Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Italian health ministry has placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning as a wave of hot air from Africa is baking southern Europe. Temperatures have already exceeded 104 Fahrenheit, or 40 degrees Celsius, and are expected to get even higher later in the week. Municipal authorities in several
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By Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story DAVIS, California (KOVR) — Family members of Megan Duncanson, 29, remembered her as a kind-souled woman who never stopped smiling. The UC Davis graduate studied conservation and wildlife biology and was a talented artist. Some of her greatest passions in life also included animals, helping
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette and Sara Tonks, CNN (CNN) — After water overtopped a reservoir dam and forced residents of a small Illinois city to evacuate Tuesday morning amid fears the structure could rupture, local officials now say the situation is under control. Extensive rain on Monday and Tuesday ran over the top of the dam
Continue Reading By Shelby Reilly Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (KOVR) — A plan from the U.S. Forest Service that would allow e-bikes on more than 100 miles worth of Lake Tahoe’s trails is moving forward. “The new designation would open up class one e-bikes and that will give a lot
Continue Reading By Cecilio Padilla Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, California (KOVR) — A driver escaped with just minor injuries after a major crash on Interstate 80 in Fairfield Tuesday morning. The crash happened a little before 6 a.m. on the westbound side of I-80, near the Suisun Valley Road offramp. As seen in
Continue Reading By Louis Mian and Maeva Labbe-Maalouf, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Tate, a self-proclaimed misogynist influencer, has been banned from leaving Romania while awaiting trial, after a Romanian court of appeal on Tuesday overturned a previous ruling. Tate was arrested in late 2022 and indicted in mid-2023, along with his brother, Tristan, and two Romanian citizens
Continue Reading By James Taylor Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — California has set a goal of having five million electric vehicles on the road in the next six years, and training is now underway to ensure there are enough people with the high-tech skills to maintain them. Charging stations are often
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AP Business News Small business sales growth slowed in June as consumers took a pause on spending. That’s according to new data from financial services and payments provider Fiserv. Consumers have been reining in spending as still high prices on groceries and other necessities and high interest rates weigh on their pocketbooks. Nationally, the seasonally
Continue Reading AP Media Writer MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough said Tuesday he was “surprised and disappointed” the news show was pulled off the air the day before and hasn’t received a good explanation about why. The four-hour morning news and talk show, a favorite of President Joe Biden and his fans, was pre-empted Monday in
Continue Reading By James Taylor Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — The Sacramento Zoo has big plans to move to a bigger location in Elk Grove, but that’s not stopping them from adding animals at their current site in William Land Park. Four new flamingos have hatched in the last few weeks.
Continue Reading AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, Robert Lecker has read, taught and written about Alice Munro, the Nobel laureate from Canada renowned for her short stories. A professor of English at McGill University in Montreal, and author of numerous critical studies of Canadian fiction, he has thought of Munro as the “jewel”
Continue Reading By Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — Customs agents say they seized 90 live snails from luggage at Detroit Metro Airport last month. The giant African land snails were discovered after a traveler arriving from Ghana on June 30 was recommended for a secondary examination for declaring that their
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By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s son, Bobby Kennedy III, posted a video of a phone call between Kennedy and former President Donald Trump in which the former president appeared to endorse false theories about the safety of vaccines. Kennedy III posted a brief video on social media Tuesday morning filming
Continue Reading By Erin Hassanzadeh Click here for updates on this story COLD SPRING, Minnesota (WCCO) — Farmers in Minnesota are in a tough spot. Climate extremes, things like floods and droughts, are hurting production and the state is asking them to cut emissions and do their best to farm sustainably. So what does that look like?
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — At first glance, Elon Musk and Donald Trump wouldn’t seem to be natural allies. One has made cutting greenhouse emissions a major business selling point. The other questions the need to cut emissions at all, denouncing most forms of clean energy as at best unnecessary and at
Continue Reading Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Another 200 police officers from Kenya have arrived in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country. The officers arrived in the capital of Port-au-Prince, where gangs control at least 80% of
Continue Reading By Caroline Vandergriff Click here for updates on this story MANSFIELD, Texas (KTVT) — The City of Mansfield officially launched its new rideshare service Monday, thanks in part to the persistence of a woman advocating for her friends with special needs. Brian and David Hogan both work at Mansfield grocery stores, but since the city
Continue Reading KTVT By Caroline Vandergriff Click here for updates on this story MANSFIELD, Texas (KTVT) — The City of Mansfield officially launched its new rideshare service Monday, thanks in part to the persistence of a woman advocating for her friends with special needs. Brian and David Hogan both work at Mansfield grocery stores, but since the
Continue Reading AP National Writer Few athletes will be under as much scrutiny at the Paris Olympics as the swimmers from China. Belated revelations that nearly two dozen elite Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Games — and were allowed to compete with no ramifications — have raised major concerns from
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When a cruise liner-size asteroid comes within 19,883 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth on April 13, 2029, it won’t be alone. The European Space Agency has announced that its new Ramses spacecraft may accompany the asteroid Apophis before and after its safe, albeit rather close, pass of Earth. The
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the Biden administration complied with the law when it declined to grant an extension to Georgia’s year-old Medicaid plan, which is the only one in the country that has a work requirement for recipients of the publicly funded health coverage for low-income people. U.S.
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Los equipos de búsqueda que buscan al adolescente británico desaparecido Jay Slater en la isla española de Tenerife han encontrado el cuerpo de un joven. “Después de 29 días de búsqueda constante, se ha encontrado el cuerpo sin vida de un joven en la zona de Masca” en las montañas de
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Country music artist Ingrid Andress says she was intoxicated during her much-criticized performance of the national anthem on Monday at the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby and will be seeking treatment. On Tuesday, Andress posted a statement on her verified social media account writing, “I’m not going to bulls**t y’all,
Continue Reading By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A man was recovering Monday after being bitten by a shark off Key West in Florida, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said. The victim was spearfishing along a reef when he was bitten on the leg Monday afternoon, the sheriff’s department said in a news release. He was brought
Continue Reading BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The internet influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will no longer be allowed to leave Romania as they await trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. An appeals court in the capital of Bucharest announced that decision on Tuesday, overturning a
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Originally Published: 16 JUL 24 10:28 ET By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story July 16, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has received a significant boost with the release of new data showing a dramatic decrease in border arrests. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Covid-19 levels have been rising in the United States again. Emergency department visits associated with Covid-19 have been trending up for weeks, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most recent data shows that during the week ending July 6 there was a 23.5% increase in emergency
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El Paso, TX (KVIA) — El Paso Community College is partnering with the El Paso Community Foundation to provide backpacks filled with school supplies for 1,200 students at area K-12 schools through its annual School Store event. What: EPCC The School StoreWhere: EPCC Cafeteria Annex, Valle Verde Campus, Building C, 919 Hunter Drive, El Paso,
Continue Reading CNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday night in Milwaukee. Here are some of the most noteworthy falsehoods from night one of the RNC. Trump makes false claims about election fraud in RNC video The Republican National Convention played a video in which former President Donald Trump urged Republicans
Continue Reading Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at a European Union-backed court have convicted a former Kosovo Liberation Army fighter with involvement in the murder of one person and the illegal detention and torture of nearly 20 more during his country’s war for independence from Serbia in 1999. Pjetër Shala, also known by the
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