By SHAWN CHITNIS Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — EDUCATION South Bay high school student creates TechPower4All to bring more girls, low-income students into tech sanfrancisco BY SHAWN CHITNIS JULY 18, 2023 / 3:37 PM / CBS SAN FRANCISCO A lack of diversity in coding classes inspired a teenager in
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Shares of Carvana, the online used-car seller known for its tall, glass car-vending machines, closed the trading day on Wednesday up by more than 40% after the company reached a debt restructuring agreement. The Phoenix-based company will reduce its outstanding debt by more than $1.2 billion, according
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Este miércoles apareció un video que parece mostrar al fundador del grupo mercenario Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, saludando a sus combatientes en Belarús, en lo que sería su primera aparición pública desde que lideró una rebelión armada en Rusia el mes pasado. “¡Bienvenidos chicos! Me alegra saludaros a todos. ¡Bienvenidos a
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — As stores struggle with retail crime, a Walgreens pharmacy in San Francisco has appeared to chain up its freezer section in an attempt to thwart shoplifters. Chains have been spotted in front of freezers at the Walgreens location on Geary Boulevard
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Katharina Krebs, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Paul P. Murphy and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — A video emerged on Wednesday that appears to show Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin greeting his fighters in Belarus, in what would be his first public appearance since he led an armed rebellion in Russia last month. “Welcome guys! I
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Butler Area School District has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over contaminated water in one of its schools. The suit claimed that the district allowed students to drink water with lead and copper in it in 2016 and 2017.
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Wilson and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley are introducing bipartisan legislation that would prevent members of the executive and legislative branches — as well as their spouses and children — from trading individual company stocks. The legislation will also ban blind
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has denied Donald Trump’s request for a new trial in the E. Jean Carroll case – finding the jury who found that the former president sexually abused and defamed Carroll did not reach a “seriously erroneous result.” “The jury in this case did not reach ‘a
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend Erica Herman has dropped her lawsuit filed in October 2022, which alleged that a trust owned by the 47-year-old golfer violated the Florida Residential Landlord Tenant Act by breaking an oral tenancy agreement, and which sought damages “in excess of $30,000,000,” according to
Continue ReadingBy TOM IGNUDO, ROSS DIMATTEI, KERRI CORRADO Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Five people were injured in a drive-by mass shooting at a vigil for a gunshot victim in Philadelphia’s Feltonville section Tuesday night, police said. Police said the vigil was for a homicide victim in the Feltonville area from
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Prague, Czech Republic (CNN) — It was a rare moment when the publicly visible Kremlin matched the reality behind closed doors. That is according to the head of Britain’s MI6, who in a rare speech in Prague, gave the first confirmation from Western intelligence that private military group Wagner boss
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard are the first set of twins to play at the British Open. They are 22-year-old Danes. Ask Nicolai and he says he has a slightly thinner face than his brother and he has shorter hair at the moment. There’s barely anything
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya have opened fire on protesters calling for the government of President William Ruto to lower the cost of living. At least 12 protesters have been wounded, many of them shot by police. The opposition called for three days of countrywide protests starting Wednesday
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un marinero australiano que pasó meses a la deriva en el océano Pacífico junto a su adorada perra relató su extraordinaria historia de supervivencia a base de pescado crudo y agua de lluvia, tras haber conseguido finalmente volver sano y salvo a tierra firme. Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, de 54 años,
Continue ReadingMAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — High-water rescue crews pulled people from flooded homes and vehicles Wednesday in Kentucky, where waves of thunderstorms prompted flash flood warnings and watches. A search continued for two children swept away after torrential rains in the northeastern United States. The National Weather Service issued flash flood watches and warnings, estimating that
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Five European Union countries will extend their ban on Ukrainian grain to protect their farmers’ interests. But agriculture ministers from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania said Wednesday that but food can still move through their land to parts of the world in need after Russia pulled out of a deal
Continue ReadingBy Rayvin Bleu and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story GRAND BLANC, Michigan (WNEM) — A Grand Blanc School Board member has been charged for her reported role in a scheme to pick a fake slate of electors in the 2020 presidential election. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has charged 16 people
Continue ReadingThe deadline for Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of video game company Activision Blizzard has been extended as the companies seek to close a deal that has been challenged by regulators in the U.S., as well as by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority. Microsoft believes that pushing back the deadline to Oct. 18 will provide
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Wrenching testimony from family members of the victims caused jurors to get emotional Tuesday, with some shedding tears during the second day of the final phase of the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting trial. Prosecutors continued to call on family members of the 11 worshippers who were shot and killed
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The upper house of Russia’s parliament has unanimously approved a bill outlawing gender-affirming procedures and sent the measure to President Vladimir Putin to be signed into law. The move extends the Kremlin’s drive to protect what it views as the country’s traditional values. The bill, which already was approved in the lower
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