By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — Google’s newest artificial intelligence tool, “Whisk,” lets people upload photos to get back a combined, AI-generated image – even without users inputting any text to explain what they want. Users can input images depicting subjects, setting and style before Whisk combines everything into one image. Whisk is a “creative
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WISC, CNN By Karina Tsui, Holly Yan and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The pre-Christmas buzz and serene sense of safety at a Wisconsin private school were shattered when a student pulled out a gun and opened fire – killing two people, wounding six others and devastating a bewildered community. Now, investigators are digging into
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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Outgoing Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a novel tax on wealth above $100 million in hopes of plugging a budget shortfall and averting cuts to education, mental health services and police. The Democrat said Tuesday that the tax would apply to about 3,400 residents — including Microsoft founder Bill
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman whose disappearance last month sparked a weekslong search complete with grainy surveillance images and tearful family, says she was unaware of “everything that was happening” while she was out of touch. Kobayashi arrived at Los Angeles International Airport from Maui on
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By Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City leaders are partnering with the city’s school district to launch a School-Based Violence Intervention Program (SBVIP). This new program will shift the norms about the acceptability of violence while supporting the safety of Baltimore’s students, according to city officials. SBVIP
Continue Reading By Tom Dougherty Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Over 30 cats were rescued from a home in South Philadelphia last week after their owner died, according to ACCT Philly. The animal shelter says the Philadelphia Fire Department discovered the cats after being called to the home on Mifflin Street. In
Continue Reading By Wakisha Bailey, Paxton Reese Click here for updates on this story MALVERN, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A Chester County teenager is delivering on his mission to give back to his community. Ahead of the holidays, Dom Pecora is starting his mornings bright and early inside his storefront, Dom Fixes Bikes, in Malvern. On Tuesday and
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Amazon Web Services will invest another $10 billion to bolster its data center infrastructure in Ohio. The company and Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced the plan Monday. The new investment will boost the amount it has committed to spending in Ohio by the end of 2029 to more than $23 billion.
Continue Reading By Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KPIX) — An 11-year-old driving a minivan recklessly north of Sacramento lost control and crashed in a rainstorm after evading a traffic stop, the California Highway Patrol said. The CHP said the incident began Saturday at about 10:42 a.m. just north of Oroville in
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Por Jeremy Diamond, Abeer Salman, Alex Marquardt, Becky Anderson, Kareem Khadder y Eugenia Yosef, CNN Hamas fue el último eslabón de las negociaciones sobre los rehenes y el cese del fuego en Gaza en expresar optimismo sobre las perspectivas de alcanzar un acuerdo, en medio de una oleada de actividad diplomática en la región. En
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A district attorney in Tennessee is facing a reckless endangerment charge after shooting a gun several times at a fugitive and hitting a home that had a woman and her three children inside. On Monday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced the grand jury charge against District Attorney Chris Stanford. His
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ST, JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) — Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren is the new Apache County attorney, becoming the first Navajo woman to hold the position. The county Board of Supervisors held a special meeting Monday to appoint a new county attorney following the vacancy left by Michael Whiting, who has been accused of misusing public monies and threatening
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By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — “I hate it.” That was one player’s reaction to the NBA’s new format for the league’s annual All-Star Game. The new-look tournament, announced by the NBA on Tuesday, will feature four teams of eight players competing in a knockout-style competition. The winners of each first-to-forty semifinal will advance to
Continue Reading Por Samantha Delouya, CNN La Comisión Federal de Comercio de Estados Unidos (FTC, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció este martes una norma definitiva que prohíbe a los hoteles y a las empresas de venta de entradas y de alquiler a corto plazo incluir gastos ocultos en el precio total. En lugar de imponer a
Continue Reading By Jessica Gruenling Click here for updates on this story GREENFIELD, Indiana (WRTV) — The parents of Sammy Teusch, a 10-year-old who was found dead by suicide on May 5, 2024 in Greenfield, filed a wrongful death suit in Hancock County Circuit Court on Tuesday. The suit charges the Greenfield-Central Community School Corporation and Greenfield-Central
Continue Reading Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized on a river in central Congo on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, officials and local residents said. The vessel was believed to have more than 100 passengers on board after leaving from the town of Inongo, northeast of
Continue Reading CNN By John Miller, Emma Tucker, Shimon Prokupecz, Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A Manhattan grand jury on Tuesday indicted Luigi Mangione for murder as an act of terrorism in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to newly released court documents. Mangione faces 11 counts, including one of murder
Continue Reading AP Film Writer The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled shortlists in 10 categories, including for documentary, international feature and best song and score. Two musicals, “Emilia Pérez” and “Wicked,” were well represented Tuesday. Netflix’s audacious transgender drug-lord drama “Emilia Pérez” was most named, advancing in international feature, original score, two original
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail. Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian
Continue Reading AP Business Writer Small business owners should not forget about a rule that requires them to register with an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, by Jan. 1. The registration is part of the Corporate Transparency Act passed in 2021. Registering isn’t difficult, but if a small business owner is unaware of
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Several people in southeast Louisiana have been injured after foggy conditions contributed to several car crashes that forced the closure of the 24-mile-long bridge connecting the south and north shores of Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain. Carlton Dufrechou, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway’s general manager, says both spans of the bridge were closed just
Continue Reading By Anser Hassan Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KGO) — Emotional and graphic statements were given on Friday from several survivors who are part of the sexual abuse scandal linked to the Oakland Diocese. Their appearance in court was part of an effort by the judge overseeing the churches’ bankruptcy proceedings.
Continue Reading By J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURG, California (KGO) — A pregnant Bay Area mother among those injured in an airboat crash in the Florida Everglades is detailing the scary incident. Players and parents from an East Bay youth football league were on board. “The boat was wrecked, water was coming
Continue Reading DENVER (AP) — Colorado State and Utah State have filed a lawsuit saying the Mountain West is engaging in “extraordinary and unauthorized actions” to penalize the five schools leaving the conference for the Pac-12. Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Utah State announced in September they planned to join the Pac-12
Continue Reading DENVER (AP) — Colorado State and Utah State have filed a lawsuit saying the Mountain West is engaging in “extraordinary and unauthorized actions” to penalize the five schools leaving the conference for the Pac-12. Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Utah State announced in September they planned to join the Pac-12
Continue Reading Por John Miller, Shimon Prokupecz y Emma Tucker, CNN Luigi Mangione ha sido acusado por el asesinato del CEO de United Health, Brian Thompson, según múltiples funcionarios de las fuerzas del orden. Un jurado investigador de Nueva York votó a favor de acusar a Mangione de múltiples cargos, incluidos homicidio premeditado, homicidio intencional y homicidio
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AP Sports Writer Forget the cost, the frenzied planning and the timing around the holidays. SMU fan Will Howard is living the dream: His beloved Mustangs are in the 12-team hunt for a national championship, and he’s going to ride it to the end. “It’s better than going to Disney World,” Howard said. “Because we
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer Forget the cost, the frenzied planning and the timing around the holidays. SMU fan Will Howard is living the dream: His beloved Mustangs are in the 12-team hunt for a national championship, and he’s going to ride it to the end. “It’s better than going to Disney World,” Howard said. “Because we
Continue Reading AP Media Writer President-elect Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and its pollster for “brazen election interference” in publishing a survey the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris with a surprising lead of three percentage points in the state. The Register’s parent Gannett Co. on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit as meritless
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the incoming Trump administration should proceed cautiously as it considers proposals for new natural gas export terminals. Granholm warns that “unfettered exports” of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, could raise wholesale domestic prices by more than 30% and increase planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Granholm’s statement
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