KMAX, KOVR, BEAR LEAGUE, CNN By Tori Apodaca Click here for updates on this story TAHOE CITY, California (KMAX, KOVR) — A record number of bears in Tahoe have been evicted from homes, buildings and even churches this winter. Ann Bryant, the executive director of the BEAR League, said her organization has evicted more than
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Haubner Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO,California (KMAX, KOVR) — Cal Fire is making improvements to an aviation system that may help firefighters and civilians on the ground. The FIRIS, or Fire Integrated Real-Time Intelligence System, program has been around for the last decade or so, but as technology has improved,
Continue ReadingKCAL, KCBS, RIVERSIDE PD, CNN By Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story RIVERSIDE COUNTY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A Riverside County pastor was arrested in a murder-for-hire scheme this week after an investigation determined he had hired a man to kill the person dating his daughter. Police were called to a hospital
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story RIVERSIDE COUNTY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A Riverside County pastor was arrested in a murder-for-hire scheme this week after an investigation determined he had hired a man to kill the person dating his daughter. Police were called to a hospital on Oct. 21, 2023 after
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested by a federal agency that accused his party and ministers of accepting 1 billion rupees in bribes from liquor contractors. Atishi Singh is a leader of Kejriwal’s Aaam Admi Party, or Common People’s Party. She said the accusations
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The heads of leading U.S. airlines want to meet with Boeing and hear the aircraft manufacturer’s strategy for fixing quality-control problems that have gained attention since a panel blew out of a jetliner in January. A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday that the
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers kept pressing an appellate court Thursday to excuse him from covering a $454 million fraud lawsuit judgment for now, saying he’d suffer “irreparable harm” before his appeal is decided. The financial requirement is “patently unjust, unreasonable and unconstitutional,” one of the
Continue ReadingLURAY, Va. (AP) — Officials say crews are battling scores of wildfires around Virginia, including a fire affecting hundreds of acres at Shenandoah National Park. Virginia Department of Forestry spokesperson Cory Swift said Thursday that more than 100 new fires popped up Wednesday and they’re affecting more than 1,600 acres across the state. Swift says
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The Sacramento City Council voted to approve a resolution calling for an immediate bilateral cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War, following almost seven hours of discussion on Tuesday. The resolution passed just before midnight in a 6-1 vote, with Lisa Kaplan being
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Los médicos del Hospital General de Massachusetts aseguran que completaron con éxito el primer trasplante del mundo de un riñón genéticamente modificado de un cerdo a un ser humano vivo. El paciente es Rick Slayman, un hombre de 62 años, de Weymouth, Massachusetts, a quien le diagnosticaron una enfermedad renal terminal.
Continue ReadingOpinion by Linda Thomas-Greenfield (CNN) — In the summer of 1959, Eleanor Roosevelt found herself at a research center just south of Poughkeepsie. There, she met a scientist eager to introduce her to his latest innovation. “The scientist,” Roosevelt wrote in her column, “My Day,” “has taught a machine to play checkers.” But the machine wasn’t
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Boeing’s production problems are reverberating through an airline industry starved for planes, making it harder for carriers to meet red-hot demand for travel and raising the prospect of even higher ticket prices. On Wednesday, Ryanair (RYAAY) CEO Michael O’Leary explained why prices have further to climb. “If
Continue ReadingIn a story published March 21, 2024, about the USS New Jersey, The Associated Press erroneously reported when the battleship became a floating museum. That occurred in 2001, not 2011.
Continue ReadingBy Mike Darnay, Jennifer Borrasso, Erika Stanish, Shelley Bortz, Lauren Linder, and Heather Lang Click here for updates on this story JEANNETTE, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Four children and their dad are dead following a late-night house fire in Jeannette, according to the Westmoreland County coroner. There were eight people, two parents and their six small
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A 77-year-old Jefferson City man was in the Cole County Jail on Thursday morning after a Boone County Cyber Crimes Task Force investigation led to a raid on his home.
Continue ReadingBy Tori Apodaca Click here for updates on this story TAHOE CITY, California (KMAX, KOVR) — A record number of bears in Tahoe have been evicted from homes, buildings and even churches this winter. Ann Bryant, the executive director of the BEAR League, said her organization has evicted more than 100 bears this winter. Some
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed back to nearly 7% this week, pushing up borrowing costs for home shoppers with the spring homebuying season underway. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.87% from 6.74% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said
Continue ReadingOpinion by Elizabeth Yuko (CNN) — In December, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first two cell-based gene therapies for treating sickle cell disease (SCD) in people ages 12 and older: Casgevy and Lyfgenia. Since then, questions and concerns have abounded about the cost and accessibility of these treatments — including from Health and Human Services
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By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — “Buy your mom an iPhone.” That was Apple CEO Tim Cook’s famous response at Vox’s 2022 Code Conference, when a reporter complained that her mother couldn’t see the videos she texted to her mom’s Android phone because they were grainy and slow. It’s also a quip that
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in February from the previous month to the strongest pace in a year as homebuyers were encouraged by a modest pullback in mortgage rates and more properties on the market. Existing home sales climbed 9.5% last month from
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