By KFSN Staff Click here for updates on this story FRESNO COUNTY, California (KFSN) — A woman and her dog are dead after Fresno County deputies say they were killed by a fallen powerline. It happened just before 5 am Wednesday near San Mateo Avenue and Highway 180, just east of Mendota. The Fresno County
Continue ReadingBy KFSN Staff Click here for updates on this story TULARE, California (KFSN) — An investigation is underway to figure out how a series of fires were sparked in the Tulare area. Firefighters were called out to at least five fires in the early-morning hours across the city. One grass fire broke out behind the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has issued guidelines for its journalists on use of artificial intelligence, saying the tool cannot be used to create publishable content and images for the news service. But AP still encouraged its staff members to become familiar with the technology, and has
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Bruce Springsteen is taking some time to rest and putting off two concert dates. A message posted to the musician’s social media on Wednesday states he had “taken ill.” The message continued to say that the Boss’ concerts with The E Street Band at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Just as everybody poops, everybody has gas. But the reasons why you break wind can vary, and sometimes it can be cause for concern. “As a pediatric gastroenterologist, I get asked about this all the time,” said Dr. Mark Corkins, division chief of pediatric gastroenterology at the University of
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The pressure campaign and threats against two Georgia election workers figured prominently in this week’s indictment of former President Donald Trump. It marks the highest-profile effort yet to hold people accountable for targeting state or local election officials, many of whom have left their jobs
Continue ReadingBy Sissi De Flaviis, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — A Yukon resident and former employee of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is alleged to have embezzled nearly $20,000 from government assistance funding, according to the RCMP. Melissa Jensen Webb was arrested and charged on Aug. 10
Continue ReadingBy Sissi De Flaviis, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — As an mpox outbreak continues to spread globally, the World Health Organization says Canada is among the top 10 countries reporting the highest cumulative cases to date. From Jan. 1, 2022 to Aug. 9, 2023, the WHO
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — An employee at the British Museum has been dismissed — and the Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation — after a number of items from the museum’s collection were found to be “missing, stolen or damaged,” the museum said in a statement Wednesday. “The British Museum has launched an
Continue ReadingCNN By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Working underground in a Biosafety Level 3 insectary in Tres Cantos, Madrid, researchers at the pharmaceutical giant GSK were frustrated. The mosquitoes they were using to study experimental medicines for malaria had developed a pesky problem: They were becoming resistant to the parasite, plasmodium, that causes the ancient
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd (CNN) — President Joe Biden celebrated the first anniversary of his administration’s signature climate and health care law on Wednesday – and knocked Republicans for opposing the measure during a lively event in the White House’s East Room. “The idea that not one single Republican voted for it, you know, I and
Continue ReadingFONTANA, Calif. (AP) — An off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been fatally shot in an encounter with police officers at a Southern California golf course. The shooting by local officers occurred Tuesday at the Sierra Lakes Golf Club in the city of Fontana, about 45 miles east of Los Angeles. The deputy has
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Last year, as interest rates rose and inflation stayed stubbornly high, total household wealth declined for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. That might sound like bad news, but the numbers tell a more optimistic story. Here’s the deal: The grand total of all the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has confiscated a prestigious Jesuit-run university alleging it was a “center of terrorism,” the college said Wednesday in announcing the latest in a series of actions by authorities against the Catholic Church and opposition figures. The University of Central America in Nicaragua, which was a hub for 2018 protests
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The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday awarded the Friends and Neighbors of Deschutes Canyon Area the “Group Excellence” national volunteer award.
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are investigating a series of hoax phone calls and fake bomb threats targeting synagogues across the country. The threats have been occurring across 10 states to at least 25 synagogues, two Anti-Defamation League offices, including their headquarters in New York City, and three Jewish day schools, according to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled California-based company will pay just under $5 million in fines for discharging wastewater into a publicly owned sewage treatment plant in Mississippi without obtaining a valid state permit. View Inc., a glass-making firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, previously pleaded
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone on Wednesday with American Paul Whelan, who is being held in a remote prison camp in Russia, a source familiar told CNN. The top US diplomat told Whelan to “keep the faith and we’re doing
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story TREMPEALEAU COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Authorities are looking to track down the person(s) responsible for releasing thousands of mink in Trempealeau County. It happened in the Town of Lincoln, between the hours of 11 p.m. on Aug. 11 and 3:45 a.m. on Aug. 12. According
Continue ReadingBy IBRAHIM SAMRA Click here for updates on this story ERIE, Michigan (WWJ) — For Ann Arbor resident Joe Mahmoud, he says Sunday was his first time visiting Erie Orchards and Cider Mill in Monroe County, Michigan. “Have you ever encountered anything like this before?” Mahmoud was asked. “Never to the extent that I was
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