By Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story SANTA CLARITA, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A massive nature restoration project is underway in the Angeles National Forest and the nonprofit TreePeople is leading the way with volunteers working to replant nearly 54,000 native plants and trees. In partnership with California Botanic Garden, they are working
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The charity was called Modest Needs but federal prosecutors who filed charges against its founder say his weren’t. Prosecutors in Manhattan say Modest Needs founder Keith Taylor had such expensive tastes that he embezzled more than $2.5 million from the charity between 2016 and May 2024
Continue ReadingREYNOLDS STATION, Ky. (AP) — Cadaver dogs searched Tuesday for a missing western Kentucky baby whose parents and grandfather face child abandonment and drug charges, police said. Kentucky State Police announced last week that troopers were searching for 8-month-old Miya Rudd. Trooper Corey King said the baby’s three older siblings were removed from their home
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, Tina Burnside and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have identified the suspected gunman in Tuesday’s shooting at a downtown Atlanta food court as Jeremy Malone, according to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Malone, 34, is accused of wounding three people during a shooting at the Peachtree Center, a
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press A Republican incumbent on a commission that oversees elections in a major swing county in Nevada has fended off a far-right challenge and secured her party’s nomination to run for reelectio.. The race for Clara Andriola’s seat on the Washoe County Board of Commissioners could have had implications for national
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer It started bad, got a little worse before it got a little better, and then finished as widely expected for the United States, losing to India in cricket at the Twenty20 World Cup. The Americans entered Wednesday’s match on a huge high after beating cricket powerhouse Pakistan in their
Continue ReadingBy Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story SANTA CLARITA, California (WCBS) — A massive nature restoration project is underway in the Angeles National Forest and the nonprofit TreePeople is leading the way with volunteers working to replant nearly 54,000 native plants and trees. In partnership with California Botanic Garden, they are working
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By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — India proved too strong for the USA at the T20 Cricket World Cup, with the joint host falling to a seven-wicket defeat in New York on Wednesday. The USA beat Pakistan in a historic victory earlier in the tournament but failed to follow it up with a win against
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By Carolyn Gusoff Click here for updates on this story RIVERHEAD, New York (WCBS) — A former Long Island nurse was sentenced Tuesday for a scheme involving fake COVID vaccine cards at the height of the pandemic. Julie DeVuono, 51, admitted to money laundering and forgery. She was sentenced to 840 hours of community service
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit arguing the remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre should be compensated by the city for damages Wednesday, dealing a blow to their ongoing fight for reparations more than 100 years after the attack. Survivors Hughes Van Ellis,
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer If you’ve been sick with COVID-19, you may have some protection against certain versions of the common cold. A new study suggests previous COVID-19 infections lower the risk of getting colds caused by milder coronavirus cousins. That could provide a key to creating broader COVID-19 vaccines. The research was
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dampening the hope of advocates for racial justice that the city would make financial amends for one of the worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Natalie Duddridge, Naveen Dhaliwal Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — An 84-year-old woman was shot in Brooklyn on Monday night. Althea Lawson, a cancer survivor, is recovering at the hospital after being struck by stray bullets in East Flatbush. She spoke to CBS New York on Tuesday evening.
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A group of New Jersey police chiefs and Republican lawmakers says parents should be held civilly or criminally responsible for the actions of their children that create disturbances or damage in public places. They spoke at a hearing following the second consecutive year of disturbances
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Dangerous flooding from a tropical disturbance inundated much of southern Florida on Wednesday, blocking roads, floating vehicles and delaying the Florida Panthers on their way to Stanley Cup games in Canada against the Edmonton Oilers. The disorganized storm system was pushing across Florida from the Gulf of Mexico at roughly
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TODAY: . Humidity levels will drop a smidge this afternoon as highs reach near 90. This comes as skies remain mostly sunny through the day. TONIGHT: Winds remain from the southwest overnight, and with clear skies, we’ll start the day Thursday warm, sunny and feeling like summer with dew points near 60. EXTENDED: Thursday starts
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By Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (KOVR) — There is a daily hum at John’s Cleaners in South Lake Tahoe—a song of steaming and pressing, a tune true to John Cristando and his bustling family dry cleaning business of 55 years. John, 98, always wore his hat
Continue ReadingCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Possible team training camps for the 2026 World Cup include sites in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Cincinnati; Green Bay, Wisconsin; Louisville, Kentucky; St. Louis; Salt Lake City and Herriman, Utah; San Antonio; and Westfield, Indiana. FIFA announced more details of the tournament Wednesday, one day after the two-year mark before the kickoff
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Chicos, hablemos de hombre a hombre. A menudo nos obsesionamos con el sexo y nuestro rendimiento, pero ¿cuántos toman medidas para asegurarse de estar en plena forma a largo plazo? Si no cuidamos nuestra salud hoy, no disfrutaremos de una vida sexual sana mañana. Es fundamental pensar en la salud sexual
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By Shelby Reilly Click here for updates on this story GEORGETOWN, California (KOVR) — Nearly three months after a fatal mountain lion attack in Northern California, we are hearing from a family member who is turning the devasting incident involving his nephews into a call for change. The attack at the end of March killed
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