By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators said they are preparing for the possibility of mandatory water restrictions if the state faces yet another dry winter. Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth said the agency is working with state water agencies for the possibility they won’t receive an allocation of
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Scarlett Johansson vs. Disney is over. On Thursday, the actress and Disney resolved their dispute over the lawsuit that Johansson filed against the company in July. The lawsuit alleged Disney breached her contract by releasing “Black Widow,” a Marvel film starring the actress, on Disney+ on the same day it
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Being a nurse means everything to Andrea Babinski, but she is willing to risk it all — the connections to colleagues she likes, the patients she cares for, not to mention the steady paycheck — for a simple belief. Babinski believes that the decision of whether she should get vaccinated against
Continue Reading By David Close, CNN The National Women’s Soccer League team North Carolina Courage fired head coach Paul Riley on Thursday afternoon following accusations of sexual coercion and misconduct by former players who were coached by him. The termination followed a investigative report by The Athletic that published Thursday morning and cites players on the record
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NEW YORK (AP) — Miami Marlins rookies Edward Cabrera and Jesús Sánchez have left the game against the New York Mets because of injuries. Cabrera, a 23-year-old right-hander, came out at the start of the fourth inning because of a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand. Sánchez, a 23-year-old outfielder, left in
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN The FBI visited Brian Laundrie’s family home in North Port, Florida, again on Thursday afternoon amid the ongoing search for him. Two FBI agents arrived to the home in a black SUV and brought a large brown paper bag inside. They did not depart with the
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AUSTIN, Texas — The first draft of a new Texas House map gives El Paso County less representation in the state Legislature’s lower chamber and pits two lawmakers who refused to end House Democrats’ quorum break against each other. The proposal by Texas Republicans, who have majorities in the Texas House and Senate, removes House
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Karina Ruiz, a campaign volunteer and immigrant who raised money to get Senator Kyrsten Sinema elected, says she now feels disappointed by the senator for not ending the filibuster and supporting immigrant rights. She is now joining an organization that is hoping to get Sinema out of office.
Continue Reading By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN When Kyrsten Sinema won her US Senate seat in 2018, she was the first Democrat from Arizona elected to the chamber in three decades. It was a triumphant gain for her party — bolstered further when Democrats took over the White House and the Senate two years later,
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s choice to oversee vast government-owned lands in the West, despite Republican objections that she is an “eco-terrorist.” Tracy Stone-Manning, Biden’s choice to lead the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, was approved, 50-45. Republicans sharply criticized her over
Continue Reading COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers coach Brandon Staley is optimistic that defensive lineman Justin Jones and cornerback Chris Harris Jr. can return to the lineup for Monday night’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Both players have missed the past two games after being injured in the Sept. 12 opener against Washington.
Continue Reading ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The mayor of Alaska’s largest city has apologized for his comments supporting some residents’ use of Holocaust imagery to liken a proposed citywide mask mandate to the oppression of Jewish people in Nazi Germany. Hearings on the Anchorage proposal are happening this week. Opponents of the mandate have been wearing yellow
Continue Reading MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — Investigators searching for an Iowa boy who vanished in May days before his 11th birthday say they have found human remains matching his description in a nearby cornfield. The remains were discovered by a farmer working in a field a few miles outside of Montezuma, where then 10-year-old Xavior Harrelson was
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Giants coach Joe Judge says he expects a tough game against a good Saints team in “one of the greatest atmospheres” his club has ever encountered. The Saints have returned to team headquarters this week from a nearly one-month displacement to the Dallas area caused
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit put on hold Thursday a lower court order that would have forced the Biden administration to stop expelling migrant families with children at the border under a public health authority linked to the pandemic. The Biden administration can continue to expel migrant families with children while the
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La pandemia de coronavirus ha centrado la atención en el papel de la ciencia en la sociedad como nunca antes, y el ritmo de los descubrimientos científicos ha sido vertiginoso. Las mentes más brillantes de la física, la química y la medicina serán condecoradas cuando se anuncien la semana que viene
Continue Reading By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Foxconn Technology Group has struck a deal to buy a massive auto assembly plant in Ohio from a startup electric truck maker. The agreement announced Thursday gives the world’s largest electronics maker an entry into the growing electric vehicle market. Foxconn is best known for making Apple iPhones but has
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By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Foxconn Technology Group has struck a deal to buy a massive auto assembly plant in Ohio from a startup electric truck maker. The agreement announced Thursday gives the world’s largest electronics maker an entry into the growing electric vehicle market. Foxconn is best known for making Apple iPhones but has
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El ministro de Trabajo de Perú, Iber Maraví, negó este jueves ante el Congreso que tenga vínculo alguno con el terrorismo. Maraví fue interpelado por los legisladores y tras su presentación se inició un debate. Podría ser censurado y obligado a abandonar el cargo si las respuestas del funcionario no
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By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans have released their proposals to redraw maps for their own seats. Their aspirations for the statehouse mirrored their plans for congressional representation, which is to keep the party in power amid big demographic shifts. Democrats and Latino advocacy groups and others immediately
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN Former Boston Ballet star Dusty Button and her husband, Mitchell Taylor Button, are accused of sexually abusing several dancers, including a minor, according to a federal lawsuit. Taylor Button was accused over the summer but an updated complaint filed on Thursday also named his wife. Dusty Button was a ballerina for
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has sued New York City’s police department, saying it is illegally keeping the vast majority of officer disciplinary records out of public view. The New York Civil Liberties Union said in the lawsuit in state court in Manhattan that the NYPD
Continue Reading OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a Creighton University baseball administrator was found dead Thursday in the yard of an Omaha home that he had just sold to a realty company. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 37-year-old Christopher Gradoville died from multiple gunshot wounds. Police say they have arrested a tenant in the home, 43-year-old
Continue Reading OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a Creighton University baseball administrator was found dead Thursday in the yard of an Omaha home that he had just sold to a realty company. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 37-year-old Christopher Gradoville died from multiple gunshot wounds. Police say they have arrested a tenant in the home, 43-year-old
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Las autoridades encontraron a una mujer alemana de 96 años que huyó el jueves antes de ser juzgada por cargos de colaborar e instigar miles de asesinatos en un campo de concentración nazi y ahora la llevarán ante el tribunal. “La mujer fue localizada por la policía alemana”, dijo a CNN
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN A 13-year-old student is in custody following a shooting at Cummings K-8 Elementary School in Memphis, Tennessee, Thursday morning, assistant chief of the Memphis Police Department, Don Crowe, said in an update Thursday evening The victim in the incident, also 13 years old, continues to recover at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
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EL PASO, Texas – Lawmakers in Washington are still wrangling over President Biden’s $3.5 trillion proposed social spending bill. If the plan is passed, it could change the top company and individual tax rates, reversing some pieces of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act law that went into effect in 2017. Local financial professional Brian
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported 88 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 33,995 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death toll remains at 1,447. Based on cases from Sept.
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez and Tierney Sneed, CNN The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit put on hold Thursday a lower court order that would have forced the Biden administration to stop expelling migrant families with children at the border under a public health authority linked to the pandemic. The Biden administration can continue
Continue Reading MINNNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Texas man who says he is affiliated the anti-government “boogaloo” movement has pleaded guilty to opening fire on a Minneapolis police station last year during unrest over the death of George Floyd. Ivan Harrison Hunter was accused of firing 13 rounds from a semi-automatic assault-style rifle on the Third Precinct police
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