UPDATE: Documents from the school district obtained by ABC-7 show Superintendent Xavier De La Torre is receiving a $30,000 bonus as part of his contract extension. District officials had previously described the bonus as a “generous raise,” but didn’t provide a dollar amount. The contract extension, which runs through 2025, also no longer requires De
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LONDON (AP) — Some prominent British and international media organizations pushed back Friday against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s handling of a prerecorded video message to mark Britain’s departure from the European Union. The Associated Press and several other major news outlets declined to air the government-provided video, which was recorded the previous day at Johnson’s
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As US officials braced for a possible Iranian cyberattack this month following the killing of top military general Qasem Soleimani, a trio of cybersecurity companies ventured to Capitol Hill. In a closed-door briefing with Senate aides, the companies described how hacking outfits linked to Iran, criminal groups and other adversaries are growing more sophisticated —
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A Coast Guard lieutenant who authorities say amassed an arsenal of weapons and kept a hit list of political and media targets was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison by a federal judge in Maryland on Friday. Christopher Hasson, 50, had pleaded guilty to weapons and drug charges last year. The sentencing capped
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(CNN Español) – El Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social del gobierno de España confirmó a través de su cuenta oficial de Twitter un caso de coronavirus detectado en ese país. El Centro Nacional de Microbiología, del Instituto de Salud Carlos III, confirma un caso de #coronavirus detectado en España.Se trata del análisis a
Continue Reading White House officials have resigned themselves to the idea that President Donald Trump will not walk into the House chamber next Tuesday evening as an acquitted President. Trump aides had once viewed the annual State of the Union address as an opportunity to walk onto House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s turf following the vindication of a
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The Great Firewall of China has always been annoying, but it’s not usually this deadly. As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread around China and the world, many are questioning how much the country’s colossal censorship apparatus played a role in withholding vital information about the epidemic until it was too late. In the weeks
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Las bandas mexicanas de la droga siguen creciendo en territorio estadounidense, según la Administración de Control de Drogas (DEA). A pesar de los esfuerzos del gobierno de EE.UU. estas organizaciones criminales, asegura la oficina, siguen expandiendo su influencia en el país al establecer alianzas con bandas internacionales, pandillas, grupos en el interior
Continue Reading The United States and other countries issued strict travel restrictions for foreign nationals who traveled to China as the number of deaths from the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak continued rising on Friday. A day after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the virus a global health emergency, Chinese authorities reported 45 deaths, all of them in
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A great weekend on tap with sunshine Saturday and temps in the low 60’s. Sunday will see more high level clouds moving up from the south and temps in the mid 60’s. We will watch the winds crank up Monday with gusts at 50 mph and some blowing dust and sand. Colder air arrives Tuesday
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EL PASO, Texas — A lucky El Pasoan has claimed a million-dollar Powerball prize. That winning ticket was sold for last Saturday’s Powerball drawing, Texas Lotto officials said. The ticket was purchased at the Big Savers Market at 3630 Alameda in south central El Paso. The winner wanted to remain anonymous when they claimed the
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren has been busy trying to snatch up last-minute endorsements in Iowa with the caucuses just around the corner. But rather than making that outreach in person in the Hawkeye State, Warren has been doing it over the phone from Washington, DC, where she and her colleagues in the Senate have been serving as
Continue Reading A former Clark Atlanta University student and her boyfriend have been indicted in the killing of her roommate, Alexis Crawford, prosecutors said Friday. Jordyn Jones and Barron Brantley face multiple charges in the October death of Crawford, 21, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said. According to the Fulton County indictment, Jones and Brantley are
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The nation’s top infectious disease doctor says a new study published Thursday night shows people can spread the Wuhan coronavirus before symptoms set in. German researchers found that the virus was transmitted by people without symptoms in five instances in one cluster of people: from a parent to a daughter; from that daughter to two
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Doctors have shared new details about the first case of Wuhan coronavirus in the United States in a paper published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine. In the new report, doctors describe how the man progressed from initially mild, nonspecific symptoms to pneumonia on the ninth day of his illness. The patient —
Continue Reading President Donald Trump is set to shed the cloud of impeachment and emerge potentially stronger than ever. He pressured Ukraine to help his campaign, but will almost certainly be acquitted of abusing his powers. He defied congressional subpoenas but likely will be acquitted of obstructing Congress. And looking back, he undermined the Russia investigation, but
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Leaders of the US Senate struck an agreement to hold the final vote on whether to acquit President Donald Trump on the two articles of impeachment on Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a resolution for the next steps in the impeachment trial on Friday evening. Read that resolution below:
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate setting final Trump impeachment vote for Wednesday after witness testimony rejected.
