By Rebekah Ludman Click here for updates on this story 10/29/24 (LAPost.com) — The Dodgers may win their second World Series Championship in five years when they face the New York Yankees for Game 4 Tuesday evening at Yankee Stadium. The Dodgers took a 3-0 lead in the World Series Monday night with a 4-2
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Queda una semana para el día de las elecciones y ya se han emitido más de 48 millones de votos en 47 estados y la ciudad de Washington. Eso es según los datos recopilados por CNN, Edison Research y Catalist, una empresa que proporciona datos, análisis y otros servicios a demócratas,
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, Evan Perez and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — US officials believe Chinese government-linked hackers targeted Eric Trump’s and Jared Kushner’s call and text data as the scale of a sweeping cyber-espionage campaign targeting senior figures in both the Republican and Democratic parties comes into focus just days before the US election, with dozens of people believed to be impacted, three people familiar with
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola will receive the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award, the American Film Institute announced Tuesday. Coppola, who recently released his long-in-development epic “Megalopolis,” will be presented with the award in a gala tribute at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre on April 26. The 85-year-old filmmaker will be the 50th recipient
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer Sedona Prince is beginning her seventh and final year of college basketball. From her viral video back in the NCAA Tournament bubble in 2021 to her role in a landmark antitrust lawsuit that will help get money for college athletes, she has already left her mark off the court. If she can
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Dave Matthews Band announced on Tuesday they’re hosting an upcoming concert that will benefit victims impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton. “Soulshine” will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 24, which will follow Dave Matthews Band’s concerts scheduled for the two prior nights
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Jose Click here for updates on this story 10/29/24 (LAPost.com) — Newsom wants to pump more money into California’s film and TV tax breaks to boost Hollywood and create jobs. The plan aims to increase funding for the program that’s been raking in billions for the state since 2009. Research shows each tax
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A woman who owned a New York City day care center where a toddler died after ingesting fentanyl has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges. The plea came more than a year after the September 2023 death of 22-month-old Nicholas Dominici. Grei Mendez entered the guilty plea in Manhattan on Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Marielle Mohs Click here for updates on this story MINNETONKA, Minnesota (WCCO) — A former three-time Grand Slam tennis pro is working to grow the game in the Twin Cities, and is being recognized on a national stage for her efforts. Felicia Raschiatore is the tennis manager at Williston Fitness Center in Minnetonka. She’s
Continue ReadingBy Cole Premo Click here for updates on this story DETROIT LAKES, Minnesota (WCCO) — A community is in mourning after a Minnesota missionary was killed abroad. Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes says it was notified on Friday that Beau Shroyer died in the African nation of Angola. According to the church, he was the
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Two people were hit while traveling on West Sacramento roads Monday, one on a bicycle and one on a scooter. West Sacramento police say, just before 2:30 p.m., a semi-truck hit a man on his bicycle near Industrial and Stone boulevards.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A judge in Virginia has accepted a guilty plea in what prosecutors say was an elaborate double-murder scheme involving a Brazilian au pair, an IRS agent, a pediatric nurse and a man who had been lured into their home with promises of rough sex. Juliana Peres Magalhães
Continue ReadingDOUGLAS, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a funeral home owner in south Georgia has been arrested and accused of neglecting human corpses after 18 bodies were found at the location in various stages of decomposition. Sheriff’s deputies said they made the discovery last weekend while serving an eviction notice at the business. The Georgia Bureau
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For the first time since 1938, children in Des Moines, Iowa, will go trick-or-treating on Halloween. Going door-to-door for candy on All Hallows’ Eve has long been commonplace throughout the country. But not in Des Moines, where Iowa’s capital city took a different approach more than seven decades
Continue ReadingBy Kurtis Ming, Kevin Wing Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A Sacramento family has spent years searching for grandparents’ graves, and now they have learned that the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento moved their remains but cannot give the family the exact location. The family contacted Call Kurtis to look
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of news organizations, readers, listeners and viewers will look to the The Associated Press Decision Desk on Nov. 5 to learn dozens of election results. Some have already been looking to the AP to learn where voters stand on certain issues and candidates. The AP has been calling elections
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CALI, Colombia (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged delegates at a major biodiversity summit to follow through on pledges to help save global biodiversity and for the private sector to come on board. Guterres spoke at a U.N. biodiversity summit underway since Oct. 21 in Colombia. His comments came a day after
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks is eliminating its controversial olive oil-infused drinks from the menu, less than a year after they made their nationwide debut. The lineup of “Oleato” drinks will be eliminated from Starbucks’ menus in the US and Canada beginning in early November, part of the chain’s broader plans
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli legislation cutting ties with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has raised fears that the largest provider of aid to Gaza could be shut out of the war-ravaged territory, even as the implications of the new laws remain unclear. The agency known as UNRWA provides essential services to millions
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The national elections commission in Belarus has registered an initiative group for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to seek a seventh term in office, but rejected the attempts of two opposition politicians to get on the ballot. The election, scheduled for Jan. 26, would come 4 1/2 years after the 2020 vote
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