By KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story UNIVERSAL CITY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Thieves ransacked a liquor store in North Hollywood early Wednesday after slamming a vehicle into a folding metal security gate at the store’s front entrance, police and a witness said. The incident was reported about 4:30 a.m. at Ambrose
Continue ReadingCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Legislation to legalize recreational marijuana in New Hampshire has died on the House floor, but the effort by New England’s only holdout state got further than it ever has. The House has passed multiple legalization bills over the years only to have them blocked in the Senate. This year, both chambers
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Legislature is signaling that it could cancel a $400 million loan payment to help finance a longer lifespan for the state’s last nuclear power plant. The votes in the state Senate and Assembly exposed a rift with Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who says
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN SMITH and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The chefs heading Team USA at an international food competition this week in New Orleans are incorporating flavors of their native California in dishes featuring New Orleans regional ingredients. The team is led by Stefani De Palma, who helped the San Diego restaurant
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer McRae Click here for updates on this story Colorado (KCNC) — A female hiker died after she collapsed and lost consciousness in Colorado National Monument earlier this week. Marsha Cook, 54, died on Monday afternoon. According to investigators, staff with Colorado National Monument received a report about 2:27 p.m. on June 10 that
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at outlawing “revenge porn” has been approved by lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate and shipped to Democratic Gov. Maura Healey, a move advocates say was long overdue. If signed by Healey, the bill — which bars the sharing of explicit images or
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story June 13, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — As the CEO of the Black Promoters Collective (BPC), Gary Guidry stands at the forefront of a transformative movement in the music industry. With a career spanning 26 years, beginning with street promotions in college, Guidry has
Continue ReadingBy Tori Mason Click here for updates on this story ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — According to Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office investigators, there’s been a rapid increase in storage facility thefts. Sixty thefts have occurred so far this year. The most recent theft took place the morning CBS News Colorado met with investigators to discuss
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story June 13, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — This week in New York City, BLACK ENTERPRISE hosted its second annual Chief Diversity Officer Summit and Honors, presented in partnership with Fidelity Investments, Merck, and The Executive Leadership Council, the preeminent organization representing senior Black executives
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who once fought for the Islamic State group in Syria after becoming radicalized expressed remorse and wept in court as he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Abelhamid Al-Madioum cooperated with federal authorities ahead of Thursday’s open court hearing. Prosecutors factored into their
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story June 12, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The Fort Bend County Commissioners Court has officially announced the appointment of Monique Franklin as the Interim Director of the Fort Bend County Library System. Franklin’s extensive experience and unwavering dedication to library services position her as
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Photos of a white bison calf in Yellowstone National Park have generated excitement as well as questions: How does that happen? A park visitor said she took the photos earlier this month, showing a fuzzy white youngster being nuzzled by its dark brown mother. Park officials
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story PINOLE, California (KPIX) — A man was arrested in Pinole this week after attacking a staff member at the building that houses the Pinole police headquarters in an incident caught on surveillance camera. Pinole police said in a Facebook post Wednesday that the incident happened
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Una compañera de la escuela está haciendo snorkel en Bali. A tu exjefe lo promovieron en el trabajo (y encima le organizaron una fiesta). Ese chico con el que saliste tres veces fue a un restaurante nuevo con su nueva novia. Tú estás en el sillón, son las 02:00
Continue ReadingBy Luz Pena Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — In San Francisco, the police department is attributing its latest success in combating crime to a network of license plate reader cameras recently installed. About 100 automated license plate readers cameras are live in San Francisco and SFPD says they have
Continue ReadingBy DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took 15 months to act on a whistleblower complaint about the Abbott Nutrition factory at the center 2022’s nationwide infant formula shortage. That’s according to an audit by the inspector general of Health and Human Services. It’s just the latest evidence that federal
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Attorneys for the two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre say they will petition the Oklahoma Supreme Court for a rehearing in their reparations case. In an 8-1 decision on Wednesday, the state’s highest court upheld the decision of a district court judge last year to dismiss the
Continue ReadingANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan, one of former President Donald Trump’s fiercest critics in the GOP, has received Trump’s endorsement in his Maryland Senate bid. In an interview on Fox News, Trump said he’d like to see Hogan win. He also said he believes Hogan “has a good chance to win.”
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story VACAVILLE, California (KOVR) — One of the biggest hurdles for those incarcerated when they get out of prison is finding a job. Without work, many who have been behind bars for years face significant challenges to successfully transitioning back into society. A new program called
Continue ReadingBy Todd Feurer, Darius Johnson Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — The Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $50 million settlement with four men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1995 double murder and spent 20 years in prison before they were cleared. Charles Johnson, Larod Styles, Troshawn McCoy, and
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