By CBS Sacramento staff Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — About 20% of California is forest land and the state is already experiencing an above-average fire season. A new team of young volunteers is being trained to help reduce the threat of wildfires and respond when they grow out of
Continue ReadingBy Karen Morfitt Click here for updates on this story WHEAT RIDGE, Colorado (KCNC) — Wheat Ridge police want people out with their dogs to pull double duty. That means while walking your dog or exercising in the Colorado community, why not watch for crime as well? Sitting front row for a Wheat Ridge Police
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday became the most prominent elected Democrat to publicly call on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. The announcement by Schiff, who is running for US Senate in California, makes him the first Democrat to urge Biden to step aside since the
Continue ReadingBy Joy Benedict Click here for updates on this story RIVERSIDE, California (KCAL) — After more than 80 years, the remains of an 26-year-old killed overseas during World War II are being returned to the United States for burial at Riverside National Cemetery. Private First Class Charles Powers was enlisted in the U.S. Army when
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nine crew members were rescued and another died as teams searched for others after an oil tanker capsized this week off the coast of Oman, according to the country’s state news agency. The tanker, the MT Prestige Falcon, had 16 crewmembers on board, mostly Indians, when it
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new sculpture was added to Bend’s public art collection earlier this week at the Colorado Avenue and Columbia Street roundabout. The sculpture titled Crossroads is made of Corten and stainless steel by artist Karen Yank from Albuquerque, New Mexico. “Crossroads serves as a monument to the innovative individuals that transformed Bend from a
Continue ReadingAP Soccer Writer Lionel Messi is facing calls to apologize for racist chants made by Argentina players after they won the Copa America on Sunday. An Argentinean government official said Messi, who is the team captain, and the president of the country’s soccer federation, Claudio Tapia, should apologize after a video was shared on social
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s 9-month-old war with Hamas in Gaza has decimated the territory’s medical system. It has not only wreaked physical destruction on hospitals and health facilities, it has devastated Gaza’s medical personnel. The U.N. says more than 500 health care workers have been killed since October. One of those killed was
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says a Spanish court has given a suspended eight-month prison sentence to a person who racially insulted soccer stars Vinícius Júnior and Antonio Rudiger in the comments section of a popular Spanish sports news website. The club said that the offender, whose name was not given, was found guilty of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks. On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded onto a cargo ship detonated, causing
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía Nacional de México y la del estado de San Juan de Potosí informan que están investigando a dos integrantes de la Guardia Nacional por un supuesto incidente armado contra una familia que viajaba en un automóvil 57 en el tramo San Lorenzo en el Municipio de Villa
Continue ReadingBy CBS/Bay City News Service staff Click here for updates on this story ALAMEDA COUNTY, California (KPIX) — Three death row inmates have been resentenced, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced Tuesday afternoon. Ernest Dykes, who was convicted of killing a 9-year-old boy in 1993, is expected to be released from prison next year
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Tech shares slumped Wednesday as investors shed the behemoths that fueled Wall Street’s monster stock rally this year. The Nasdaq Composite index tumbled 2.8%, logging its worst day since December 2022. The S&P 500 lost 1.4%. The Dow rose 0.6%, closing at another record high and above
Continue ReadingBy Madisen Keavy, Cecilio Padilla Click here for updates on this story REDWOOD CITY, California (KPIX) — Convicted murderer Scott Peterson is back in court on Tuesday in a new effort to prove his innocence. Peterson is serving a life sentence for the 2002 murder of his wife Laci and their unborn son, but a
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Get to know more about U.S. breaking star Logan Edra as she prepares to make her Olympic debut this summer in Paris.
Continue ReadingBy Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield Click here for updates on this story BLAINE, Minnesota (WCCO) — A Twin Cities couple emptied what little savings they had to start a mission and a movement that is saving hundreds of abandoned children. Agnes and Prince Cole know the struggle. “Living in Africa with disabilities was really, really hard. I
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Seis personas, entre ellas dos ciudadanos estadounidenses, que fueron halladas muertas en el interior de una habitación de un hotel de lujo del centro de Bangkok bebieron probablemente de tazas de té y café impregnadas de cianuro tras una disputa relacionada con malas inversiones, informó este miércoles la Policía tailandesa. El
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, Michigan (WWJ) — A 36-year-old man died after an equipment malfunction at a Michigan automotive manufacturing facility, just days before the facility was scheduled to begin the closing process, officials said. On Monday, deputies responded to Dexter Stamping at 1013 Thorrez Road in
Continue ReadingBy Yolanda Perdomo Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Brookfield Zoo Chicago revealed its $500 million makeover plan and move will reshape more than 100 acres of the zoo, nearly half of the park. The plans illustrate that visitors can observe species that live together in the wild instead of
Continue ReadingBy Stacy Friedman Click here for updates on this story NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WBBM) — A mother suspected in the death of her foster child in Northwest Indiana was in police custody Sunday night. Jennifer Lee Wilson, 48, was apprehended Saturday evening in New Buffalo Township, Michigan, according to the Berrien County, Michigan Sheriff’s
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