The heat continues, fire danger remains high, air quality is poor, 80s late week
The pattern of heat and dry conditions continue through the middle of the week as highs will stay above 90° until Wednesday. The record of 19…
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Embracing their identity, 1500m champion Nikki Hiltz embarks on first Olympics
Nikki Hiltz has qualified for their first Olympic Games. And Hiltz has done so on the heels of a life-changing three years after coming out as…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans civil rights icon Tessie Prevost dead at 69
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Funeral services will be held Saturday for one of four Black women who helped integrate New Orleans public schools when they…
Continue ReadingCalls for Maya Rudolph to reprise her Kamala Harris on ‘SNL’ are flooding social media
NEW YORK (AP) — Will Maya Rudolph’s “funt,” aka Vice President Kamala Harris, be back on “Saturday Night Live?” Speculation has been…
Continue ReadingBiden continues to recover from COVID-19, stays out of public view after ending his 2024 campaign
Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor says President Joe Biden’s “symptoms have almost…
Continue ReadingPlane crashes near the site of an air show in Wisconsin, killing the 2 people on board
NEKIMI, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a plane crashed in a Wisconsin farm field near the site of an air show, killing the two people on board. The…
Continue Reading‘The Simpsons’ are once again getting credit for predicting American politics
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Could “The Simpsons” please start sharing some lottery numbers? TV’s longest running series is once…
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EPA awards Oregon DEQ $195 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant
SEATTLE (KTVZ) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday the general competition selection of the Oregon Department of…
Continue ReadingLeBron James será el abanderado masculino de EE.UU. en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024
urielblanco (CNN) — La leyenda de la NBA LeBron James fue elegido como el abanderado masculino del Equipo de Estados Unidos (Team USA) para la…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court declines to halt former Colorado official’s trial on charges related to election security breach
By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request from a former Colorado county clerk to halt her upcoming trial on…
Continue ReadingWildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave and high winds
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — At least a half-dozen homes lay in ruins Monday after one of many dangerous wildfires in the West suddenly swept into a…
Continue ReadingWildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave and high winds
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — At least a half-dozen homes lay in ruins Monday after one of many dangerous wildfires in the West suddenly swept into a…
Continue ReadingAbdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, is dead at 88
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four Tops that was…
Continue ReadingHarris ensalza a Biden: un legado “inigualable” que “no tiene comparación”
urielblanco (CNN) — La vicepresidenta de Estados Unidos, Kamala Harris, expresó este lunes su gratitud al presidente Joe Biden en su primera…
Continue ReadingWho is Kamala Harris? The life of the woman stepping into the 2024 limelight
By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s decision to end his reelection bid and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to replace…
Continue ReadingIllinois police release bodycam video of fatal shooting of Black woman in her home
By Eric Levenson, Jillian Sykes and Brad Parks, CNN (CNN) — Body-camera footage showing the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, a…
Continue ReadingSenate Ethics Committee initiates review of Sen. Bob Menendez’s alleged rules violations
By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate Ethics Committee announced Monday that they have initiated a review of Sen. Bob Menendez’s alleged…
Continue ReadingLargest trial court in the US closes after ransomware attack, California officials say
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California officials say the largest trial court in the country is closed after a ransomware attack shut down its computer…
Continue ReadingA shortlist of Democrats who could be a vice presidential pick for Harris
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Karl de Vries and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — With President Joe Biden’s support unleashing a flood of…
Continue ReadingCleveland-Cliffs will make electrical transformers at shuttered West Virginia tin plant
Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Cleveland-Cliffs says it will produce electrical transformers at a West Virginia facility that closed…
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