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Year: 2021

California had its worst wildfire season ever last year — and officials are now fearing more of the same

After the worst wildfire season ever in 2020, California is bracing for more destruction this year due to worsening drought conditions and above-normal temperatures. “We had world record-breaking high temperatures in our own backyard in California… 130 degrees in our state,” Governor Gavin Newsom said Thursday as he launched a $536 million funding package to

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Kentucky governor signs partial ban on no-knock warrants year after fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, national protests

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a partial ban on no-knock warrants a year after the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. The law Beshear signed Friday is not the total ban many demonstrators called for — a proposal introduced as “Breonna’s Law.” But it only permits no-knock warrants if there is

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‘The Nevers’ assembles an X-Men-esque series in Joss Whedon’s Victorian England

Setting aside the backstage drama involving series creator Joss Whedon, “The Nevers” begins with an intriguing premise and develops it in such a plodding way that interest progressively fades with each successive hour. The idea of an X-Men-like group in turn-of-the-19th-century London surely has potential, but “The Nevers” needs to get better, sooner rather than

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Alderman calls for federal investigators to look into Waterbury Housing Authority apartments

Click here for updates on this story     WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — After hearing numerous complaints about living conditions at Waterbury Housing Authority properties, one alderman is trying to get federal investigators involved. Channel 3 took the concerns right to the WHA. Waterbury Housing Authority’s Truman Apartments are home to dozens of families, and at least

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GLAAD Media Awards 2021: The winners list

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, virtually held its 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards Thursday. The event celebrates the best in the community, and the comedy “Schitt’s Creek” received the award for Outstanding Comedy Series for a second year in a row. Actress and producer Niecy Nash

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Tiger Woods was disoriented in a manner consistent with shock following his crash, police report says

Shortly after Tiger Woods crashed his vehicle in Southern California in February, responders found him “somewhat combative” as he was being treated at the scene, according to details from a 22-page crash scene investigation report by the California Highway Patrol. Woods was “acting in a manner consistent with someone suffering from shock due to having

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