By Iris Salem, Joy Benedict and Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, California (KCAL, KCBS) — One person is dead after two small planes collided mid-air in Lancaster on Sunday afternoon. It happened at around 1 p.m. in the skies over 50th Street East and E. Avenue E, according to the
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By Michelle Watson and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Two men in New York have been charged with distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that allegedly caused the death of transgender activist Cecilia Gentili in February, prosecutors announced Monday. “Cecilia Gentili, a prominent activist and leader of the New York transgender community was tragically poisoned in her Brooklyn
Continue Reading By Andrew Ramos Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — ShotSpotter expired at midnight in Chicago. While Mayor Brandon Johnson is searching for an alternative gunfire detection system, on Sunday, the city announced that it is now accepting recommendations. Despite the fight to keep ShotSpotter in Chicago, the service was decommissioned at
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the Supreme Court on Monday to keep his name on New York’s presidential ballot, even though he suspended his campaign in August and backed former President Donald Trump. In an emergency appeal, Kennedy argued that New York voters who signed petitions supporting him “have a constitutional
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AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Many years into their marriage, Stephen and Evie Colbert suddenly became co-workers. And that is why, in a roundabout way, we have their first cookbook. During the pandemic, Evie helped keep her husband’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on the air at CBS while the couple hunkered
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is suing ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving the public for half a century by promising that recycling would address the global plastics pollution crisis. His office filed a lawsuit Monday. It’s separate from a complaint filed by nonprofit environmental organizations. ExxonMobil is one of the world’s largest producers of
Continue Reading By Alexandra Simon Click here for updates on this story CHESTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Attorneys representing former “Jackass” star and Chester County native Bam Margera said he will undergo a court-ordered addiction evaluation after violating his probation. Following a preliminary hearing Monday morning, attorneys William Brennan and Michael van der Veen described the latest
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A new analysis of dozens of arrowheads is helping researchers piece together a clearer portrait of the warriors who clashed on Europe’s oldest known battlefield 3,250 years ago. The bronze and flint arrowheads were recovered from the Tollense Valley in northeast Germany. Researchers first uncovered the site in 1996
Continue Reading By Ken Molestina, Lexi Salazar, Peter Hull and Katie Standing Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS (KTVT) — Most Sundays you can find them playing on different community baseball fields around North Texas. Founded about a year ago, the Latin American Baseball League (Liga Latinoamericana de Béisbol, in Spanish) is made up
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday said “a woman can do anything a man can do … including being president of the United States,” as he welcomed the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League champions Gotham FC, the first time in the league’s 11-year history that a team has received an invite.
Continue Reading By John Ramos Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — A’s fans are counting down the team’s final days in Oakland and, at Sunday’s matchup with the Yankees, most were putting aside their anger to reminisce about the good times tailgating at the Coliseum. If anyone had a right to be
Continue Reading Associated Press ROME (AP) — The trial into the brutal killing of a 22-year-old woman has started in Italy. The case shocked the country and fueled debate over the cultural roots of surging gender-based violence. Authorities say Giulia Cecchettin’s 22-year-old ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta has confessed to fatally stabbing her in Fosso near Venice on Nov.
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urielblanco (CNN) — Los delitos violentos disminuyeron en todo Estados Unidos el año pasado, según las nuevas estadísticas del FBI, que muestran una drástica caída en el número de asesinatos. Los datos muestran que los asesinatos y homicidios culposos disminuyeron en Estados Unidos casi un 12% de 2022 a 2023, el mayor descenso en décadas,
Continue Reading Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Attorneys for the U.S. Naval Academy say the officer training school should be allowed to continue using race as an admissions factor because prioritizing diversity in the military makes it stronger, more effective and more widely respected, according to recent court filings and testimony during an ongoing civil trial in
Continue Reading By Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story SHAWNEE, Kansas (KMBC) — Halley Vincent, the youngest indie bookstore owner in America at just 15 years old, is searching for a new location for her store, Seven Stories Bookstore, in Shawnee after her current building was sold. “We had a lot of people who
Continue Reading AP Business Writer Working five days a week has long been the corporate cultural norm. But some companies are exploring the option of letting employees work four days a week. The chief executive of an organization that promotes the idea says they’re hoping to reduce workplace burnout and retain talent seeking a better work-life balance.
