By KCNC Staff Click here for updates on this story RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — The Oil Springs Fire burning 42 miles north of Grand Junction experienced huge growth Sunday — going from 500 acres to 5,000 acres in 24 hours. “The fire had significant growth today, having multiple spot fires and crossing Highway
Continue Reading By KCAL KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — You know the saying, always the bridesmaid, never the bride. However, one woman turned that stigma into a business. In “the Wedding Ringer,” Kevin Hart plays a best man for hire for a groom played by Josh Gad. Hilarity
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Seamus Fagan, CNN Sports apparel retailer Fanatics said Carl Nassib has the top-selling NFL jersey on its network over the past two days. ESPN was first to report the news. Nassib, a defensive lineman with the Las Vegas Raiders, announced Monday that he is gay. He’s the first active NFL player in league history to
Continue Reading By KCAL KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Christopher Bailey was driving home from work just after 2 a.m. on May 4, 2020 when he was pulled over for allegedly straddling the lanes along Prairie Avenue in Inglewood. The 37-year-old, who works for a company that sorts
Continue Reading By Steve Large Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — The murder of a UC Davis graduate living in Russia has led to lots of questions about what led up to the violent attack. Catherine Serou, 34, first went missing on Tuesday. This weekend, her body was found in the woods 250
Continue Reading By KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND (KPIX) — Two warring gangs from San Francisco appear to be responsible for a mass shooting at Lake Merritt on Saturday, Oakland police said on Monday. Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong said his investigators were working with San Francisco police to find those responsible for
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Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is facing questions over his family’s membership to a private beach club that is accused of having only White members. CNN’s Sunlen Serfaty reports.
Continue Reading By Sunlen Serfaty and Chandler Schlegel, CNN Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is facing questions about his membership at an exclusive beach club in Newport, Rhode Island, after a local news outlet alleged the club has only White members — a charge Whitehouse denies. GoLocalProv, a Rhode Island-based news site, reported Monday that it had asked
Continue Reading By Jenna Reyes Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (WGGB, WSHM-LD) — Five teenagers were arrested in Springfield Saturday morning after allegedly shooting a gun inside of an apartment. According to Springfield police spokesman Ryan Walsh, officers responded to a third floor apartment on Palmer Avenue around 12:25 a.m. for a report
Continue Reading By Ryan Trowbridge Click here for updates on this story CHICOPEE, Massachusetts (WGGB, WSHM-LD) — Western Mass News has heard from viewers who are concerned about a recent uptick in black bear sightings around their homes. Across social media, area residents are expressing their concerns after seeing large bears in their yards. Some said their
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Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN Efforts to update the way Americans vote in local elections were met in New York with some grousing, while efforts to streamline the way Americans vote in federal elections were blocked in Washington. Confused New Yorkers are trying an experiment in ranked choice voting as a fraction of the
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By Jason Carroll and Meridith Edwards, CNN Lewis Echevarria has big dreams of becoming a lawyer, specializing in immigration or constitutional law. An honors student, he was already planning to apply to Rutgers University in his home state of New Jersey. But that was before the pandemic. When students were sent home and everyone switched
Continue Reading Many students are feeling the negative impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had their academic performance. CNN’s Jason Carroll reports.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democratic colleagues on Tuesday that she is creating a new committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, according to a person familiar with her remarks. Pelosi made the announcement at a private leadership meeting and did not give additional details. The person spoke
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EL PASO, Texas – Rocky Coppinger lives by a simple mantra, if you want something in life, go out and get it. For Coppinger, playing major league baseball was a dream, but it wasn’t out of the realm of possibilty. Coppinger was able to have an MLB career, that while short, was still an experience
Continue Reading San Francisco is experiencing a surge in shoplifting, forcing retailers to close. CNN’s Dan Simon reports.
Continue Reading By Keith Allen and Ashley Killough, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday announced he will convene a special session of the state legislature on July 8, according to a press release from his office. Abbott’s office did not release the agenda items for the special session, but said they will be announced prior to
Continue Reading Opinion by Barbara Arnwine, William J. Barber II, Penda Hair, Jesse Jackson Sr. Tuesday’s party-line vote in the US Senate to kill debate on the For the People Act certified the modern Republican Party as officially anti-voting rights. Because many Republicans do not believe they can win national elections when every eligible American votes, they
Continue Reading Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large Donald Trump continues to openly discuss the possibility that he will be reinstated as president, dangerously fomenting the false belief among his followers that this wild conspiracy theory is something other than a total and complete fantasy. In an interview with David Brody for Just the News’ “Water Cooler”
Continue Reading By Clare Foran and Lauren Fox, CNN Senate Democrats suffered a loss on Tuesday when Republican opposition sunk their signature voting and election bill during a key test vote, underscoring the limits of the party’s power with the narrowest possible Senate majority. A procedural vote to open debate on the legislation was defeated by a
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The Democrats’ sweeping attempt to rewrite U.S. election and voting law stalled in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, blocked by a wall of Republican opposition to what would have been the largest overhaul of the electoral system in a generation. The bill, known as the For the People Act, would touch on virtually
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Deanna Hackney, CNN Three people are dead, including a police officer, after a shooting in Arvada, Colorado, on Monday. A bystander and the suspect were also killed, officials said. The officer, Gordon Beesley, was a 19-year veteran of the police department, Arvada police Det. David Snelling told CNN. Earlier, Arvada Deputy
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — En 2009, la superfan de Britney Spears, Megan Radford, leyó una publicación de blog sobre el nuevo arreglo legal de su ídolo y sintió que algo no iba bien. Entonces Radford organizó una protesta sola frente al concierto de la estrella en Dallas, vistiendo una camiseta que se había hecho
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, for the first time, said Tuesday he will support long-debated changes to the military justice system that would remove decisions on prosecuting sexual assault cases from military commanders. In a statement, obtained by The Associated Press, Austin said he supports taking those sexual assault and related crimes
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By Chloe Melas, CNN The world may hear from Britney Spears regarding her court-ordered conservatorship in a hearing on Wednesday. Spears has yet to address the court since her court-appointed attorney, Samuel Ingham III, filed to suspend her father Jamie Spears as the conservator of her estimated $60 million estate last year. The elder Spears
Continue Reading By Keith Allen, Brad Parks and Devan Cole, CNN Wisconsin’s Democratic governor approved a series of policing bills bills on Tuesday, including a ban on the use of chokeholds by officers except in life-threatening situations. “These bills are part of a package of bipartisan policing changes and are only a step toward making meaningful progress
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is expanding the pool of migrants eligible to be processed into the United States that had been subject to a Trump-era policy forcing them to stay in Mexico, according to a source familiar with the plans. In February, the Biden administration began the gradual entry of migrants who
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN The Department of Interior is launching an initiative to investigate the Native American boarding schools that forced assimilation in the 19th and 20th centuries. “At no time in history have the records or documentation of this policy been compiled or analyzed to determine the full scope of its reaches and effects.
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN Disney World is turning the big 5-0, but the resort isn’t letting its age slow it down. Walt Disney World announced a slew of new events, scheduled to begin October 1, in honor of the park’s 50th anniversary. The first is “Disney Enchantment,” a nighttime event in the Magic Kingdom featuring
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered lawmakers back to work in July, raising expectations of another attempt to pass new voting restrictions after Democrats blocked the GOP’s first try with a dramatic late-night walkout in May. However, Abbott did not reveal why he was ordering a special legislative session session starting July
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