By Cecilio Padilla Click here for updates on this story SUTTER COUNTY, California (KOVR) — Two train cars that caught fire while traveling near Marysville over the weekend had lithium-ion car batteries listed as cargo. The incident was first reported around 6 p.m. Sunday when a northbound train was seen on fire near Highway 70
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes as severe land shift in the area is threatening the community and disrupting power lines. Emergency officials will be able to direct state resources toward responding to the threat of the land
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has seized a luxury jet used by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States in violation of sanctions and export control laws. The Dassault Falcon 900EX was seized in the Dominican Republic and
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By Wakisha Bailey Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — At a Philadelphia workshop, guns are taken off the streets and transformed into works of art and everyday items with a powerful message. Shane Claiborne, a Tennessee native, grew up around guns. But when he moved to North Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, he
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KYW By Wakisha Bailey Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — At a Philadelphia workshop, guns are taken off the streets and transformed into works of art and everyday items with a powerful message. Shane Claiborne, a Tennessee native, grew up around guns. But when he moved to North Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood,
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run agency says authorities have detained 15 members of an anti-American youth organization who physically assaulted two U.S. military personnel in the city of Izmir. Anadalu Agency says members of the Turkish Youth Union were detained on the orders of a prosecutor soon after Monday’s assault. The group posted a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new report says African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP every year as they bear a heavier burden than the rest of the world from climate change. The report comes after one of the continent’s hottest years on record. The World Meteorological Organization says many
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By Iris Salem Click here for updates on this story California (KCAL/KCBS) — SoCal Edison has announced plans to cut off power at more homes in Rancho Palos Verdes this week, just hours after the utility company indefinitely ended their service for 140 homes on Sunday. Company officials say that the decision again comes for
Continue Reading KCAL, KCBS By Iris Salem Click here for updates on this story California (KCAL/KCBS) — SoCal Edison has announced plans to cut off power at more homes in Rancho Palos Verdes this week, just hours after the utility company indefinitely ended their service for 140 homes on Sunday. Company officials say that the decision again
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen says it’s not getting the cost reductions that it needs – and won’t rule out plant closings in its home country Germany. CEO Oliver Blume is also saying the company needs to end its job protection promise in effect since 1994 which bars layoffs through 2029. Germany’s
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A Pennsylvania judge has determined that three 2020 election deniers must pay nearly $1 million in fees as the result of a years-long legal dispute with state officials over voting equipment used during the last presidential race, according to recent court filings.
Continue ReadingST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading no contest to attacking four Jewish teenagers walking along a road while dressed for a religious holiday in 2022. Noah Amato, a 19-year-old Ponte Vedra man, was sentenced for aggravated battery and carrying a concealed firearm in
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By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Valentina Petrillo became the first out transgender runner to take part in the Paralympics when she competed in the women’s 400m T12 heats on Monday. Italy’s Petrillo made it through to the semifinal of the event after qualifying as one of the fastest runners-up with a time of 58.35
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs insist they are not thinking about last year’s opener against Detroit, when they played flat in a loss to the Lions. Patrick Mahomes is chief among them. But for a quarterback who is usually better than normal in Week 1, it was a
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — Police and hospital officials say two people are dead and at least four are injured after a man drove his car through a restaurant patio in a Minneapolis suburb. Surveillance footage captured a man driving into the outdoor patio of the Park Tavern in St. Louis Park on Sunday.
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By Brandon Downs Click here for updates on this story LODI, California (KOVR) — Crews are investigating two fires at commercial properties in Lodi as arson, including a four-alarm fire, officials said Sunday evening. Fire crews with the Lodi Fire Department responded to a fire along N. Sacramento Street early Sunday morning where a commercial
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KOVR By Brandon Downs Click here for updates on this story LODI, California (KOVR) — Crews are investigating two fires at commercial properties in Lodi as arson, including a four-alarm fire, officials said Sunday evening. Fire crews with the Lodi Fire Department responded to a fire along N. Sacramento Street early Sunday morning where a
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A man and a woman from Nebraska were taken to University Hospital in Columbia after crashing their motorcycle on Highway 63 on Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — In the years since the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912, we have become familiar with haunting images of the doomed passenger liner’s bow, lying at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. Now, new photos taken this summer show that the view has changed dramatically. The
Continue ReadingLAFAYETTE, Ga. (AP) — A 63-year-old man has been arrested in Alabama in the 2000 murder of a northwest Georgia woman. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Walker County Sheriff’s Office say they have charged Clerance D. George with murder and aggravated assault in the June 2000 death of Julie Ann McDonald. McDonald, a
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