REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A California utility company has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges it faces after its equipment was blamed for starting a Northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes in 2020. The Shasta County District Attorney’s Office says Pacific Gas & Electric was arraigned
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Ángel Hernández claim Major League Baseball manipulated the umpire’s evaluations, renewing the allegation in an attempt to reinstate the racial discrimination lawsuit he lost last year. Hernandez’s lawyers made the claim to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, trying to overturn the summary judgment U.S. District Judge J.
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beginning Friday and lasting through the weekend, thousands are expected to take part in the “Gambler 500” around the Crooked River National Grassland. The event is an adventure challenge to clean up trash sites across public lands in the area. This weekend will be a great opportunity for community members to
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Information from the first case to be prosecuted under a new law designed to criminalize widespread doping conspiracies has been used to level a four-year ban on a triple jumper from Georgia. The U.S Anti-Doping Agency announced the sanction for 27-year-old Sabina Allen, who competes for Jamaica. Allen tested
Continue ReadingCAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man has admitted to illegally selling unregistered pesticides as a COVID-19 defense to government and municipal entities. Paul Andrecola pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Camden to wire fraud and other charges. A criminal complaint alleges the 63-year-old Burlington County man made and sold pesticides that weren’t
Continue ReadingCAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man has admitted to illegally selling unregistered pesticides as a COVID-19 defense to government and municipal entities. Paul Andrecola pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Camden to wire fraud and other charges. A criminal complaint alleges the 63-year-old Burlington County man made and sold pesticides that weren’t
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — There was a time when the narrative surrounding Jaylen Brown was that he was a redundant player on a Celtics team shaping its identity around budding superstar Jayson Tatum. Calls for Boston to trade Brown grew even louder when the Celtics started the season 18-21. Six
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer Portugal has taken control of its group in the Nations League by defeating the Czech Republic 2-0. Spain earned a first win by edging past struggling Switzerland 1-0. Portugal has jumped to first place in Group 2 of the top-tier League A. It is two points ahead of Spain
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders have remained adamant during their minicamp that they’re establishing their own identity separate from the Patriots, even though their new coach Josh McDaniels has made changes influenced by his time in New England. Raiders running back Brandon Bolden won two Super Bowls
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Brasil ha confirmado el primer caso de viruela del mono, dijo este jueves el Departamento de Salud del estado de São Paulo en un comunicado. Un hombre de 41 años, que ha viajado varias veces a España y Portugal, se encuentra hospitalizado en la ciudad de São Paulo, se lee en
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The NFL’s Washington Commanders once again find themselves at the center of an off-the-field issue that has nothing to do with football, dealing another blow to their rapidly sagging reputation as one of the most dysfunctional franchises in professional sports. The fallout from the latest
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The NFL’s Washington Commanders once again find themselves at the center of an off-the-field issue that has nothing to do with football, dealing another blow to their rapidly sagging reputation as one of the most dysfunctional franchises in professional sports. The fallout from the latest
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A federal aviation accident investigator will be sent to Hawaii to investigate after a tour helicopter crashed on a remote lava field, injuring all six people on board. Officials say the Bell 407 helicopter crashed on a rough lava field near the Big Island’s southernmost tip.
Continue ReadingGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan police officer has been charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head as the Black man was on the ground. Grand Rapids Officer Christopher Schurr was charged Thursday, more than two months after the 26-year-old Lyoya was killed on April 4
Continue ReadingSAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says an oil spill temporarily closed shipping traffic on the St. Mary’s River between Ontario and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Coast Guard said Thursday that the 5,300-gallon spill came from Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The Coast Guard asked all traffic to stay
Continue ReadingSAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says an oil spill temporarily closed shipping traffic on the St. Mary’s River between Ontario and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Coast Guard said Thursday that the 5,300-gallon spill came from Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The Coast Guard asked all traffic to stay
Continue ReadingCNN, WESH By Jamiel Lynch and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A stepfather in Florida has been convicted of child abuse after a restaurant employee last year noticed concerning signs and used a surreptitious note to ask a boy if he needed help, the Orange County State Attorney’s Office announced Monday. A jury found Timothy Lee Wilson,
Continue ReadingBy MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Geico may have to pay $5.2 million to a woman who says she contracted a disease during sex in a car with a man insured by the company. A Missouri Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday upheld the award to a woman identified in court
Continue ReadingBy MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Geico may have to pay $5.2 million to a woman who says she contracted a disease during sex in a car with a man insured by the company. A Missouri Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday upheld the award to a woman identified in court
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, quien asiste a una Cumbre de las Américas marcada por las ausencias de varios mandatarios, defendió el “cerco diplomático” a Nicolás Maduro, cuestionado presidente de Venezuela. En entrevista con Alejandra Oraa de CNN en Español, Duque hizo énfasis en el manejo que le ha
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