By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has named his senior adviser on energy policy as the next president of the powerful state body that regulates utilities. Alice Reynolds is set to lead the five-member California Public Utilities Commission starting Dec. 31. The job requires Senate confirmation, but that’s
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By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has named his senior adviser on energy policy as the next president of the powerful state body that regulates utilities. Alice Reynolds is set to lead the five-member California Public Utilities Commission starting Dec. 31. The job requires Senate confirmation, but that’s
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The regents of Georgia’s public university system say they won’t rename any of 75 buildings or colleges recommended for changes by a committe that found names that honored people with ties to slavery, segregation or mistreatment of American indians. System regents voted Monday not to make any
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s army is drawing criticism for meddling in politics, in a country where the military has long tried to keep out of political debate. Criticism centered Monday on a speech by the secretary of defense _ a general, like all those before him _ who heaped praise on the political project
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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Republican National Committee is paying some of former President Donald Trump’s legal bills, using donor funds to help him pay an attorney representing him in a New York investigation into his company’s business practices, according to campaign finance filings and a party spokeswoman. The RNC made two payments totaling $121,670
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By Nick Valencia, CNN Arrest warrants were issued Monday for five Georgia police officers indicted on murder charges for the 2019 killing of a 24-year-old man. Fernando Rodriguez died of asphyxiation after being placed in a prone position while he was handcuffed and held down, allegedly in violation of state law. The indictment accuses Henry
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By Devan Cole and Lauren del Valle, CNN Brendan Hunt — whose father is a retired judge and who allegedly threatened the lives of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, now-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — was sentenced Monday to 19 months in prison after being found guilty of one count of threatening
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — LeBron James fue suspendido por primera vez en sus 19 años de carrera en la NBA James fue suspendido durante un partido sin goce de sueldo “por golpear imprudentemente” al pívot de los Detroit Pistons Isaiah Stewart durante un altercado en la cancha, anunció el lunes la NBA. En el partido
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thanksgiving breaks began for some schools across Mid-Missouri Monday after some districts decided to extend the holiday break this year to provide some relief to staff and students. Jefferson City and Southern Boone are two of many that extended their break, saying that the demands of the past 18 months have worn
Continue Reading SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been charged in Southern California with kidnapping his 3-year-old son and sexually assaulting his 16-year-old niece after authorities said he drove across the country with the children. The kids were found safe and 35-year-old Jacob Clare was arrested last Thursday in Dana Point, California after a
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By Nicole Gaouette, CNN The US imposed new sanctions related to the contested Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Monday. The State Department reported to Congress that it has designated a vessel and a “Russian-linked entity” called Transadria Ltd. that is linked to the controversial pipeline that was
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Far-right social media personality Tim Gionet, who calls himself “Baked Alaska,” has been charged with misdemeanors over allegedly damaging a Hanukkah display in December 2020 outside the Arizona Capitol. Prosecutors declined to provide specifics on the charges, but one of the people who helped organize the display said a video shows Gionet
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a man was killed and two Kansas City, Kansas, police officers were injured in an altercation. Police spokeswoman Nancy Chartrand said police responded around 2:30 p.m. Monday to the city’s Coronado neighborhood after receiving a report that someone was standing in a road looking at the sky and
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the studio behind “House of Cards” more than $30 million because of losses due to his firing from the show for sexual misconduct. That’s according to an arbitration decision issued Monday. An arbitrator agreed that Spacey breached
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Groups of thieves ransacked jewelry and high-end clothing stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area over the weekend, shocking holiday shoppers and prompting concerns about the busy retail season. The mob attacks are believed to be part of sophisticated criminal networks that recruit mainly young
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By Travis Caldwell, Joe Sutton, Keith Allen and Kelly McCleary, CNN The celebratory sounds of a Wisconsin Christmas parade were interrupted by terrified screams Sunday after a vehicle plowed into participants and spectators gathered for the event in Waukesha, a city about 20 miles west of downtown Milwaukee. Five people were killed and more than
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By Claudia Dominguez and Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Five people were killed and 48 were injured after a red SUV sped into Waukesha’s Christmas parade Sunday afternoon. The five deceased victims from Sunday’s incident range in age from 52 to 81 and include 4 females and one male, according to Police Chief Dan Thompson. The
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By Ralph Ellis, Kay Jones, Holly Yan and Paul P. Murphy, CNN The man accused of careening his SUV into a Wisconsin parade, killing six people and injuring more than 60 others, was a registered sex offender in Nevada and had an active arrest warrant in that state, court records show. He was also released
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un juez federal atacó este lunes al expresidente Donald Trump por mentir sobre el fraude electoral durante las elecciones presidenciales de 2020: dijo que el exvicepresidente Al Gore tenía una mejor posición para impugnar los resultados de las elecciones de 2000, pero que fue “un hombre” y se alejó. “Al Gore
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Police say the suspect in a deadly Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee was in a domestic disturbance just minutes before he killed five people and injured 48. Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson said Monday there’s no evidence the man knew
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