LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles will pay more than $21 million to settle claims by residents of a neighborhood where police bungled the detonation of a cache of illegal fireworks, injuring 17 people and displacing dozens of others three years ago. The City Council unanimously approved the payments Tuesday and the settlements will now
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The sound of fireworks will ring in Independence Day with booms, pops, and crackles, while we know to expect the loud sounds animals do not. “Animals coming into a facility does increase. We get flooded with animals,” said Alberto Ortiz with El Paso Animal Services. 4th of July is a
Continue Reading Associated Press Ariana Madix just celebrated her 39th birthday, and if her last year was any indicator, this one should be full of surprises. The “Vanderpump Rules” star whose boyfriend of nearly 10 years was caught in an affair with a co-star, has turned lemons into lemonade. She competed on “Dancing with the Stars” where
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has plenty of explanations for his terrible performance in last week’s presidential debate. None of them have done much to assuage Democrats’ concerns about Donald Trump returning to the White House. During the debate, his campaign said he had a cold. Then aides suggested he studied too
Continue Reading Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone says he’ll step down from his post next year and return to teaching. Mone announced on the social platform X that he plans to resign effective July 1, 2025. He said he will transition to a professorship in the university’s business school. He
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Spectacular firework displays wouldn’t have the same “spark” without … “fire”. As you prepare to host your IIndependence Day bash here are some safety tips to keep your celebrations from going up in flames. “They could quickly get out of control, especially during this, this time of extreme drought,” said Danny Medrano
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The Texas Tribune Amarillo residents will vote on a so-called abortion travel ban in November, one of the few times Texas voters will have a say on abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. Supporters of the measure, who gathered 6,300 verified signatures to petition for approval of the ordinance, submitted their request
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter will be charged with a federal felony connected to the sports betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban him for life, court papers indicate. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn filed what’s known as a criminal information sheet on Tuesday. The document doesn’t specify
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 205th District Judge Francisco X. Dominguez issued a pair of rulings on Tuesday stopping Texas’ request to shut down the Annunciation House that the state claimed to be operating a stash house. ABC-7 spoke with the Director of Annunciation House, Ruben Garcia. He said immigration is an issue that still
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement Wednesday that certain GM vehicles from the 2012 through 2018 model
Continue Reading A snake in the U.K. has drawn attention to the ability of some female species to reproduce without a mate. The boa constrictor gave birth to 14 babies last week at a school in the city of Portsmouth after having no contact with any other snakes for at least nine years. The process is called
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of a conservative think tank orchestrating plans for a massive overhaul of the federal government in the event of a Republican presidential win said that the country is in the midst of a “second American Revolution” that will be bloodless “if the left allows it to be.”
Continue Reading The Texas Tribune Three years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would take the extraordinary step of building a state-funded wall along the Mexico border, he has 34 miles of steel bollards to show for it. That infrastructure — which has so far run up a price tag of some $25 million per mile —
Continue Reading Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A long Fourth of July holiday weekend in the United States is expected to create new travel records. The Transportation Security Administration predicts that its officers will screen more than 3 million travelers at U.S. airports on Sunday. That would break the record of just under 3
Continue Reading Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland board led by Gov. Wes Moore has approved a $50.3 million emergency contract with a company that removed debris from the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Maryland entered into the emergency contract with Swedish construction company Skanska USA Civil Southeast Inc. in April. Skanska
Continue Reading RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — After weeks of disagreement, Virginia lawmakers have reached a deal to repeal new restrictions on a program that offers free college tuition at state schools for families of veterans who were killed or seriously disabled while on active duty. Senate Finance Chair Louise Lucas and House Appropriations Chairman Luke Torian say
Continue Reading AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials at their most recent meeting welcomed recent signs that inflation is slowing and highlighted data suggesting that the job market and the broader economy could be cooling. Both trends, if they continued, will likely lead the Fed to cut its benchmark interest rate in the coming
Continue Reading BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s highest legal authority has ruled that key provisions of a contentious amendment of the penal code drafted by the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico are in line with the country’s constitution. The legislation, which was approved by Parliament in February, faced sharp criticism at home and abroad. The
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Recent rain hitting the Borderland heavily impacted communities south of the border. Ciudad Juárez, well-known for having heavy flooding during rainy periods, saw flooded streets and cars this morning. According to the Juárez Road Safety Department, crews assisted over 150 drivers last night due to the heavy rain. The Juárez Department
Continue Reading AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. But despite its age, the vitality and fleet-footed movement of Kurosawa’s epic is still breathtaking. To watch it again is to be swept along, all over again, by its flowing action and breadth of vision. Just as
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Once her playing career ended, Jessica Campbell found a new passion in coaching. At the time, she may not have expected it would eventually lead her to the NHL, let alone as the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL franchise. “I’ve had maybe in a
Continue Reading Associated Press Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy has come under fire from creditors including two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. The creditors say they’ll likely ask next week that the case be dismissed and accuse Giuliani of flouting bankruptcy rules. A status conference was held Wednesday before a federal
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia sports radio host Howard Eskin’s employer has suspended him from Phillies home games for the rest of the season after investigations showed he kissed a worker for Citizens Bank Park’s food service provider without consent. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Tuesday that Audacy, the parent company for Philadelphia’s SportsRadio 94WIP, said in
Continue Reading CAMDEN, Ark. (AP) — At least two people are injured and another is missing after an explosion at a defense weapons plant in Arkansas. A spokesperson for General Dynamics says it happened Wednesday morning at its Ordnance and Tactical Systems facility in Camden, south of Little Rock. The company initially called it an “incident involving
Continue Reading Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Suburban Chicago mom Keely Roberts counts the days, not years, since a deadly shooting at an Independence Day parade in 2022 injured her and left one of her twin boys paralyzed from the waist down. She says it has been 730 days since her now-10-year-old son Cooper could chase his
Continue Reading CNN By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Mass shooters generally don’t just snap. Instead, they plot. And many outwardly display troubling signs along their pathway to violence. That assessment from the renowned profilers at the FBI’s behavioral analysis units underpins a new effort by the bureau to inform the public of key warning signs ahead of
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico (KVIA) – A storm Sunday left vehicles flipped, trailers toppled and roofs ripped off on the Otero County side of Chaparral, New Mexico according to residents. Courtesy Joel Aguirre Joel Aguirre lives in the area off of US-54 and said he had the roof of a workshop on his property torn off.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s a Fourth of July tradition for many El Pasoans to celebrate at Red Sands, in El Paso County’s far eastside. Red Sands is a popular attraction for off-road enthusiasts and a place several families go out to pop fireworks every year on the holiday. According to Jamil Moutran, Chief
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant President Joe Biden vowed Wednesday to keep running for reelection, rejecting growing pressure from Democrats to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his readiness to keep campaigning, much less win in November. But increasingly ominous signs were mounting for the president. Two Democratic lawmakers have
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s Temple University says it has hired John Fry of nearby Drexel University to become its 15th president. Wednesday’s announcement concludes a search that had been upended by the sudden death last fall of acting President JoAnne Epps. The 63-year-old Fry has been Drexel’s president since 2010. Temple says he will start
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