Illegal pot shops are hurting legitimate marijuana dispensaries, Gov. Kathy Hochul says
WCBS By Ali Bauman Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul says the abundance of…
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Powerful California blizzard shuts down roads and ski resorts as heavy snow and fierce winds slam mountains
(CNN) — Blizzard conditions continued to slam Northern California over the weekend with damaging winds and heavy snow dumping on mountain…
Continue Reading A young girl died in France after a boat capsized on the English Channel crossing migrant route
PARIS (AP) — Authorities in northern France say a young girl died on Sunday after a small boat capsized on the treacherous English Channel crossing…
Continue Reading Haiti declares a curfew as it tries to restore order after weekend jailbreak, explosion of violence
By EVENS SANON and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government declared a state of emergency and…
Continue Reading Democratic infighting roils California swing districts that could be key to US House control
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic infighting is rattling elections in swing congressional districts in…
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Rebuilding Together: Empowering women through home maintenance skills
At a nonprofit organization known as Rebuilding Together, they offer a program called She Builds, where women learn essential skills for home…
Continue Reading Key Northern California highway closed as snow continues to fall in the blizzard-hit Sierra Nevada
By BROOKE HESS and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A major highway was closed and ski resorts were shut down Sunday as…
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Memphis mayor meets with gang leaders to request ceasefire in effort to curb city’s gun violence
CNN By Ashley R. Williams and Victor Blackwell, CNN (CNN) — A record-breaking 398 people fell victim to homicides in Memphis last year – a…
Continue Reading After 10 years of trying, a Palestinian woman had twins. An Israeli strike killed them both
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It took 10 years and three rounds of in vitro fertilization for Rania Abu…
Continue Reading Republican Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas faces challenge from state lawmaker in GOP primary
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican Steve Womack faces a challenge from the right in the Arkansas primary from a…
Continue Reading French police hunt an assailant who attacked a man leaving a Paris synagogue
PARIS (AP) — French authorities are searching for an assailant who attacked a man near a synagogue in Paris. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said…
Continue Reading Tim Scott lost his own presidential bid. But he’s gotten Donald Trump’s attention for vice president
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The biggest winner of the Republican primary season so far, besides Donald Trump, might be…
Continue Reading Voucher expansion leads to more students, waitlists and classes for some religious schools
By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press The Miami Archdiocese’s superintendent of schools says Catholic education is increasingly in demand in South…
Continue Reading Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is granted bail in a Bangladesh graft case
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh has granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a $2.3 million…
Continue Reading Super Tuesday’s dominance highlights how presidential selection process can exclude many US voters
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As an independent, Christian Miller can’t vote in Pennsylvania’s closed presidential primary…
Continue Reading Texas police arrest suspect in abduction of 12-year-old girl who was found safe after 8 days
COLUMBUS, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas have arrested a man suspected in the disappearance of a girl who was missing for eight days before she was…
Continue Reading A chunk of Republican primary and caucus voters say they wouldn’t vote for Trump as the GOP nominee
By LINLEY SANDERS, JESSE BEDAYN and AMELIA THOMSON-DeVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A small but substantial chunk of Republican primary…
Continue ReadingPowerful California blizzard shuts down roads and ski resorts as heavy snow and fierce winds slam mountains
KMAX, KOVR, CNN By Susannah Cullinane, Sara Smart and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Blizzard conditions continued to slam Northern California…
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Windy conditions and chance of precipitation ahead
Good morning and happy Sunday. Today, expect windy conditions with possible patchy blowing dust along the I-10 corridor and east of White Sands.…
Continue Reading Malaysia may renew the search for MH370 a decade after the flight disappeared
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government says it may renew the search for MH370 after a U.S. technology firm proposed a fresh search…
Continue Reading An election for control of Serbia’s capital is to be rerun following opposition fraud claims
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Officials say a key vote for control of Serbia’s capital, Belgrade is to be rerun later…
Continue Reading Rival of Netanyahu visits US, signaling wider cracks in Israel’s wartime leadership
By TIA GOLDENBERG, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuked a top Cabinet…
Continue Reading The former chairman of the state-owned Bank of Beijing is being investigated for alleged corruption
BEIJING (AP) — The former chairman of the state-owned Bank of Beijing is under investigation for corruption, the latest in a series of graft…
Continue Reading A woman clutching an infant is found in the rubble of Ukraine building after Russian drone strike
By SUSIE BLANN and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Western allies to boost Ukraine’s…
Continue Reading Prisoners with developmental disabilities face unique challenges. One facility is offering solutions
By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press ALBION, Pa. (AP) — “You are the Lighthouse in someone’s storm,” reads the message above a mural of a…
Continue Reading Paris Fashion Week: Valentino puts on opulent study in black, as McGirr unveils McQueen debut
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — The gilded salons of an 18th-century Parisian townhouse were the venue for Valentino’s latest…
Continue Reading Libya’s coast guard tried to prevent rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean, a German charity says
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A German charity has accused the Libyan coast guard of threatening its crew members who were rescuing…
Continue Reading Groups file request asking Alabama Supreme Court to rehear embryo ruling
CNN, ELIZABETH GOLDMAN, GOOGLE EARTH, JAMI TATUM, By Isabel Rosales and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Groups representing defendants in the…
Continue Reading Shehbaz Sharif returns as Pakistan’s new premier as Imran Khan allies in parliament allege rigging
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Lawmakers in Pakistan’s National Assembly have elected Shehbaz Sharif for a comeback term as…
Continue Reading Swiss teenager arrested on suspicion of stabbing an Orthodox Jewish man on a Zurich street
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Swiss police have arrested a teenager on suspicion of stabbing and critically wounding an Orthodox Jewish man on the streets…
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