Democrat Andrea Salinas wins reelection in Oregon’s 6th District
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas has won reelection in Oregon’s 6th Congressional District. The freshman incumbent beat…
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Migrants crossing the Darien heard of Donald Trump’s victory — and picked up the pace
Associated Press BAJO CHIQUITO, Panama (AP) — Jesús Chávez, a 34-year-old pastry chef from Venezuela, arrived to a village at Panama’s edge of…
Continue ReadingAngels SS Zach Neto could miss start of 2025 season after undergoing shoulder surgery
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zach Neto could miss the start of the 2025 season after undergoing surgery on his right…
Continue ReadingAP Race Call: Democrat Andrea Salinas wins reelection to U.S. House in Oregon’s 6th Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Andrea Salinas won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Friday. Salinas, a first-term congresswoman, defeated…
Continue ReadingAP Race Call: Democrat Lateefah Simon wins election to U.S. House in California’s 12th Congressional District
Democrat Lateefah Simon won election to a U.S. House seat representing California on Friday. The district in northern California is the most…
Continue ReadingAP Race Call: Democrat Lateefah Simon wins election to U.S. House in California’s 12th Congressional District
Democrat Lateefah Simon won election to a U.S. House seat representing California on Friday. The district in northern California is the most…
Continue ReadingDemocrat Lateefah Simon wins election to U.S. House in California’s 12th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Lateefah Simon wins election to U.S. House in California’s 12th Congressional…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy; radio host Charlamagne tha God. ___…
Continue ReadingLawsuit filed over measure approved by Arkansas voters that revoked planned casino’s license
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Cherokee Nation Entertainment has filed a lawsuit challenging a measure Arkansas voters approved this…
Continue ReadingGunmen kill a navy rear admiral in Mexico, one of the highest-ranking officers slain in a decade
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen have killed a navy rear admiral in Mexico, one of the highest-ranking officers slain in the country in the last decade.…
Continue ReadingArizona regulators fine natural gas utility $2 million over defective piping
PHOENIX (AP) — A natural gas utility with more than 2 million customers in Arizona, Nevada and parts of California is being fined $2 million by…
Continue ReadingArizona regulators fine natural gas utility $2 million over defective piping
PHOENIX (AP) — A natural gas utility with more than 2 million customers in Arizona, Nevada and parts of California is being fined $2 million by…
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USGS: 2.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Aromas
AROMAS, Calif. (KION-TV) Friday evening at 4:38 p.m., an earthquake registering 2.9 shook homes near Aromas. The quake’s epicenter was 3 miles SSE…
Continue ReadingKings’ Tanner Jeannot suspended 3 games for illegal check to the head of Canucks’ Brock Boeser
NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Kings forward Tanner Jeannot has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver’s Brock…
Continue ReadingEx-sheriff in Mississippi is convicted of bribery and giving ammunition to a felon
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former sheriff in Mississippi’s largest county has been convicted on federal charges of soliciting bribes and providing…
Continue ReadingParked vehicle with gas cylinders explodes on NYC street, damaging homes and cars, officials say
NEW YORK (AP) — A parked vehicle containing gas cylinders and other flammable materials has exploded on a residential street in New York City,…
Continue ReadingShooting erupts at Sao Paulo airport in apparent assassination of businessman: CNN Brasil
By Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — A businessman was killed in an apparently targeted shooting at São Paulo’s international airport on…
Continue ReadingUS judge tosses Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, governor pledges swift appeal
Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme…
Continue ReadingJudge says New York can’t use ‘antiquated, unconstitutional’ law to block migrant buses from Texas
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ruled that New York City can’t use a two-century-old “anti-pauper” law to block the state of…
Continue ReadingArmy says the US will restart domestic TNT production at plant to be built in Kentucky
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Army has awarded a $435 million contract to build a TNT production plant in western Kentucky.…
Continue ReadingBenny Gealer scores a career-high 20, makes 6 3-pointers to help Stanford beat Cal State Fullerton
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Benny Gealer scored a career-high 20 points and made six 3-pointers — all in the second half — and Maxime Raynaud had…
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Deputy arrested for concealing a handmade weapon had previously been separated from the sheriff’s office; Sources
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — The recent arrest of a Monterey County deputy has shed new light on that deputy’s past. Multiple sources tell KION that…
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Ten of the 58 California counties flipped from blue to red in the 2024 election
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — California is slowly seeping from blue to red, according to the most recent numbers from the Secretary of State’s…
Continue ReadingGeorgia governor declares emergency in 23 counties inundated with heavy rain and flooding
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency in 23 counties swamped by flooding rainstorms. Kemp’s order…
Continue ReadingOfficer responding to domestic disturbance fires weapon; woman and child are dead in Missouri suburb
Associated Press INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A woman and a child are dead after an officer fired a weapon while responding to a domestic disturbance…
