By Dan Noyes Click here for updates on this story SANTA ROSA, California (KGO) — A Santa Rosa man battling Parkinson’s Disease took in a tenant at his home to help pay the bills, but that tenant turned out to be a nightmare. He also turned out to be the ex-boyfriend of fashion designer Calvin
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is speeding up its switch to a new schools chief after Mayor Eric Adams’ indictment. Adams says Thursday that Schools Chancellor David Banks nation’s leading the nation’s largest public school system will exit on Oct. 16, not at the end of the year as originally planned.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Carey relishes the fact that she has become culturally synonymous with Christmas. That’s thanks in part to the longevity of her iconic song “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” But the Grammy winner admitted she initially wasn’t sure about doing a Christmas album when her label pitched
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Libya’s National Oil Corporation has announced that crude oil production will resume at two of its major fields, where operations stopped in August amid tensions between the country’s dueling authorities. The National Oil Corporation said in a statement that it will begin producing again at the Sharara and El-Feel oil fields and
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, decretó este jueves por cuarta vez un estado de excepción focalizado en el país con el fin de “reforzar acciones de seguridad” argumentando nuevamente “grave conmoción interna y conflicto interno armado”. El decreto de estado de excepción tendrá una duración de 60 días y
Continue ReadingBy Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 30 years after a six-year-old girl disappeared in Western Arkansas, authorities have identified a suspect in her abduction through DNA evidence. Morgan Nick was abducted from the parking lot of a Little League ballfield in the rural town of Alma on the evening of June 9, 1995,
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By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — A week ago, few outside the labor movement or shipping industry knew Harold Daggett, the tough-talking, colorful head of the union now on strike at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts. That’s certainly no longer the case. Daggett is the president of the
Continue ReadingBATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) — Former football coach Les Miles’ lawsuit against LSU and the NCAA over a decision to vacate 37 of his teams’ victories from 2012 to 2015 has been moved from federal court to state court. Miles’ original suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge in June. It alleged
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump “laid the groundwork for his crimes” well before Election Day in 2020. He said “the details don’t matter” when told his election fraud claims would fail in court. And his response to learning that then-Vice President Mike Pence was taken to a secure location as rioters stormed the
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Eminem is taking on a new role in his life: grandfather. The rapper announced that his daughter Hailie Jade, 28, is expecting her first child via a new music video on Thursday for his song “Temporary,” featuring Skylar Grey. At one point in the video, Jade – a musical
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal report on a tanker-truck crash a year ago in central Illinois that spilled a toxic chemical and killed five people includes an interview with a 17-year-old Ohio girl who concedes that the truck was forced off the road when she passed it with the minivan she
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark has been named the WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote, giving the Indiana Fever back-to-back winners after Aliyah Boston won the honor last season. A national panel of sportswriters and sportscasters gave Clark 66 of 67 votes in balloting released Thursday. Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese
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Prosecutors have charged a former Morgan County deputy with two felonies for an incident that happened before the crash that led to his arrest last month.
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Two farmworkers in California tested positive for H5 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Thursday. The confirmation came hours after the California Department of Public Health announced the first two presumptive positive cases in humans in the state. Both workers’ specimens were submitted
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Millions of people in the West are experiencing a dangerous and historic October heatwave with temperatures so extreme they’d be considered hot during the peak of summer. The heat has been so potent the United States soared to and tied the highest temperature ever seen in the month
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Month-old twin boys are the youngest known victims of Hurricane Helene. The twins died alongside their mother when a large tree fell through the roof of their home in Thomson, Georgia, last week. The woman’s father, Obie Williams, said one of his sons went to check on the mother and her babies after
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice has confirmed that its criminal investigators are looking into the removal of Wausau’s absentee ballot drop box by the mayor last month. The agency’s spokesperson said Thursday the Marathon County district attorney had asked for assistance from DOJ, and its Division of Criminal Investigation
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The University of Missouri will pay $27,500 into two trust funds after settling a lawsuit with the family of a transgender boy.
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — If snapshots of the dazzling “ring of fire” that danced across the skies of South America on Wednesday sparked eclipse fever, sky-gazers won’t have to wait too long for additional celestial spectacles in store for next year. While there won’t be another “ring of fire” event until 2026,
Continue ReadingBEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — Police and firefighters in New Hampshire responded to an unusual call Thursday morning — a moose was trapped in a backyard swimming pool. A video shot by police shows rescuers removing a pool covering after arriving at the home at about 8:45 a.m. to reveal the adult moose standing in the
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