By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 700,000 immigrants living illegally in California will gain access to free health care starting Monday under one of the state’s most ambitious coverage expansions in a decade. It’s an effort that will eventually cost the state about $3.1 billion per year and inches California
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Fuzzy dice finally will be free to dangle in Illinois. Starting Monday, police there no longer will be allowed to pull over motorists solely because they have something hanging from the rearview mirror of the windshield. That means air fresheners, parking placards and, yes, even those
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A Bend man recently convicted of murder in the March 2021 hatchet killings of two roommates was scheduled to go on trial next month in another killing a few months earlier. But that trial could be delayed some time – perhaps even two years –by a legal dispute over the admissibility of his statements to police in that earlier crime.
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Un total de 122 pescadores de caña fueron rescatados con éxito de un témpano de hielo que se desprendió del hielo principal en un lago del norte de Minnesota el viernes por la noche, y no se registraron heridos. La oficina del sheriff del condado de Beltrami dijo que los
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — La Policía Nacional de Ecuador anunció la noche de este viernes que mantiene un operativo de seguridad en la localidad costera de Esmeraldas luego que se registraran diversos hechos violentos, aunque no dio más detalles de lo ocurrido. La Policía dijo que busca a los responsables de los actos vandálicos
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of two parts of an Iowa state law that would ban books and curriculum from schools that discuss gender identity or sexual orientation. US District Judge Stephen Locher’s preliminary injunction was filed on Friday and blocks the enforcement of
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Un joven de 14 años fue arrestado después de supuestamente matar a sus padres y herir gravemente a su hermana de 11 años en su casa en una comunidad rural en el condado de Fresno, California, el miércoles, dicen las autoridades. El sospechoso, que no ha sido identificado debido a
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – St. Vincent’s Place, a just over year-old transitional shelter in Bend, is seeking sponsors while also facing a struggle familiar to many in the region – finding affordable housing for its graduates. So far, the shelter has graduated two residents, with another three on standby, waiting for housing availability. The shelter
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Stacker used IMDb data on 2023’s top stars to showcase the stars who consistently ranked the highest on IMDb’s STARmeter throughout the calendar year.
Continue ReadingRED LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — More than 100 people stranded while fishing on an ice chunk that broke free on a Minnesota river were rescued Friday, authorities said. The anglers were on an ice floe in the southeastern area of Upper Red Lake in Beltrami County — about 200 miles (322 kilometers) northwest of Minneapolis
Continue ReadingBy VINEETA DEEPAK Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood has made a financial comeback this year worthy of one of its traditional singing-on-top-of-the-hills moments. India’s Hindi language movie industry made an impressive recovery after a pandemic-driven slowdown, audience fatigue with big studio productions and Bollywood megastars, and streaming platforms taking away a large chunk
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La cantante mexicana Gloria de los Angeles Treviño, mejor conocida como Gloria Trevi, demandó por supuesto abuso sexual y físico a Sergio Andrade, quien fue su mánager y productor durante las décadas de los años 80 y 90. La intérprete de “Pelo suelto” dice que tras ser víctima de
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Gobierno federal tiene bajo su custodia a más de 11.700 menores migrantes, según datos publicados conjuntamente por el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos y el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (HHS y DHS, por sus siglas en inglés, respectivamente). 11.230 menores migrantes están bajo custodia del HHS y 551 bajo
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — En 2023, científicos del Museo de Historia Natural de Londres y la Academia de Ciencias de California descubrieron casi 1.000 nuevas especies, lo que demuestra que la Tierra todavía alberga muchas maravillas inexploradas. Los descubrimientos se realizaron durante un año que marca el 50 aniversario de la Ley de
Continue ReadingNo new snow officially added to the resorts according to their websites. There will be some patchy fog in the morning Saturday so the roads leading to the snow may be a bit tricky. There is a slight chance for some snow to fall Saturday above about 6000 feet, but the next round of more
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has again vetoed legislation that would have changed the state’s wrongful death statute by letting families recover damages for emotional suffering from the death of a loved one. Hochul declined Friday to sign the Grieving Families Act for the
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Local Republican Party leaders of a North Dakota lawmaker’s own district joined calls on Friday for him to step down after his vulgar comments to police earlier this month during his traffic stop and arrest on a charge of drunken driving. In a Facebook statement, the
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New Year’s is a fun-filled holiday celebration with champagne and fireworks. Whatever the age, it’s also a time to reflect on celebrations past and what the future holds.
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona man was rescued after spending days stranded in the cold backcountry of California’s Los Padres National Forest, thanks to the dim light of his flashlight and the keen eyes of a first responder who was rescuing someone else. The 65-year-old motorist was rescued earlier this week, the
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El empresario de telecomunicaciones y otros sectores Gustavo Cisneros Rendiles murió a los 78 años, informaron este viernes las páginas corporativas de las empresas del grupo corporativo Cisneros, incluido el canal Venevision. “Venevision informa con profundo pesar el fallecimiento del presidente de la Junta Directiva de Cisneros, Gustavo Cisneros Rendiles,
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