Fires threatening California’s sequoias continue to grow
THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — California firefighters are battling fast-growing forest fires threatening giant sequoias and small communities in the…
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Judge blocks key NYPD tactic: Scouring sealed arrest records
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has barred New York City police officers from accessing sealed arrest records without…
Continue ReadingLillard has faith Blazers will be better this season
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Damian Lillard says he’s got faith the Portland Trail Blazers are headed in the right direction. The…
Continue ReadingPowell says spike in inflation lasting longer than expected
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is preparing to tell Congress that the current…
Continue ReadingKim Clijsters loses to Hsieh Su-wei in return to WTA Tour
CHICAGO (AP) — Kim Clijsters lost in her latest return to the WTA Tour, dropping a three-setter against Hsieh Su-wei in the first round of the…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea tests missile hours before South Korea launches new submarine
By Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korea has fired a projectile presumed to be a short-range missile into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula,…
Continue ReadingProsecutor: Police shots hit 4 outside game, killing girl, 8
SHARON HILL, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors say four of the five people wounded outside a high school football game near Philadelphia a month ago,…
Continue ReadingBoy dies from brain-eating amoeba found at Texas splash pad
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A child has died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that was found at a Texas splash pad. Officials in…
Continue ReadingPolice: Gunman in grocery store shooting lost job that day
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say the gunman who killed one person and wounded 14 others at a Tennessee supermarket before…
Continue ReadingSex assault case against Lance Armstrong’s son dropped
By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas district attorney has rejected a felony sexual assault charge filed earlier this year…
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Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read launches campaign for governor
Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read on Monday launched his campaign for…
Continue ReadingDeSantis asks secretary of state to investigate Facebook
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking Florida’s secretary of state to investigate Facebook based on a news article that…
Continue ReadingDeSantis asks secretary of state to investigate Facebook
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking Florida’s secretary of state to investigate Facebook based on a news article that…
Continue ReadingGas blowout near Los Angeles leads to up to $1.8B settlement
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for families sickened and forced from their Los Angeles homes after the nation’s…
Continue ReadingPreguntas de la audiencia sobre el coronavirus: ¿Hay que volver a vacunarse con algún antígeno permitido por EE.UU. para entrar al país?
Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — Esta semana, en nuestro episodio de preguntas y respuestas, el Dr. Elmer Huerta responde dudas de…
Continue ReadingBiden to name African-born doctor to lead HIV/AIDS response
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he intends to nominate Dr. John Nkengasong to lead the U.S. response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic worldwide.…
Continue ReadingGoats get loose in Atlanta’s tony Buckhead neighborhood
ATLANTA (AP) — A herd of goats brought in to clear weeds got loose, briefly becoming a thorn in the side of Atlanta’s tony Buckhead neighborhood.…
Continue ReadingAt UN, Belarus diplomat bemoans Western actions against it
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The foreign minister of Belarus is accusing Western nations of carrying out “a…
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IRS: Oregon drought-hit farmers, ranchers have more time to replace livestock
Oregon farmers and ranchers who were forced to sell livestock due to drought may have an additional year to replace the livestock and defer tax on…
Continue ReadingCalifornia to mail every voter a ballot in future elections
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will mail all registered voters ballots in future elections under…
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