By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — What would happen if aliens contacted us? It’s a longstanding question that now has at least a partial answer, after a transmission designed to mimic correspondence from an extraterrestrial civilization made its way to Earth from Mars. The event — organized by SETI, a nonprofit organization with a mission
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A suspected human-caused brush fire west of Sisters Wednesday afternoon was quickly put out by crews from several area agencies, stopping the blaze at about a quarter-acre, the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District said Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Breece Hall still believes he would have been the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year last season if he had been healthy. A torn ACL in his left knee in Week 7 abruptly ended the New York Jets running back’s first NFL
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Rozner Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (KDKA) — New questions are being raised with the New York City Department of Correction after Joshua Valles, who was jailed at Rikers Island in April, died over the weekend. A group rallying for change outside City Hall on Thursday said
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — You’d have to go back a generation — to 1988 — to find the last time a Republican candidate won a U.S. Senate race in heavily Democratic California. This time, the party might get an MVP on the ballot. Baseball legend Steve Garvey, who
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — You’d have to go back a generation — to 1988 — to find the last time a Republican candidate won a U.S. Senate race in heavily Democratic California. This time, the party might get an MVP on the ballot. Baseball legend Steve Garvey, who
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money with those apps for the long term because the funds may not be covered by deposit insurance. That’s according to a warning from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Thursday. The alert comes several weeks
Continue ReadingBy Mike Darnay Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Travis Swaggerty is asking for support and prayers after his wife was diagnosed with a rare and painful blood disease following an attack by a rabid raccoon over a year ago. Swaggerty took to social media early Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer Some North American racetracks have replaced traditional dirt with a synthetic surface made of wax-coated sand, fibers and recycled rubber. Such surfaces could be a potential answer to creating safer training and racing conditions as horse racing grapples with a spate of deaths at Churchill Downs in Kentucky and
Continue ReadingBy Ross Levitt, Pete Muntean, Caroll Alvarado and Greg Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 60% of Spirit Airlines flights were delayed Thursday, according to FlightAware, after technical issues with the airline’s website, app and airport kiosks, but the airline says the problems have been resolved. Spirit Airlines announced the technical issues before 9 a.m. A
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Early access for “Diablo IV” began Thursday night — but the rollout of the highly anticipated action role-playing video game didn’t come without speedbumps, notably for PlayStation users. While the early access launch of Blizzard Entertainment’s “Diablo IV” appeared to go smoothly for many players who pre-purchased eligible editions of the game,
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — An anti-racism group has called on soccer’s top referee to distance himself from a far-right politician in Poland. UEFA says it wants “urgent clarification” ahead of the Champions League final on June 10. Szymon Marciniak has been picked by UEFA to referee the final next week
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LAKE FOREST, Illinois (WBBM) — Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who survived being shot in the Highland Park July 4th parade mass shooting last year, has received a big surprise from the Chicago Bears. Cooper was left paralyzed from the waist down in the shooting.
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Arenas Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a sharp rise in the maternal mortality rate. Women of color are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause. However, Denver Health is doing its part
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY MUTASA Click here for updates on this story PEABODY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Peabody Police are looking for a suspect vehicle after neighbors say the driver deliberately ran down a family of geese, killing three goslings. Detectives said the incident happened Tuesday just before 7:30 am on the 100 Block of Winona Street. Neighbors
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The United States saw a 200% increase in brain abscesses in children in December 2022 following a surge in respiratory infections over the winter. Even with the increase, abscesses continue to be extremely rare, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Brain abscesses are pockets of
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A recent donation of $10,000 from First Story pushed the fundraising campaign for Mountain View High School’s just-opened School-Based Health Center past its goal.
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist who launched his 2024 presidential bid earlier this year, discussed the importance of a democratic election and critiqued the Democratic National Committee over the push to change the presidential nominating calendar in a Thursday address to the New Hampshire
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Thursday imposed financial sanctions and visa restrictions in response to the ongoing violence in Sudan. The announcement of the sanctions comes a day after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced it was walking away from talks with the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following numerous
Continue ReadingBy Karli Barnett Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A crowd of people gathered outside the DeKalb County Jail Wednesday evening to protest the arrests of three people who fought against the future Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Marlon Scott Kautz, Savannah Patterson, and Adele Maclean were charged with money
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