By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The slayings of six men last week that authorities believe stemmed from a soured illegal cannabis deal have spotlighted the continuing risks in California’s underground marijuana market. Illegal growing and sales have thrived in California despite years of legal operations that were
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE AP Legal Affairs Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nearly 3,500 people have been exonerated of crimes in the U.S. since 1989, and $4 billion has been paid in compensation. But it’s rare for anyone to be held accountable for wrongdoing that leads to flawed convictions. A Philadelphia case could change that. District Attorney
Continue ReadingBy KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — The United Nations’ refugee agency is reporting that one in every eight Rohingya who attempted to flee their homeland of Myanmar and the refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh by boat last year died or went missing. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says 569 of the
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Data from a Japanese auto industry association show that China overtook Japan as the world’s largest vehicle exporter last year. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association reported Japan exported 4.42 million vehicles in 2023, up 16% from a year earlier, while domestic auto sales totaled nearly 4.78 million vehicles. According to figures released
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Relatives of the victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history are imploring an independent commission to prevent such a thing from ever happening again. Testifying through tears at a hearing Thursday, they described gunfire, blood and panic. One by one, family members of seven of
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Pearl Jam blasted out their forthcoming album to a few hundred family, friends, industry insiders and reporters Wednesday, and the tracks showed they are doing anything but mellowing with age. Singer Eddie Vedder, 59, lead guitarist Mike McCready, 57 and bassist Jeff Ament, 60,
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say 3 people were killed and 9 injured in collapse of Boise, Idaho, airport hangar.
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Un misil de crucero lanzado por los hutíes hacia el mar Rojo este martes por la noche llegó a un kilómetro de un destructor estadounidense antes de ser derribado, dijeron a CNN cuatro funcionarios estadounidenses, lo más cerca que ha estado un ataque hutí de un buque de guerra estadounidense. En
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At this moment in the 2024 election cycle, complaining about Fox News — even if for different reasons — may be what unites Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis the most. At conservative America’s favorite news source, the Republican nomination process is essentially over
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO, EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and JACK DURA Associated Press Republicans are challenging extended mail ballot deadlines in at least two states in a legal maneuver that could have widespread implications for mail voting ahead of this year’s presidential election. A lawsuit filed last week in Mississippi follows a similar one last year in
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — A year after a powerful earthquake in southern Turkey reduced hundreds of thousands of homes to rubble, Fatma Kirici lives in a tent with her husband and two grown children, afraid to return to the multistory house they fled that somehow still stands. “Our house is
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, Ella Nilsen and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors.
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — US officials believe there are signs that Iranian leadership is nervous about some of the actions of its proxy groups in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence, as attacks from militia groups threaten to disrupt the global economy and significantly up the risk of direct confrontation with the
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — La policía de Londres está buscando a un hombre sospechoso de arrojar una sustancia corrosiva a múltiples víctimas, entre ellas una mujer y dos niños, en un “horrible incidente” este miércoles por la noche. En un comunicado, la Policía Metropolitana dijo que el sospechoso fue visto huyendo de la escena en
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League have acquired Canadian midfielder Jessie Fleming from Chelsea of the Women’s Super League. The 25-year-old Fleming will join the Thorns pending receipt of her visa, the team announced Wednesday. Fleming has played four years for London-based Chelsea, winning three straight WSL titles
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Two of Donald Trump’s political action committees spent nearly $29 million combined on legal fees during the last six months of 2023, new filings show, underscoring the financial costs of the former president’s mounting legal troubles. It’s an expense the front-runner for the GOP’s presidential nomination
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British police are hunting for a suspect after several people were injured with a corrosive substance in London. The Metropolitan Police force said nine people were injured after a man threw the substance at a woman and two children Wednesday in the Clapham area. Detective Superintendent Alexander Castle said nine people had
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Experian breaks down anonymized consumer credit data to find the average credit score in the US and how that figure has changed over time.
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To find where clean electricity is most prevalent, SmartAsset compared the amount of solar, wind, geothermal, and nuclear operations as a percentage of each state’s entire electricity production capacity to determine the 20 with the ‘cleanest’ electricity.
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