Hall of Famer LB Dave Wilcox dies at age 80
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Hall of Fame linebacker Dave Wilcox, who made the Pro Bowl seven times in his 11 seasons with the San Francisco…
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Salinas Police issued 18 citations during DUI checkpoint on Tuesday night
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- Salinas Police announced the results of their Tuesday night DUI/driver’s license checkpoint. Police said they issued 18…
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Biden to huddle with donors next week as 2024 launch nears
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is summoning top Democratic donors to Washington next week as he…
Continue Reading Semi-automatic rifle ban passes Washington state Legislature
By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles cleared the Washington state Legislature on…
Continue Reading Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window at riot denies any plot
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the Proud Boys far-right extremist group who smashed out…
Continue Reading Judge: House GOP can question ex-prosecutor about Trump case
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that House Republicans can question a former…
Continue Reading House passes bill to overturn DC police accountability law
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House passed a resolution that would block a District of Columbia police…
Continue Reading As US sports bets boom, internet gambling is slow to expand
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — While two-thirds of the country now offers legal sports betting, only six states offer…
Continue ReadingA Maine man recently released from prison confessed to quadruple murder of parents and friends, state police say
By Steve Almasy and Sara Smart, CNN A 34-year-old man who had recently been released from prison shot and killed his parents and two others Tuesday…
Continue Reading Conforto, Yastrzemski homer in 11th, Giants beat Marlins 5-2
MIAMI (AP) — Michael Conforto and Mike Yastrzemski hit two-run homers off Devin Smeltzer in the 11th inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants over…
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Over $6.5 million awarded for Santa Cruz County homelessness projects
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The County of Santa Cruz Housing for Health Division announced Wednesday that homelessness projects across the…
Continue Reading US judge orders Peru ex-leader detained for extradition
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Manrique to…
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Three suspects arrested in Santa Cruz charged with murder of five-year-old girl in Fremont
Eliyanah, 5-year-old killed in I-880 shooting SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON APRIL 15, 2023, AT 2:01 PM- The suspects charged in a freeway…
Continue Reading ‘Rust’ movie reboots after Alec Baldwin shooting
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Filming on the Western movie “Rust” could resume this week in Montana, the production…
Continue Reading Mets’ Scherzer ejected for sticky stuff after umpire check
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Scherzer swore on his children’s lives he put nothing but sweat and rosin on his hands at…
Continue Reading Price cuts cause Tesla 1Q income, profit margins to fall
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla’s first-quarter net income tumbled 24% from a year ago as multiple price cuts across its…
Continue Reading Abandoned oil, gas wells get plugged in New Mexico
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than 200 inactive oil and natural gas wells in New Mexico have been plugged…
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Gas leak closes part of Portola Drive in Del Rey Oaks
DEL REY OAKS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The City of Del Rey Oaks says to avoid the area of Portola DFrive between Canyon Street and Serrano Way after a…
Continue Reading Connecticut man sentenced to 55 years in manhunt killing
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 26-year old man who used a sword to attack two men in Eastern Connecticut before going on…
Continue Reading Mississippi governor touts ‘culture of life’ with new laws
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed bills that he says are designed to “build…
Continue Reading Big public union strike in Canada could disrupt tax season
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s largest federal public-service union and the federal government continue to negotiate as workers go on strike,…
Continue Reading Trump, DeSantis compete for support from congressional GOP
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ron DeSantis has yet to enter the 2024 presidential race, but former President Donald Trump…
Continue Reading Cuba’s parliament ratifies President Díaz-Canel for new term
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s National Assembly has ratified President Miguel Díaz-Canel for a new five-year term,…
Continue ReadingMichigan man linked to extremist group pleads guilty
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man linked to an anti-government group and arrested just before the fall election has pleaded guilty to gun-related…
Continue Reading Feinstein matter stirs angst among some Senate peers
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For some senators, the Democratic effort to temporarily replace ailing 89-year-old Dianne…
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Here’s how farmworkers can get federal storm relief
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV)- Historic winter storms devastated agriculture fields and left ranchers and farmers without a way to make ends meet.…
