By Courtney Carpenter Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On Wednesday, Houston, Harris County, and a citizen’s group called Bayou City Initiative came together to say they have given Union Pacific a 90-day notice of their intent to sue as they seek environmental justice for Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For more than a decade, US Bank pressured its employees to open fake accounts in their customers’ names in order to meet unrealistic sales goals, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday, in a case that is deeply similar to the sales practices scandal uncovered
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN The eldest grandchild of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden has announced she will be married in a ceremony on the White House’s South Lawn later this year. In a tweet Thursday, Naomi Biden provided an update to her nuptial plans. “Sooo not sure how best to update but
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER, REBECCA REYNOLDS and TIMOTHY D. EASLEY Associated Press JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Torrential rains unleashed devastating floods in Appalachia on Thursday, as fast-rising water killed at least three people in Kentucky and sent people scurrying to rooftops to be rescued. Water gushed from hillsides and flooded out of streambeds, inundating homes, businesses
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Kevin Conlon, CNN For months leading up to the Parkland massacre, Nikolas Cruz searched the internet for information and videos about mass shootings, leaving behind YouTube comments expressing his desire to “kill people,” according to testimony in the penalty phase of his trial. Broward County Sheriff’s Office Detective Nick Masters, an
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers says he expects the Green Bay Packers offense to face plenty of adversity during the preseason as it lines up against a defense that seems far more settled. The four-time MVP quarterback believes that could prove beneficial in the long run. Rodgers
Continue ReadingOXNARD, Calif. (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have signed receiver and kick returner KaVontae Turpin, the former TCU player who was kicked off the team in 2018 before pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend. Turpin is coming off an MVP season with the New Jersey Generals in the rebirth of the United States Football League.
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business There’s a saying on Wall Street that traders often sell the news. Well, that hasn’t been the case with a tiny reproductive health company following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last month. Shares of Evofem Biosciences, which makes a hormone-free contraceptive vaginal gel
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, Monica Garrett and Payton Major, CNN Flash drought conditions intensified in the Northeast and across the southern Plains, causing agriculture concerns across the regions, according to the latest US Drought Monitor released Thursday morning. “Temperatures across the region were generally 2-8 degrees warmer than normal, with the warmest readings occurring in Oklahoma,
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge says that a Republican-ordered, taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election found “absolutely no evidence of election fraud,” but did reveal contempt for the state’s open records law by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and a former state Supreme Court justice he hired. Dane County
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La Eurocopa y la Copa América femeninas, los torneos de fútbol de mujeres más importantes a nivel selección en los continentes europeo y americano, han llegado a su punto máximo y nos esperan grandes finales en ambos casos. En los dos torneos, las selecciones anfitrionas, Colombia e Inglaterra, pudieron alcanzar la
Continue ReadingBy Jaysha Patel Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KABC) — Shakir Manners, also known as Shak, is a muralist. His passion and purpose revolve around art and painting in different communities. Last week, Manners says he was on his way to finish up a mural in South Los Angeles. He
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Selections have been made for the Leadership Bend Class of 2023, a non-profit civic engagement and leadership development program of the Bend Chamber. Leadership Bend exists to identify, develop, educate and connect diverse leaders who impact the Central Oregon region through committed service to the community. Participants are chosen from a
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Opposition lawmakers in Nigeria have threatened to impeach the country’s president Muhammadu Buhari over accusations he has failed to implement recommendations to stem rising violence in the West African nation just as Nigeria’s National Security Council announced plans for a new strategy to end the violence.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Members of the United Auto Workers union have rescinded an increase in strike pay that had been approved earlier in their annual convention. The Detroit Free Press reported that after some delegates raised concerns about the potential cost of the higher $500 a week strike pay it was dropped.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of raping and impregnating a 9-year-old Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion was ordered held without bond Thursday by a judge who cited overwhelming evidence and the fact that he apparently is living in the U.S. illegally. Gerson Fuentes, 27,
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Fernandez Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — The North Las Vegas Police Department’s Explorer Program will soon allow non-citizens to participate, becoming the first in Clark County to drop the requirement. “Get our recruitment numbers up for sure, but more importantly just be all-inclusive for the community,”
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A senior Ethiopian official says the government is ready for talks with rival forces from the country’s northern Tigray region “anytime, anywhere” and without preconditions, in a notable break from the past. The announcement by the security adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came amid hopes for dialogue to resolve the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Hace menos de un año que Cristiano Ronaldo protagonizó su sensacional regreso al Manchester United, pero la superestrella portuguesa vuelve a estar envuelta en otra saga de fichajes. No contento con la situación de su actual club, parece que el jugador de 37 años está a la caza de una nueva
Continue ReadingNYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA is investigating Turkish club Fenerbahçe after its fans chanted the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a Champions League qualifying game against Ukraine’s Dynamo Kyiv. The chants were heard at Fenerbahçe’s stadium in Istanbul shortly after Vitaliy Buyalskiy scored the opening goal for Dynamo in a game the Ukrainian
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