Continue Reading Londres (CNN) — Más de tres años y medio después de que el pueblo británico votó 52%-48& para abandonar la Unión Europea, el brexit se llevó a cabo oficialmente el viernes a primera hora, hora de Bruselas, a las 11 p.m. hora de Londres. El Reino Unido ya no es miembro de la Unión Europea.
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A former actress testified Friday that her sometimes consensual relationship with Harvey Weinstein became abusive, saying the former film producer was like “Jekyll and Hyde” and raped her twice. Jessica Mann took the stand Friday in Weinstein’s trial in New York. Her testimony is connected to the most serious of the five charges against the
Continue Reading Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch — a highly respected career diplomat who unwittingly became one of the central figures in the impeachment drama — has retired from the State Department. Yovanovitch leaves after more than three decades in the foreign service. She was described as “someone who has never been hungry for
Continue Reading What started as a mystery virus last month in Wuhan, China, has now killed more than 250 people and infected thousands more around the world. In the United States, seven people have been infected — including patients in Washington state, Chicago, California and Arizona. Most of the patients had recently traveled to Wuhan. But on
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Click here for updates on this story Whittier, CA (KTLA) — Three days after 12-year-old Shar-Pei Reina ran away from her home in Whittier, her heartbroken owner learned that the animal had already been picked up by animal control officials and euthanized. The dog, which was deaf and half-blind, was taken to a veterinary office
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GREENBELT, Maryland — A Coast Guard lieutenant accused by prosecutors of being a domestic terrorist intent on committing politically motivated killings inspired by a far-right mass murderer was sentenced Friday to more than 13 years in prison for firearms and drug offenses. Christopher Hasson, 50, had faced a maximum prison sentence of 31 years at
Continue Reading Michael Bloomberg is skipping Monday’s Democratic caucuses in Iowa. But that doesn’t mean his presence isn’t worrying Democrats hellbent on winning here. Bloomberg, by ignoring the first nominating contests, is attempting something that no nominee in nearly a half century has ever done successfully. But the former New York mayor is leveraging his massive personal
Continue Reading The Senate’s impeachment trial is careening toward its inevitable end, even if the timing on that end isn’t yet clear. The Senate voted 51-49 against calling witnesses on Friday evening, with two Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah, joining Democrats to back extending the trial. Questions around whether witnesses would
Continue Reading Everybody knows stepping into a parking lot creates the possibility of getting run over by a car — but by a deer? Ken Worthy had just finished lunch at the McDonald’s in Locust, North Carolina, last Wednesday when — out of the blue — a deer galloped across the parking lot and bowled him over,
Continue Reading The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that there will be no donor threshold for its upcoming Nevada debate, opening the door for former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to qualify for his first contest. The new rules reflect the changing landscape in the Democratic primary and focus more on support in polls and in Iowa
Continue Reading The United States conducted a strike recently targeting Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the terror group’s franchise based in Yemen that has repeatedly expressed interest in conducting attacks targeting the United States, a US official told CNN on Friday. The New York Times reported that three current or former
Continue Reading As senators decided Thursday whether to call witnesses in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, the President did what he usually does: say numerous things that aren’t true. Trump critics have warned that he would be emboldened if he were acquitted by the Senate. In the hours before Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander announced he would vote against
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