By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story TORRANCE, California (KABC) — A small plane that was reportedly stolen from a Torrance parking lot over the weekend was found burned, the plane owner told ABC7. The Los Angeles Police Department said the theft happened in the 22800 block of Lockness Avenue last Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan Airlines has named Mitsuko Tottori as its first woman president following a collision between one of its planes and a coast guard aircraft during Japanese New Year holidays that left five dead. Tottori — currently senior managing executive officer of JAL and the first woman to
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Americans spent at a faster clip in December, closing out a year of surprising economic resilience largely driven by the US consumer. Spending at US retailers rose 0.6% in December from the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. That was a much stronger pace than November’s 0.3%
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, an incoming class of musicians who have scaled the heights of country, classic rock, pop, hip-hop and alt-rock. Steely Dan — co-founded by Donald Fagan and the
Continue ReadingCNN By Zachary Cohen and Kristin Wilson, CNN US Capitol Police are investigating comments allegedly made by pro-Trump political operative Roger Stone in the weeks before the 2020 election in which he appears to discuss assassinating two well-known House Democrats, two sources familiar with the probe confirmed to CNN. The FBI is also involved in
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Two British brothers who broke into a Geneva museum and stole millions of pounds (dollars) worth of Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts have been sentenced to prison in Switzerland. The Metropolitan Police say Louis and Stewart Ahearne were each sentenced Tuesday to 3 1/2 years in a Swiss prison following an investigation by
Continue ReadingCNN By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — An aide who called 911 requesting an ambulance to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s house on New Year’s Day asked that the ambulance be discreet and “not show up with lights and sirens” due to a desire by Austin’s camp to be “subtle.” It’s the latest revelation in what has been a damaging episode for the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Amazon will partner with Diamond Sports as part of a restructuring agreement as the largest owner of regional sports networks looks to emerge from bankruptcy. Diamond owns 18 networks under the Bally Sports banner. Those networks have the rights to 37 professional teams — 11 baseball, 15 NBA and
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Delicate talks to create a new Dutch government around anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders suffered a setback when a lingering immigration issue divided the parties involved in brokering a coalition. People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy senators threw their support behind legislation that could force municipalities
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press KOTAGIRI, India (AP) — Sacred forests and groves are primeval woodlands that different faith communities around the world have safeguarded for centuries as abodes of the spiritual or the divine. Thousands of sacred forests have survived. They’re the church forests in Ethiopia’s highlands, hillside groves considered holy by Catholics in
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press SHILLONG, India (AP) — Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader and entrepreneur was a little boy when his uncle brought him here and said these words:
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A doomsday cult leader and 30 of his followers have been presented in a Kenyan court to face charges of murdering 191 children. Leader Paul Mackenzie and the other suspects did not enter pleas because the judge granted a request from prosecutors that they undergo mental
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN There are looks, there are looks, and then there’s whatever Princess Poppy was serving at the 2024 Emmy Awards. The “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alum showed up in support of the Emmy-winning competition show giving what can only be described as “glamorous troll.” Fabulous green gown? She had it. Movie-worthy makeup and
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British oil giant BP says its interim chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, will be given the job on a permanent basis to replace Bernard Looney. Looney quit after it emerged that he had failed to disclose to the board past relationships with company colleagues. Auchincloss is a 53-year-old
Continue ReadingCNN, WOIO By Sara Smart and Dave Alsup, CNN (CNN) — Police in Elyria, Ohio, deployed exploding flash-bangs while raiding a home last week while a toddler on a ventilator was inside, newly released body-worn camera footage shows, and the mother says her child was harmed during the incident. Footage from eight officers’ body-worn cameras
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Iowa’s Caitlin Clark continues to rack up the milestones as she moved into fourth on the all-time NCAA Division I women’s basketball scoring leaderboard. The reigning consensus national player of the year dropped 32 points in a 96-50 blowout win against the Wisconsin Badgers on Wednesday as she passed
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Erosion has carved huge arches and cavernous hollows into the world’s largest iceberg as it floats through the ocean away from Antarctica, spectacular new photos show. The images were captured by photographers aboard a vessel run by the company EYOS Expeditions, which has been cruising along a section of
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Josh Herting was on a business trip in Vermont when he received a phone call from his doctor that would change his life. On that cold winter day — a decade ago this week — his doctor told him that he had colon cancer. After hanging up the phone,
Continue ReadingBy KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet A growing number of older adults are in debt in retirement, according to the 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances. Among people ages 65 to 74, the share with debt rose to 65% in 2022, up from 50% in 1989. For people 75 and over, 53% report holding debt in 2022
Continue ReadingBy Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks depot in central Thailand has risen to at least 21, Thai authorities said Thursday. Police Col. Peerapoj Rawangbarn told CNN the cause is still under investigation following the blast at around 4 p.m. local time (4 a.m. ET)
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