By WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Wahlburgers is facing a lawsuit from a fellow Massachusetts company over the pickles it sells in stores. Grillo’s Pickles says the burger chain falsely claims their pickles are “fresh” and “all natural.” But they say lab tests show Wahlburgers brand pickles have
Continue ReadingCNN, KOAT By Alaa Elassar, Paradise Afshar and Ed Lavandera, CNN Federal, state and local officials in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are investigating a fifth shooting that may be connected to a string of shootings involving the homes and offices of local Democratic elected leaders as targets. The New Mexico Attorney General, two state senators, a
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, Paradise Afshar and Ed Lavandera, CNN Federal, state and local officials in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are investigating a fifth shooting that may be connected to a string of shootings involving the homes and offices of local Democratic elected leaders as targets. The New Mexico Attorney General, two state senators, a current county
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The top courts in two conservative states ruled the same day on similar challenges to abortion bans — and went in opposite directions. The 3-2 decisions Thursday in Idaho, which keeps a ban on abortion at all stages of pregnancy, and South Carolina,
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has had his Twitter account reinstated as the United States marked the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Twitter suspended the account of the retired Army lieutenant general two days after the violent assault on the capitol. Flynn
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has had his Twitter account reinstated as the United States marked the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Twitter suspended the account of the retired Army lieutenant general two days after the violent assault on the capitol. Flynn
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A former University of Southern California athletics department official who accepted bribes from the ringleader of the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal to help get often unqualified students into the school as sports recruits has been sentenced to six months in prison. Donna Heinel was also sentenced Friday in Boston to two
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A former University of Southern California athletics department official who accepted bribes from the ringleader of the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal to help get often unqualified students into the school as sports recruits has been sentenced to six months in prison. Donna Heinel was also sentenced Friday in Boston to two
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose 10 cents to $73.77 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for March delivery fell 12 cents to $78.57 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for February delivery fell 3 cents to $2.24 a gallon. February heating oil rose 3 cents to $3 a gallon. February natural gas
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La nueva subvariante XBB.1.5 de ómicron “pasó de ser casi inexistente hace un mes a representar ahora una gran parte de las infecciones totales” y está “aumentando rápidamente”, dijo este viernes el doctor Ashish Jha, coordinador de la respuesta de la Casa Blanca ante el covid-19. En una entrevista con Kate Bolduan
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA NAKANO Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND (KPIX) — Residents of an East Oakland apartment complex haven’t been able to return home since New Year’s Day after storm waters flooded their garage and knocked out power to the building. Upended from their routine and staying at a hotel, children who lived
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The OSAA high school basketball season is more than a month in, and some local teams have begun to separate themselves.
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan attorney general says there’s “clear evidence” to pursue charges against pro-Donald Trump Republicans who claimed they were the state’s presidential electors in 2020. Dana Nessel is reopening the investigation after referring the matter to federal prosecutors last year. No action has been taken at the
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s newly minted state House speaker is moving to make his major policy goal regarding victims of child sexual abuse to be the chamber’s urgent priority. Speaker Mark Rozzi on Friday backed Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement of an immediate special session to consider a constitutional amendment
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A Damar Hamlin, safety de los Bills de Buffalo, le fue retirado del tubo de respiración durante la noche y “continúa progresando notablemente en su recuperación”, dijo el equipo este viernes por la mañana, cuatro días después del paro cardíaco del jugador de 24 años durante el partido. “Su función neurológica
Continue ReadingBy GISELA SALOMON, ELLIOT SPAGAT and AMY TAXIN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Migrants and asylum seekers fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries have increasingly found that protections in the United States are available to those with money or the savvy to find someone to vouch for them financially. President Joe Biden announced
Continue ReadingBy Adrienne Moore Click here for updates on this story TAHOE, California (KOVR) — Secure your crawl spaces. That’s been the message from the Bear League for months now. The problem is that many homeowners in Tahoe aren’t listening. In some cases, it’s led to thousands of dollars worth of damage to their properties. Bears
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Friday approved a closely watched Alzheimer’s drug that modestly slows the brain-robbing disease, albeit with potential safety risks that patients and their doctors will have to carefully weigh. The drug, Leqembi, is the first that’s been convincingly shown to slow the decline
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Brenda Goodman, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval Friday for the Alzheimer’s disease drug lecanemab, one of the first experimental dementia drugs to appear to slow the progression of cognitive decline. “Alzheimer’s disease immeasurably incapacitates the lives of those who suffer from it and has devastating effects
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Former Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s border barrier of shipping containers has been largely dismantled in time for a new Democratic administration, costing tens of millions of dollars over just a few months as they were set up and taken down again. Removal of the hulking red,
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