By Jonathan Ayestas Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The California Trucking Association is suing the state’s Air Resources Board over new regulation affecting big rigs. The association in its lawsuit claims that California cannot begin regulating trucking emissions without getting permission from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. California’s
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has found Italy violated the human rights of residents living in and around Naples by failing to manage a 15-year garbage and pollution crisis. The verdict announced Thursday is the second major one in recent years finding that Italy’s failure to collect, treat and dispose of tons
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A bottle of what Sotheby’s is calling “the most sought-after Scotch whisky” is set to go up for auction next month, with an estimated price of up to 1.2 million pounds ($1.4 million), the auction house said Thursday. It said the 96-year-old bottle of single malt from distiller Macallan — The Macallan
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ISLETON, California (KCRA) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 hit near Isleton, California, on Wednesday morning, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake struck about 2.7 miles southwest of Isleton just before 9:30 a.m. USGS reported its depth as 6.7 miles. USGS
Continue ReadingBy Brooke Withrow Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — The Oklahoma City Zoo announced the birth of an endangered giraffe calf. This was the 58th giraffe to be born at the zoo and the first birth in the new Expedition Africa giraffe habitat. The female calf was born on Oct.
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Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The Guardian newspaper has fired longtime editorial cartoonist Steve Bell after refusing to run a caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that critics said drew on antisemitic imagery. Bell has contributed to The Guardian since 1983. The decision comes after Bell depicted Netanyahu holding a scalpel and preparing to cut a
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are considered hazardous waste. For years, the debate surrounding vaping largely centered on its risks for high
Continue ReadingBy NICOLAS GARRIGA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press ARRAS, France (AP) — Loved ones and colleagues have mourned and celebrated the life of a French-language teacher stabbed to death in a school attack blamed on a suspected Islamic extremist. Dominique Bernard was remembered at his funeral service Thursday as a sensitive, crowd-shy man who loved
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — In a workplace that’s become increasingly dominated by instant messaging apps like Slack, global banks (and regulators) are taking unprecedented steps to police how their employees communicate. HSBC is blocking staff from texting on their work phones, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN. The
Continue ReadingBy Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — A State Department official has resigned from the agency over the Biden administration’s approach to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the official announced on LinkedIn Wednesday. Josh Paul, who said he has worked in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs for more than 11 years, said in his
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Nestlé plans to close a plant in Ireland that makes baby formula, citing a sharp drop in China’s birth rate, in a fresh example of the far-reaching implications of China’s demographic crisis. The world’s largest food company said Wednesday that it would shut its Wyeth Nutrition infant formula
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that soaring bond yields could help the Fed slow the economy, further cooling inflation and the possibly signaling the end of rate hikes. But he stopped short of declaring victory, citing the economy’s resilience. “Tight policy is putting downward pressure
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The Algerian Football Federation (FAF) has suspended all its soccer matches amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group, Hamas. The FAF announced on Wednesday the suspensions were a way of showing “solidarity” with Palestinians. “Expressing its solidarity with the resistant brotherly Palestinian
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — John Stamos reveló en una nueva entrevista este miércoles que es un sobreviviente de abuso sexual. Hablando con People, Stamos dio más detalles sobre un extracto de sus próximas memorias “If You Would Have Told Me”, en el que reflexiona sobre el abuso que sufrió cuando era niño por parte de
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Nethlerlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court is dropping about 20 charges of murder, extermination, deportation, torture and persecution against a former government minister from the Central African Republic. The court cited a lack of evidence and available witnesses. The court’s chief prosecutor issued a statement saying he
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of people are being evacuated from their homes and schools have closed in parts of Scotland, as much of northern Europe braces for stormy weather, heavy rain and gale-force winds from the east. The U.K.’s weather forecaster, the Met Office, issued a
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Voters are casting ballots in two special elections in England that could add more misery to the beleaguered governing Conservative Party. The Conservatives won both Tamworth in central England and Mid-Bedfordshire, north of London, by large margins during the last national election in 2019. But both constituencies’
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An artificial intelligence innovation recently deciphered one word from the famously indiscernible 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scrolls. The documents, which were burned in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, would crumble if anyone attempted to unroll them and were considered to be nearly illegible — until now. Here’s what
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Hello friends and Central Oregonians, Happy Thursday! There’s more sunshine in the forecast today. Sunny skies in addition to a very warm southwest airflow will result in a continuation of our current warming pattern. The area of high pressure we’ve been watching is centered across the West Coast of the US. Today it continues to
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