By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — After nearly 20 cases of Valley fever were identified after a summer music festival in California, state health officials are warning that risk from the fungal infection rises in the late summer and early fall. “We’re preparing for another possible increase in Valley fever cases in the coming months,
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — La presidenta electa de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, informó este viernes en un comunicado los nombres de las personas que asumirán el liderazgo de las secretarías de la Defensa Nacional y de Marina durante su Gobierno, que inicia el 1 de octubre. El nuevo secretario de la Defensa Nacional será
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union plans to spend $1.3 million on campaign advertising to educate Montana voters about where state Supreme Court candidates stand on abortion and other civil rights issues. The expenditure comes after Republicans tried unsuccessfully in 2022 to unseat a justice by making an unprecedented partisan
Continue ReadingSurfing is California’s official state sport and Canadian para surfer Victoria Feige wants Los Angeles to prove it in 2028. The five-time women’s world champion is at the forefront of a lobby to get her sport included in the 2028 Paralympics. LA’s organizing committee has said it would not propose para surfing as a new
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The Oregon State Fire Marshal is mobilizing its Blue Incident Management Team and several task forces to the Rail Ridge Fire in Grant and Crook counties and the Shoe Fly Fire in Wheeler County. Governor Tina Kotek invoked the Conflagration Act for both fires Friday.
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — A man is facing charges in a horrific attack by three large dogs that left another man dead last weekend in Oakland, authorities said. Oakland police said it was investigating a death that happened on September 1 on the 1600 block
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Navy investigators say an officer who wanted the internet so she and other enlisted officers could scroll social media and check sports scores while deployed had an unauthorized Starlink satellite dish installed on a warship and dubbed it “Stinky.” The Navy quietly relieved Grisel Marrero of the USS Manchester in
Continue ReadingBy Esme Murphy Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Measles is much more than a rash. It can lead to deafness, brain damage and death. The Minnesota Department of Health has reported 46 cases of measles in the state so far this year, which is the most since 2017. Forty-six
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s culture minister has resigned, days after tearfully acknowledging an affair with a ministry consultant that embarrassed Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government. After standing by him for nearly two weeks as the scandal brewed, Meloni accepted the resignation of Gennaro Sangiuliano, calling him “an honest man.” Beyond the affair, the scandal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man suspected of going on a three-hour shooting rampage in Northern California and killing 81 animals, including miniature horses, goats and chickens, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and other charges. Vicente Arroyo made his first court appearance Thursday after Monterey County Sheriff deputies arrested him earlier in
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Una jueza federal de Estados Unidos concedió este viernes el traslado de Texas a Nueva York a Ismael “el Mayo” Zambada para que siga el proceso penal que tiene en el país por varios cargos de narcotráfico, según documentos judiciales que revisó CNN. En su decisión, la jueza del distrito
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued two of the state’s largest counties to block efforts to register voters ahead of the November general election. The lawsuits that have drawn sharp criticism and claims of voter suppression from state Democrats. Counties encompassing San Antonio and the state capital
Continue ReadingOLD LYME, Conn. (AP) — Authorities have found the bodies of both men who remained missing four days after a boat carrying nine people crashed into a jetty along the Connecticut shoreline. State environmental conservation police officers found the bodies Friday. One was found in the mouth of the Connecticut River between Old Saybrook and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Abortion rights supporters in South Dakota say doctors can’t rely on a new video from the state and mandated by a law that its Republican prime sponsor said gives clear guidance to physicians for life-threatening situations. The Republican-led Legislature passed the video bill earlier this year. The South Dakota Department of Health posted
Continue ReadingCNN By Veronica Stracqualursi and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said Friday that her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, is voting for Democrat Kamala Harris over GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in November. “Dick Cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris,” the former Wyoming congresswoman said at the
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — US sprinter Hunter Woodhall won gold in the men’s 400m T62 at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on Friday. After crossing the line, Woodhall kept running to find his wife in the crowd at the Stade de France. Woodhall found Olympic champion long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall and the two shared
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Meet Chad, a spunky fun 4-year-old Rottweiler/German shepherd mix who hunts in the bush for lizards when he’s not playing with a toy or chasing after a ball. He’s waiting at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center for someone to run and play with!
Continue ReadingBy KATC News Staff Click here for updates on this story LAFAYETTE, Lousiana (KATC) — A Lafayette woman has been sent to federal prison in an identity theft case. Sommers Robertson, 45, was sentenced to 21 months in prison, followed by three years of probation, for using someone else’s Social Security number. According to a
Continue ReadingBy Crystal Tisme Click here for updates on this story VICKSBURG, Mississippi (WAPT) — A man was rescued after he became trapped underneath a derailed train in Vicksburg. The incident happened at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Oak and Mulberry Streets, according to Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace. Terry Cunha, a spokesperson for Canadian Pacific
Continue ReadingBy Josh Wallace Click here for updates on this story MIDWEST CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A man and his brother and a woman and her sister, arrested in the death of a 7-year-old Midwest City girl that was extremely malnourished, have all been charged with second-degree murder, according to court records. Anthony Yonko, David Yonko,
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