Continue ReadingRepublican Don Bacon wins fifth term to US House representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based district
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Republican Don Bacon has been elected to a fifth House term representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd District,…
Continue Reading49ers running back Christian McCaffrey excited to make his season debut
AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Spending the first half of the season as a spectator while he worked his way back from Achilles…
Continue ReadingBoard approves Arkansas site for planned 3,000-inmate prison despite objections
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Board of Corrections has approved an 815-acre site where it plans to build a new prison,…
Continue ReadingMonkeys that escaped a lab are a species used for human research since the 1800s
Associated Press The rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. For…
Continue ReadingFBI, Justice Department investigating racist mass texts sent following the election
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Several federal and state agencies are investigating how racist mass texts were sent to Black people across the…
Continue ReadingFBI, Justice Department investigating racist mass texts sent following the election
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Several federal and state agencies are investigating how racist mass texts were sent to Black people across the…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest a man after 9 people are stabbed over 2 days in Seattle
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Police say they have arrested a man in a spate of random stabbings over two days in Seattle in which nine people…
Continue ReadingFamine is likely imminent in northern Gaza, hunger experts say
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Hunger experts are warning that there’s “a strong likelihood” famine is imminent in parts of…
Continue ReadingGov. Tim Walz vows to fight Donald Trump’s agenda while working to understand his appeal
Associated Press EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz has vowed make Minnesota a safe haven for the values that drove the Democratic presidential…
Continue ReadingBolivians carry adorned human skulls asking for favors in the Ñatitas festival in La Paz
Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Hundreds of Bolivian devotees have arrived at the municipal cemetery of La Paz carrying human skulls…
Continue ReadingLevi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie pledges to make San Francisco safer as mayor
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie, who has never held public office, promised on Friday that as San…
Continue ReadingLevi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie pledges to make San Francisco safer as mayor
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie, who has never held public office, promised on Friday that as San…
Continue ReadingTrump’s deportation plan a key focus for Canada’s Cabinet committee on US-Canada relations
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to launch a mass deportation of millions of undocumented people is a top…
Continue ReadingMichigan jury awards millions to a woman fired after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $12 million to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after…
Continue ReadingThe US extends avocado import permissions to Guatemala, but don’t expect cheaper guacamole soon
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has extended avocado import permissions to Guatemala, but don’t expect that to result in cheaper guacamole…
Continue ReadingMississippi Senate paid Black attorney less than white ones, US Justice Department says
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Senate discriminated against a Black attorney by paying her about half of what her white…
Continue ReadingTrump’s shunning of transition planning may have severe consequences, governance group says
Associated Presss WASHINGTON (AP) — A good-governance group is warning of severe consequences if President-elect Donald Trump continues to steer…
Continue Reading1 killed and 3 wounded after gunmen open fire at Brazil’s largest international airport
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police said that unidentified gunmen in a black car killed at least one person and wounded another three Friday…
Continue ReadingUS agency says Tesla’s public statements imply that its vehicles can drive themselves. They can’t
AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency says Tesla is telling drivers in public statements that its…
Continue ReadingUS agency says Tesla’s public statements imply that its vehicles can drive themselves. They can’t
AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency says Tesla is telling drivers in public statements that its…
Continue ReadingWomen win majority of seats in New Mexico Legislature in showcase of determination and joy
Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Women won a majority of seats in the New Mexico Legislature in the general election, stirring expressions of…
Continue ReadingKentucky officer who fired pepper rounds at a TV crew during 2020 protests reprimanded
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky police officer has been reprimanded for firing non-lethal rounds at a TV camera crew during street protests over…
Continue ReadingChinese national jailed on charges that he tried to enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese national was ordered held Friday on trespassing charges after police say he tried to enter…
Continue ReadingChinese national jailed on charges that he tried to enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese national was ordered held Friday on trespassing charges after police say he tried to enter…
Continue ReadingThe Pentagon is letting a small number of U.S. defense contractors fix weapons in Ukraine
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Pentagon is easing restrictions to allow a small number of private American defense…
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