Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A disease is threatening hundreds of Sacramento’s oldest and largest trees, and now the next time you’re out for a walk or bike ride, you can actually help protect these trees. The Sacramento Tree Foundation is building an army of “citizen scientists” who are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY, California (KSBW) — A man who escaped police custody Tuesday afternoon was rearrested after leading law enforcement on a chase in a police cruiser in Monterey. According to Lt. Mike Bruno with the Monterey Police Department, police were looking for a woman who had led police on
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The vote to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position took only 16 minutes. Before the House Republican Conference met Wednesday morning to oust the Wyoming congresswoman from her position as the third-ranking Republican member in Congress, sources told CNN they expected it to be quick. But it happened so quickly that some members
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Orange County is considering an ordinance that would ban the retail sale of cats and dogs. At a workshop on Tuesday morning, more than 30 citizens spoke out on the issue. The burning question is, will existing pet shops be forced to close?
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WYFF) — Two people have been taken to the hospital with chemical burns due to a hazmat incident in Henderson County. Asheville fire officials said they responded to a machining manufacture company Tuesday morning. An Asheville Fire Department spokesman said the incident happened at Linamar
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TAMPA BAY, Florida — The NFL is returning to London in October and Tom Brady begins his pursuit of an eighth Super Bowl title against Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys when Tampa Bay hosts the league’s annual kickoff game on Sept. 9. The first game in London since the coronavirus pandemic will be played
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Secretary of State Tony Blinken will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Arctic Council ministerial in Iceland next week — the first face-to-face meeting between a Biden cabinet official and their Russian counterpart. Their meeting in Reykjavik comes ahead of a potential summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. No date
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Indiana (WLWT) — Police are investigating after an off-duty deputy hit and killed a skateboarder in Jefferson County, Indiana, Monday. Indiana State Police said it happened around 10 p.m. when Jefferson County deputy James Webster, 51, was driving a county cruiser while off-duty. He was traveling west
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A Kansas City doctor has created a nonprofit to help underprivileged moms have the necessities to take care of a newborn baby. “As physicians, we try and fix the problem and I’ve found that grief is not fixable. It’s something you need to
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A devastating ransomware attack on a critical fuel pipeline in the United States has highlighted the growing threat that cyber criminals pose to the world’s largest corporations and strategic infrastructure. It also raises a thorny question: should companies held to ransom yield to extortionists or resist making payments? Often it’s a choice between regaining access
Continue Reading Entering office, President Joe Biden hoped to shift US foreign policy away from the Middle East and toward areas he thought of as more modern-day threats: China, Russia and cyberspace. But as some of the worst violence in years breaks out between Israelis and Palestinians, the region’s long-entrenched battles are dragging Biden back in, forcing
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With a new demographic now eligible for Covid-19 vaccines, public health officials hoping to fight variants will have to adjust their strategy to convince 12 to 15-year-olds and their parents to sign up for inoculations. “Here we have to speak not only to the patient, the adolescent, but also their parents and guardians to make
Continue Reading The Biden administration is urging Americans not to hoard gasoline as a growing number of gas stations along the East Coast run out of fuel in the wake of a surge in demand following a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday warned Americans against hoarding and improperly storing gasoline
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The owner of a 6-year-old pit bull terrier allegedly stabbed the dog 29 times last December and the Doña Ana County Sheriff wants to know why the case hasn’t been prosecuted. DASO responded to a disturbance on Dec. 15, 2020 between two brothers, including 27-year-old Dagoberto Jimenez, in the 9400
Continue Reading The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved more than 2,585 applications for newly available Covid-19 funeral assistance in the first month after the program launched — but there are many more people waiting for help. The agency received nearly 176,000 applications from those who have lost loved ones to the coronavirus as of May 11, FEMA
