By Kenny Choi Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND (KPIX) — A’s fans across the Bay Area are still grasping the reality of no longer seeing them play in Oakland, as concession workers at the Coliseum are still fighting for benefits they say they’ve earned. Longtime fan Malcolm Toffolo and his wife traveled
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Floodwaters pushed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene left North Carolina’s largest mountain city isolated Saturday by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service, part of a swath of destruction across southern Appalachia that left an unknown number dead and countless worried relatives unable to reach
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — Costa Rica es el país más acogedor para los extranjeros en el ranking Expat Insider 2024, una lista de 53 naciones que establece distintos criterios de valoración con encuestas entre personas que eligieron vivir en otros países por trabajo o estudios. La encuesta anual la realiza InterNations, una comunidad de
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft and Isabel Rosales, CNN Asheville, North Carolina (CNN) — No power. No food. And no functioning roads to safely leave the homes in which they are stranded. These are the conditions some North Carolina residents face amid the worst of the flooding caused by tropical depression Helene. Jennifer Replogle, a pregnant mother
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn and Chris Isidore, CNN New York and Chicago (CNN) — Chicago, America’s third-biggest city, is on the verge of losing its only intercity bus terminal, jeopardizing access for many low-income, elderly and minority travelers with few other transportation options. It’s part of a nationwide trend. Greyhound’s lease for its terminal in Chicago
Continue ReadingBy Mary Lee Click here for updates on this story WALNUT CREEK, California (KPIX) — Every fire season, especially under dangerous fire weather conditions, homeowners brace themselves for destructive wildfires and prolonged power outages in their neighborhoods. Tim Barat knows all too well how monster wildfires can devastate a community. He remembers the exact moment
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year. The capsule rocketed into orbit to fetch the test pilots whose Boeing spacecraft returned to Earth
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Russia’s top diplomat warned against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power.” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke at the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday, three days after Russian President Vladimir Putin aired a shift in his country’s nuclear doctrine. Lavrov’s speech was packed with condemnations of what Moscow sees as Western
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — In the closing months of a crowded Republican primary for a US Senate seat in Ohio, JD Vance found himself stuck in the middle of the pack. He appeared badly damaged by a barrage of ads painting the venture capitalist and former Donald Trump critic as an anti-MAGA San Francisco liberal.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of people have marched in Paris in support of the right to abortion for women across the world. Saturday’s march was organized by civil society groups to mark International Safe Abortion Day. Participants also called for greater and easier access to abortion in France, denouncing budget cuts, staff reductions
Continue ReadingAssociated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice” for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden said Saturday. The comments came after Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed earlier Saturday that Nasrallah, one of the group’s founders, was killed in an Israeli
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — WeightWatchers is shaking up its leadership. WW International announced Friday that CEO Sima Sistani would leave her role effective immediately. Tara Comonte, a WeightWatchers board member and former Shake Shack executive, was made interim chief executive. The New York-based weight loss company didn’t reveal the reasons behind the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A large law enforcement presence has turned out in Worcester to honor a state police recruit who died after becoming unresponsive during a training exercise. Twenty-five-year-old Enrique Delgado-Garcia died at a hospital on Sept. 13 a day after becoming unresponsive during a defensive tactics exercise in a boxing ring and suffering what authorities
Continue ReadingBy Robert Ilich, CNN New York (CNN) — Mark Zuckerberg’s wallet keeps getting fatter. The Meta CEO is now the second-richest person in the world, overtaking Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault. With a personal fortune of $206 billion, according to recent figures from Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, he now only trails Elon Musk. Recent figures from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Smoke was still rising from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday morning, visible to many of the families who had fled their homes there the night before to escape Israel’s massive bombardment. It had been a harrowing night — getting out amid earthshaking explosions, looking in vain for space in one of
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump looks up from his seat in Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday night during the Alabama-Georgia football game, he may see more than just 100,000 fans watching a high-stakes college football showdown. That’s because Vice President Kamala Harris plans to troll her opponent over his refusal to
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A jury has ruled in favor of three women who alleged they were sexually abused while patients at a Virginia children’s hospital, awarding them a total of $300 million in damages. WTVR-TV reports that the jury in Richmond awarded each woman $60 million in compensatory damages and $40 million in punitive
Continue ReadingBy Marie Saavedra, Edie Kasten Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A Chicago man who made history as the first-ever two-time mixed martial arts world champion is now expanding his reach and serving as a mentor to others. Whether Jose “Shorty” Torres is in or out of the ring, he is
Continue ReadingWBBM By Marie Saavedra, Edie Kasten Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A Chicago man who made history as the first-ever two-time mixed martial arts world champion is now expanding his reach and serving as a mentor to others. Whether Jose “Shorty” Torres is in or out of the ring, he
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Guay Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There’s a social media fad called “chroming” that a doctor in Pittsburgh wants parents to know about. The new “huffing” called “chroming” is a dangerous reemerging practice on the rise among the youth. “Chroming” involves using items you probably have in your
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