Continue Reading California boy dies when stabbing suspect’s car hits teens
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The driver of a car that crashed into a group of Southern California high school students, killing one and injuring…
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Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion drug, sets Friday night deadline
Originally Published: 19 APR 23 15:14 ET Updated: 19 APR 23 15:18 ET By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) –…
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US government tracking more than 650 potential UFO cases, Pentagon says
Originally Published: 19 APR 23 14:00 ET Updated: 19 APR 23 14:39 ET By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The US government is…
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Man arrested allegedly involved in attack of City of Santa Cruz park employee
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- Santa Cruz Police said they arrested a man allegedly responsible for an assault of a City of Santa Cruz park employee…
Continue Reading UCLA’s Adem Bona declares for NBA draft, won’t hire agent
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adem Bona has become the fifth UCLA player to declare for the NBA draft, although the Pac-12 freshman of the year could still…
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ASTRO’s Moonbin found dead at 25: Reports
By Catherine Stoddard Moonbin, a member of the popular Korean pop group ASTRO, was found dead Wednesday, according to multiple…
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You can now apply for your share of a $725 million Facebook data privacy settlement. Here’s how
Originally Published: 19 APR 23 09:18 ET Updated: 19 APR 23 10:25 ET By Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — Facebook users who had an…
Continue Reading Biden, McCarthy in different worlds on debt standoff
By JOSH BOAK, SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Washington slow-walks toward a crisis over the national debt,…
Continue Reading Texas-born princess facing imminent eviction from Rome villa
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Texas-born princess is facing a court-ordered eviction from a Rome villa containing the only…
Continue Reading Otis Redding III, who followed father into music, dies at 59
MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III has died at age 59. He was the son and namesake of the legendary soul singer Otis Redding.…
Continue Reading Montana shelves GOP proposal to alter US Senate primary
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A proposed change to next year’s Montana U.S. Senate primary that was aimed at…
Continue Reading Former executive pleads guilty to bribing Atlanta officials
ATLANTA (AP) — A former executive for a longtime city of Atlanta vendor has pleaded guilty to paying bribes in exchange for millions of dollars in…
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Two cases leads to two guns off the streets in San Benito County
SAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office said that they made recovered two guns and several controlled substances…
Continue Reading India’s heat is underestimated, harming progress, study says
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The full extent of the damage from India’s sizzling heat that’s causing more deaths,…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s top prosecutor speaks of ‘evil’ Russian atrocities
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s top prosecutor has described for U.S. lawmakers examples of war atrocities that he…
Continue ReadingOklahoma county commissioner resigns after release of recording with racist comments
By Rosa Flores, CNN An Oklahoma county commissioner allegedly heard on a recording of local officials that included remarks about lynching Black…
Continue Reading Q&A: Aster, Phoenix try to discuss ‘Beau is Afraid’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer In Ari Aster’s new film “ Beau is Afraid,” Joaquin Phoenix plays an anxious man in a rotten world who goes…
Continue Reading Are you a Facebook user? You could get some settlement cash
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Anyone in the U.S. who has had a Facebook account at any time since May 24, 2007, can now apply for their…
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Katie Nicora, Executive Producer
Katie is our 10 and 11 p.m. weekly producer. She joined the KION team in September of 2021. She grew up in Santa Ana, California, before moving to…
Continue ReadingTyre Nichols’ family files federal $550 million civil lawsuit against Memphis and police officers
By Nick Valencia, Ray Sanchez, Pamela Kirkland and Maxime Tamsett, CNN The family of Tyre Nichols filed a federal $550 million lawsuit Wednesday…
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Foo Fighters plan summer album, first since drummer’s death
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Foo Fighters have announced a new album is in the works, the first since the death of the…
Continue Reading Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. launches presidential campaign
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched his longshot bid to challenge President Joe Biden for the…
Continue ReadingTyre Nichols’ family sues Memphis police over beating, death
By ADRIAN SAINZ and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The family of Tyre Nichols, who died after a brutal beating by five…
Continue Reading ‘Don’t Say Gay’ expansion requested by DeSantis approved
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Board of Education on Wednesday approved a ban on classroom instruction…
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