By MARIE SAAVEDRA Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — It’s common advice when you’re looking to hire any company: read the reviews. But can you trust them? A company we’ve reported on after a move gone horribly wrong is facing federal charges for faking its glowing reviews, so we’re taking
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El ministro de Defensa de Ecuador, Luis Hernández, renunció este martes a su cargo. “Está tarde presenté mi renuncia como ministro de Defensa Nacional al presidente constitucional de la República, Guillermo Lasso, agradezco la confianza y le deseo lo mejor para su Gobierno y al país”, escribió Hernández en su
Continue ReadingLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech coach Mark Adams has a new contract that includes a hefty pay raise and extends his deal through the 2026-27 season. He led the Red Raiders to a 27-10 record and to the NCAA Sweet 16 in his first season as head coach. The 65-year-old Adams was the AP
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California’s gigantic water supplier has taken the unprecedented step of requiring about 6 million people to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week as drought continues to plague the state. The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California declared a water
Continue ReadingBy Briana Smith Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — The major project to revamp the Ohio Riverfront on the North Side has received more support. Millcraft Investments has been awarded a $10 million state grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. Millcraft spokesperson Molly Onufer said the grant will go
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Nueva York (CNN Business) — En diciembre, Time recibió graves críticas por nombrar a Elon Musk la “Persona del año”. Menos de cinco meses después de ese anuncio, es difícil alegar que la revista no dio en el blanco. Casi ninguna otra persona ha ejercido tanta influencia sobre industrias tan amplias que podrían
Continue ReadingBy Karli Barnett Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A cancer survivor is biking his way through Florida to highlight bone marrow donation. Bob Falkenberg is a volunteer and stem cell courier for Be the Match because he wants to help others going through what he did. He’s in the
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Wroblewski Click here for updates on this story CHATHAM, Massachusetts (WBZ) — From trash to treasure, a local photographer and artist from Cape Cod has been picking up plastic along our coast and transforming it into amazing works of art. Sarah Thornington is the marine debris artist that has a new exhibit currently
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky and Evan Sobol Click here for updates on this story NEW MILFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — New Milford High School was put in lockdown on Tuesday morning, according to the superintendent. Three students are facing charges, police say. Police made one juvenile referral and two arrests in the incident. “The two arrests stemmed
Continue ReadingCHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Police investigating the death of a 10-year-old girl in western Wisconsin say they’ve arrested a juvenile suspect known to the victim. The body of Illiana “Lily” Peters was found Monday morning near a walking trail in Chippewa Falls. Police said her death was a homicide. Chippewa Falls Police Chief Matthew
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN North Charleston, South Carolina, officials are offering a $10,000 reward after dozens of shots were fired in the parking lot of a city baseball field during a youth game Monday evening. Video shot by a player’s parent shows the children looking around in confusion as the first volley of shots is
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Un helicóptero tipo MI-17 de la Armada de México se desplomó este martes cuando intentaba despegar de la pista en el Aeropuerto Internacional General Rafael Buelna Tenorio, en Mazatlán, Sinaloa, en el occidente del país, informó la Secretaría de Marina-Armada mexicana en un comunicado. Según las autoridades, en la aeronave
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Residents of a pollution-choked neighborhood in New Jersey’s largest city say they’re tired of being used as a dumping ground for projects that foul their air, yet exclude them from the economic benefits of industry. In an online public hearing Tuesday night, people from Newark’s Ironbound
Continue ReadingBy BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — NFL draft night on Thursday will include prospects walking a red carpet above the Bellagio fountains, a theater built specifically for the proceedings where they hope to hear their names called early, and the aura of gambling everywhere. It’s a different look for a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN Business) — En una impactante escalada de tensiones con Occidente, el gigante energético ruso Gazprom informó a la empresa estatal de gas polaca PGNiG de que “suspenderá totalmente” los suministros de gas a través del gasoducto de Yamal a partir del miércoles por la mañana, según informó PGNiG en un comunicado
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s navy says a military helicopter on a mission fighting forest fires has crashed, causing non-life threatening injuries to the five marines on board. The accident occurred Tuesday shortly after the Russian-built Mi-17 helicopter took off from a landing field in the Pacific coast city of Mazatlan. The navy says the
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The Bend-La Pine School Board held a work session Tuesday evening to get an understanding and a sense of how students are feeling about school by taking a look at their YouthTruth survey answers.
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Manu Raju, CNN During a meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Monday, President Joe Biden appeared “positive” about the idea of forgiving at least $10,000 in Americans’ student loan debt but did not make a definite commitment on the matter, according to a congresswoman in the room. California
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN A soldier died and two others were injured during a training exercise at Yakima Training Center in Washington state on Monday, the 7th Infantry Division said in a news release. US Army Pfc. Joseph A. Marquez, 20, died following a “single-vehicle incident,” according to the news release. The Delaware native was
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN New audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, obtained and reported on by The New York Times on Tuesday, reveals he expressed concern about far-right House Republicans inciting violence against other lawmakers in the aftermath of January 6, 2021. In the audio, the California Republican repeatedly lamented the inflammatory comments
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