By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN It’s what the Southwest has been hoping for: rain. But the chance of showers and thunderstorms over the next few days will not provide the parched region the relief it’s looking for, and it could actually make the wildfire situation worse. Fire weather watches are in place for
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN The Senate is scheduled to hold a Tuesday vote on whether to move forward with a sweeping Democratic elections and ethics bill, known as the For the People Act, that was passed by the House of Representatives in March. The bill — which would make major changes to rules on voting,
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild, CNN The US Secret Service says 881 employees tested positive for Covid-19 between March 1, 2020 and March 9, 2021. The admission, made by the agency in a Tuesday statement, follows a report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Washington that analyzed internal records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Microsoft has officially entered the most elite of clubs: corporations with a market value exceeding $2 trillion. The tech giant is only the second publicly traded American company, behind Apple, to reach such a valuation. Oil company Saudi Aramco, which went public in 2019, has also previously passed that mark,
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN A New Jersey school board has voted to overturn a decision that took all holiday names off the district calendar, following conflict over an earlier decision to refer to Columbus Day as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” The Randolph Board of Education had voted on June 10 to eliminate all the names of
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Something is off about Sacramento’s water. It smells and tastes a little “earthy,” residents are saying — an effect of compounding climatechange crises: extreme heat, little to no precipitation and a historic drought that has gripped the region for the better part of a decade. Up and down the state of
Continue ReadingBy Randall Newsome Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — It’s been nearly a decade since Quincy Owens and Luke Crawley became friends and business partners. Owens says the pair was drawn to work together by their love for both art and education. A few years later, they decided to open a
Continue ReadingBy Camila Fernandez Click here for updates on this story CLOVERDALE, Indiana (WISH) — Denise Sanchez was celebrating Father’s Day with her family and five kids at Lieber State Recreation Area on Saturday when a tree fell on their campsite and hit her 8-year-old son, Robert. “The force, like, the thump, was so loud that
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YCSO urges public vigilance in the wake of the incident YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) warns the public to be vigilant about social media after someone impersonated Sheriff Leon Wilmot on Facebook. YCSO posted this notice on Facebook Tuesday afternoon: Deputies have reported the page. They urge the public
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Dos nuevos planetas gaseosos han sido encontrados orbitando una estrella similar al sol a 352 años luz de la Tierra y científicos ciudadanos ayudaron a descubrirlos mientras estaban colaborando con los astrónomos. Los dos exoplanetas, que son planetas que orbitan estrellas fuera de nuestro sistema solar, se llaman planeta b
Continue ReadingBy Nic Robertson, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Richard Roth, CNN Fifty of Afghanistan’s 370 districts have fallen to Taliban militants since May, according to the UN’s special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons, as the United States continues its military withdrawal from the country. “The Taliban recent advances are even more significant and are as a result
Continue ReadingBy Matt Petrillo Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (KYW) — Take a look at these surveillance photos. Police say the suspects abducted and attacked a waitress over a dine-and-dash incident at a popular South Jersey diner. Police say that waitress from the Nifty Fifty’s restaurant in Washington Township is
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez and Sharif Paget, CNN The United States government has seized dozens of US website domains connected to Iran, linked to what the US says are disinformation efforts, a US national security official told CNN. Some users are not able to access sites like Presstv.com, which is an Iranian state run English language
Continue ReadingBy WCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story LONG BRANCH, New Jersey (WCBS) — Four people were arrested in Monmouth County after a beach party got out of control over the weekend. CBS2’s Meg Baker has details on how the mass gathering was coordinated on social media. Videos from Long Branch Saturday show
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Con su atmósfera espesa y tóxica y temperaturas tan altas como para fundir plomo, Venus parece un planeta muerto. Sin embargo, una nueva investigación sugiere que el planeta podría seguir siendo activo desde el punto de vista geológico. Y el tipo de actividad que se desarrolla en Venus podría proporcionar a
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Rozner Click here for updates on this story ROOSEVELT, New Jersey (WCBS) — One of the most famous paintings depicting The Great Depression is in danger of fading into history, itself. The rare piece of arts sits inside a school in Monmouth County and is worth millions of dollars, CBS2’s Lisa Rozner reported
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While hiring signs are hanging all over Yuma County, unemployment claims are up from April to May this year according to Arizona@Work.
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN A man suspected of brazenly shoplifting items at a Walgreens in San Francisco last week was arrested while carrying out another such theft on Saturday morning, according to police, and is accused of a spree of similar crimes. The videotaped shoplifting was a stark example of what chain drug stores and
Continue ReadingBy David Schuman Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis man achieved a remarkable feat this weekend, running Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth less than a year after a bone marrow transplant. It was the 42nd time James Kirkham’s crossed the finish line, more than almost anyone. “From a prognosis that
Continue Reading By Rachel Trent and Brisa Colón, CNN California authorities have arrested a man they say stole 42,000 pounds of pistachios — a haul worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the American Pistachio Growers. During a routine audit earlier this month, the Touchstone Pistachio Company found 21 tons of its pistachios were missing and
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