Denver since 2021, and both times, Denver authorities have had to release him from custody. In the most recent
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By Luzdelia Caballero Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL) — Beverly Hills residents are up in arms over a multi-million dollar home in their neighborhood was taken over by a group of alleged squatters, who have instead turned the property into a problematic party house. They say that the issue
Continue ReadingBy Amy Maetzold Click here for updates on this story BIG BEAR VALLEY, California (KCAL) — Big Bear’s famous eagles, Jackie and Shadow, welcomed their first egg of 2024. Jackie laid the egg Thursday afternoon around 4:55 p.m., according to Friends of Big Bear Valley. Experts say the eggs will hatch in about 35 days.
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military panel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, recommended 23 years in detention Friday for two Malaysian men in connection with deadly 2002 bombings in Bali, a spokesman for the military commission said. However, under a previously secret provision of the plea agreement disclosed after the panel’s recommendation
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Investigators believe a toddler accidentally shot a man to death in 2022 in the Twin Cities, and the child’s father is now facing criminal charges. Marlon Jermaine White, 22, was charged Wednesday with two counts of second-degree manslaughter in connection to the
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Washington, DC, is on a weather rollercoaster and there’s no getting off. Just a week after the nation’s capital got clobbered by snow and highs struggled to reach the low 30s, two of the area’s main weather reporting stations smashed records on Friday afternoon as temperatures surged to
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has spoken with his Egyptian and Qatari counterparts ahead of a trip by his CIA director meant to press toward a deal to secure the release of more hostages held by Hamas in exchange for a pause to fighting
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By Juliette Goodrich Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — Eleanor Wikstrom graduated from Skyline High School in Oakland in 2020 and is now the recipient of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. “I graduated in the pandemic. Tom Hanks was my commencement speaker. It was a virtual graduation,” said Wikstrom. A proud
Continue ReadingBy Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (WYFF) — Construction crews in South Carolina have ‘unearthed’ a piece of history while preparing for the future in one city. The city of Spartanburg posted a photo on social media showing an ornate piece of what city officials called “an iconic
Continue ReadingBy Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Imagine getting a huge bonus sent to your bank account, and then you’re told to pay it back. It’s a situation several Oklahoma teachers now face. Oklahoma Watch and StateImpact Oklahoma report that at least nine teachers are being ordered
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Sofía Vergara dice que su acento colombiano no siempre le ha permitido conseguir los papeles que deseaba. Vergara, quien actualmente interpreta a la narcotraficante colombiana Griselda Blanco en “Griselda” de Netflix, ha buscado intencionalmente personajes en los que su acento sea una ventaja. “Siempre estoy buscando personajes porque no hay muchos que
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the launch of the final season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” on Sunday, Donald Glover starring as a spy in the new TV series “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and a documentary on Run-D.M.C. airing on Peacock. The National Geographic’s “Genius” anthology series this time focuses
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the launch of the final season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” on Sunday, Donald Glover starring as a spy in the new TV series “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and a documentary on Run-D.M.C. airing on Peacock. The National Geographic’s “Genius” anthology series this time focuses
Continue ReadingBy Dave Pehling Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — San Francisco 49ers fan Sean Inglis may have gone to the same high school in Kentfield as Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff, but that isn’t going to dampen his enthusiasm as he cheers on the Niners from the stands at Levi’s
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