Continue Reading The benefits of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine outweigh any harms, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told the agency’s vaccine advisers Wednesday. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is holding a public meeting to discuss whether to recommend Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for use in youth as young as 12. The US Food
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EL PASO, Texas — Thirteen women filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday alleging that an El Paso hotel worker with a known criminal history secretly filmed up their skirts in a hotel restroom during a recent nursing conference. The suit filed against the owners and operators of the Hilton Garden Inn El Paso University Hotel and
Continue Reading Caitlyn Jenner is attempting to defy ideological definition as she runs to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom in California’s all-but-certain recall election, telling CNN’s Dana Bash that she didn’t vote for former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election — and, in fact, didn’t bother to vote at all. “I didn’t even vote,” Jenner told Bash
Continue Reading As pandemic restrictions ease, and more people get vaccinated and start returning to offices, some restaurants are seeing lunchtime crowds pick up. But this time, things are a little different. Among the changes restaurant owners have encountered: Boozy lunches getting boozier. Attire that’s less buttoned up. And at least one pandemic-era addition — the partition
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Howard University announced Wednesday that alunma Phylicia Rashad has been appointed dean of the recently reestablished College of Fine Arts. The “This Is Us” star will begin her role on July 1 and report to Provost Anthony K. Wutoh. “It is a privilege to serve in this capacity and to work with the Howard University
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST JORDAN, Utah (KSL) — An employee at a school for troubled teens has been charged with child abuse and accused of breaking the wrist of a boy who was acting out. Tyler Haunga Feinga, 21, of West Jordan, was charged May 4 in 3rd District Court with
Continue Reading President Joe Biden faced a crucial moment on Wednesday in what has been shaping up as an important week for his infrastructure priorities, holding his first bipartisan meeting with the top four members of congressional leadership at the White House. At the start of the meeting, Biden told reporters in the Oval Office that when
Continue Reading About the only thing that hasn’t been hurt by the hacking attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline? The company’s market value. If it were publicly traded, the Colonial’s stock would undoubtedly have tumbled. But the 59-year-old firm is privately held, with its ownership split among five owners spread across five countries on four continents.
Continue Reading Kentucky Fried Chicken is rolling out new packaging this summer, joining other major fast food companies that are giving themselves a makeover. The chicken chain said the new look is a “more modern take” on the KFC’s signature red and white colors. Colonel Sanders’ head will still adorn the buckets, sandwich wrappers and cups, but
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Here’s some background information about the NCAA Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball Tournaments. The single-elimination tournament is nicknamed “March Madness” or “The Big Dance.” 2021 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Finals April 5, 2021 – Men’s Finals – The Baylor Bears defeat the Gonzaga Bulldogs 86-70. This is Baylor’s first men’s NCAA basketball title. April 4,
Continue Reading A ransomware group followed through on its threat to release the personnel files of Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers Tuesday after negotiators failed to meet their demands, according to screenshots of online posts by the group that were reviewed by CNN. The group announced the contents of the negotiation chat, which show they had demanded
Continue Reading Rep. Liz Cheney lost her post in the House Republican leadership on Wednesday after publicly rejecting for months former President Donald Trump’s lie that he won the 2020 presidential election. House Republicans ousted Cheney in a voice vote behind closed doors, so there will be no tally of those who supported or opposed her. The
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Gov. Gavin Newsom said California will effectively end its mask mandate next month when the state plans to fully reopen after more than a year of Covid-19 restrictions. In an on-camera interview with KTTV Los Angeles reporter Elex Michaelson posted on Twitter, the governor was asked, “Are we looking at masks after June 15?” “No.
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(CNN) — El ex quarterback universitario Colt Brennan murió esta semana en un hospital de California, confirmó su familia a CNN. «Había estado en un centro de rehabilitación a largo plazo», dijo el martes a CNN la hermana de Brennan, Carrera Shea. «Desafortunadamente, recayó». Colt Brennan, de 37 años, fue declarado muerto en el Hospital
Continue Reading When Rep. Liz Cheney delivered her defiant speech Tuesday on the eve of the vote to oust her from Republican leadership, she brought with her a symbolic token: a lapel pin depicting George Washington’s traditional battle flag. The flag sets 13 stars on a blue field and is said to have flown over Washington’s headquarters
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