THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Matt Wennerstrom, who helped people flee Southern California’s Borderline bar mass shooting, was killed in a motorcycle crash during the weekend. Police say the crash occurred Saturday in the Newbury Park area of Thousand Oaks. Wennerstrom was memorialized at a vigil Monday night. He emerged as a hero in 2018
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Sizable Ukrainian populations in the US and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are pressuring the Biden administration to act on the growing refugee crisis as a result of Russia’s invasion. The recent resettlement of Afghan evacuees has, to a degree, set expectations among Ukrainians in the US, desperate to have their
Continue ReadingCNN By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Sizable Ukrainian populations in the US and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are pressuring the Biden administration to act on the growing refugee crisis as a result of Russia’s invasion. The recent resettlement of Afghan evacuees has, to a degree, set expectations among Ukrainians in the US, desperate to have
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A planned $5 billion electric vehicle plant that has been billed as the largest economic development project in Georgia’s history is drawing opposition from an unusual source: former Republican U.S. senator David Perdue. A former corporate executive, Perdue is looking to unseat Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp _
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A planned $5 billion electric vehicle plant that has been billed as the largest economic development project in Georgia’s history is drawing opposition from an unusual source: former Republican U.S. senator David Perdue. A former corporate executive, Perdue is looking to unseat Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp _
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate has censured Republican Wendy Rogers, whose embrace of white nationalism and calls for violence drew bipartisan condemnation. Rogers has long faced fierce opposition from Democrats and a handful of Republicans for her offensive comments on social media. Pressure mounted within the GOP this
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: J.M. Smucker, Bank of America fall; Target, Workday rise.
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia state Senate has passed a bill to require a woman to get an in-person exam from a physician before the doctor could prescribe her abortion pills. Senators voted 31-22 for the bill, sending it to the House for more debate. The measure is part of
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Apple has stopped selling all of its products in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, the company announced Tuesday. The company said in a statement that it is “deeply concerned” about the Russian invasion and that in response, it has “paused all product sales” in the country. Apple also
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN The federal judge who presided over Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against the New York Times said in a new written opinion setting forth his decision to dismiss the case last month that the former Alaska governor “wholly failed” to prove her case and that “no reasonable jury” would have found the
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Small particles from tires inhibited the growth and caused adverse behavioral changes in organisms found in freshwater and coastal estuary ecosystems, two new Oregon State University studies found. The findings are part of a continued effort by scientists to unravel the impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics on aquatic ecosystems and aquatic
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders in Congress are grappling with what to do with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The congresswoman spoke at a weekend event organized by a white nationalist who marveled over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the crowd erupted in chants of “Putin!” House Leader Kevin McCarthy
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tapper and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden told news anchors during a lunch ahead of the State of the Union on Tuesday that he has a major message he wants to send to the American people: America and its allies will remain united in their response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the lawmakers gathered for President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address wore blue and yellow outfits and lapel ribbons in support of Ukraine. In a way the colors brought together the room full of Republicans and Democrats. For a nation
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors are recommending that a former Kansas City police detective be sentenced to nine years in prison for the fatal shooting of a Black man. Eric DeValkenaere, who is white, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for the death of Cameron Lamb in December 2019. He was convicted in December
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston is the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball player of the year. She has also been named the league’s defensive player of the year for the third straight season. The top-ranked Gamecocks’ star headlined the honors that were released Tuesday and voted on by the league’s coaches. Her coach,
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — James Harden is set to make his home debut with the Philadelphia 76ers. Harden will be in the starting lineup when the 76ers play the New York Knicks on Wednesday night. Harden was the last Sixer off the court after practice Tuesday. He shared laughs
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Dior’s affirmed feminist designer Maria Grazia Chiuri used the male gaze, as reflected in female oil portraits across the centuries, to make a fashion statement on female empowerment and subjugation. But Tuesday’s feisty ready-to-wear display in Paris, set in the splendid Tuileries Gardens, was also just
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials say a man under a restraining order and not supposed to have a gun fatally shot his three daughters and a chaperone before killing himself during a supervised visit with the girls. Investigators are trying to piece together the father’s motive
Continue ReadingBy TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The messy love life of former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner has become a focus at the U.S. trial over a $4.5 billion scheme to loot the Malaysian investment fund known as 1MDB. Leissner is the star government witness testifying against Roger Ng, another Goldman banker
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