Continue Reading By Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Monday alleging the company carried out a “decades-long campaign of deception” in which the oil and gas giant misled the public on the merits of plastic recycling. The complaint accuses the company of using slick marketing and misleading
Continue Reading By Carolina Estrada Click here for updates on this story FAIR OAKS, California (KCRA) — Earlier this year, Renee Kumamoto planned to build a small home in her backyard. She hired the Fair Oaks-based company, Anchored Tiny Homes and paid them $168,000 to build the accessory dwelling unit. “We refinanced our house at a high
Continue Reading By Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A man convicted of a deadly 1992 robbery at an Oklahoma City convenience store faces his execution date this week after the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended his clemency in August. Emmanuel Littlejohn claims he did not kill convenience
Continue Reading By Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story MOORE, Oklahoma (KOCO) — At a Southmoore football game on Thursday, a 7-year-old girl named Scout lived out her dream of singing in front of a huge crowd. It takes a lot of guts to sing the national anthem publicly, much less do it when
Continue Reading AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of Broadway, circle this date: This season’s Tony Awards will take place on June 8 at its familiar home of Radio City Music Hall. Producers of the show announced the date and location Monday. For the last few years, the telecast has bounced around the city —
Continue Reading CNN By Pamela Brown, Jeremy Herb and Shoshana Dubnow, CNN Washington (CNN) — Melania Trump has barely been seen on the campaign trail this year. One of the few times she has appeared at a political event, she’s received a six-figure paycheck – a highly unusual move for the spouse of a candidate. The former
Continue Reading By Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — The Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections said Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, was misspelled as “Tom” Walz in some ballots that were emailed to overseas voters last Friday. “The error was isolated to 257 electronic ballots,” the Florida county’s elections supervisor Wendy Sartory Link,
Continue Reading By Spencer Tracy Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — Brightline is marking one year of high-speed rail service connecting Orlando to South Florida. Since launching, the demand for the service has continued to grow, as Brightline has carried millions of passengers over millions of miles. Barbara Drahl, Brightline’s senior vice
Continue Reading Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters have issued hurricane watches for parts of Cuba and Mexico as a cluster of storms located south of the Cayman Islands could strengthen in upcoming days as it moves north toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance may become Hurricane Helene on Wednesday
Continue Reading CNN By Dianne Gallagher and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Several top operatives on Republican Mark Robinson’s campaign for North Carolina governor have stepped down, just days after a CNN report uncovered inflammatory comments the candidate made on a porn website. Robinson’s campaign announced Sunday evening that general consultant and senior adviser Conrad Pogorzelski III, campaign manager Chris Rodriguez, finance director
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s new president accused Israel on Monday of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying “traps” to lead his country into a broader conflict. Masoud Pezeshkian told about two dozen media representatives that Iran doesn’t want to see the current war in Gaza and airstrikes across
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Erik Menendez is slamming the “dishonest portrayal” of his life in Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” Menendez was convicted with his older brother, Lyle, of the fatal 1989 shootings of their parents Kitty and Jose Menendez. The two brothers, who are serving life sentences for
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Violent crime declined across the United States last year, according to new statistics from the FBI, including a dramatic drop in the number of murders. The data show murder and non-negligent manslaughter dropped in the United States nearly 12% from 2022 to 2023 – the largest decline in decades,
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — An area of thunderstorms in the Caribbean is expected to develop into Hurricane Helene and rapidly intensify over the exceptionally warm Gulf of Mexico before slamming into the United States’ Gulf Coast later this week as a major hurricane. The storm has not formed yet but is expected
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