SPECIAL REPORT: Brawley’s Signing Seniors
Brawley High School has a proud and storied athletic tradition, but the class of 2024 etched their names in school history with 15 student athletes…
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Shelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining,’ ‘Nashville,’ dies at 75
Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred…
Continue ReadingUtah Supreme Court sides with opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning area
Associated Press Utah’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County among…
Continue ReadingGroup sues federal government, claims it ignores harms of idle offshore oil and gas infrastructure
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An environmental group has sued the Department of Interior in federal court for allegedly failing to account…
Continue ReadingMarathon Oil reaches $241 million settlement with EPA for environmental violations in North Dakota
Associated Press The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil on Thursday for alleged air quality violations at the…
Continue ReadingCan California’s health care providers help solve the state’s homelessness crisis?
CalMatters When a shortfall of several hundred thousand dollars almost derailed new homeless housing in Bakersfield, the savior that swooped in to…
Continue ReadingAverage rate on a 30-year mortgage falls slightly, easing borrowing costs for home shoppers
AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell slightly this week, providing modest relief for home shoppers…
Continue ReadingThe US says the end of its pier for Gaza aid is coming soon
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Official say the U.S. now is considering abandoning efforts to reinstall the pier that’s been used to get…
Continue ReadingLicense suspension extended for 2 years for a trucker acquitted in a deadly motorcycle crash
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire safety officials say it will be another two years until a commercial truck driver who was…
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Half a million Houston-area homes and businesses still won’t have power into next week
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A utility company executive warns that about half a million Houston-area homes and businesses still won’t…
Continue ReadingSean Burroughs, former Little League star and MLB player, died of fentanyl intoxication
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean Burroughs, a two-time Little League World Series champion who won an Olympic gold medal and went on to a major league…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania Supreme Court justice in courtroom for brother’s federal sentencing for theft, bribery
Associated Press READING, Pa. (AP) — A sentencing hearing is under way for a former Philadelphia labor leader who once wielded clout in state and…
Continue ReadingLandslide from heavy rain in Slovakia’s High Tatras mountains traps 16 tourists, rescue service says
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s rescue service says a landslide hit a tourist shelter trapping 16 people inside after a thunderstorm…
Continue ReadingRep. Bob Good files for recount in Virginia GOP congressional primary
Associated Press Virginia congressman Bob Good has filed a petition for a recount after state election officials say he narrowly lost a Republican…
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Gun and ammunition evidence is the focus as Alec Baldwin trial starts second day
Prosecutors sought to cast Alec Baldwin as someone who flouts rules and has little regard for safety at the first day of his New Mexico trial in…
Continue ReadingBill Belichick joining ‘Inside the NFL’ for upcoming season
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Belichick has added a second media job for the upcoming season. The CW Network announced Thursday that Belichick will be…
Continue ReadingHe was orphaned in the Holocaust and never met any family. Now he has cousins, thanks to DNA tests
Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Shalom Korai never knew his real name or his birthday. He was saved from the streets of a burning…
Continue ReadingAlgerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announces reelection campaign
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says he is running for a second term. The 78-year-old political veteran said…
Continue ReadingA stegosaurus nicknamed Apex will be auctioned in New York. Its remains show signs of arthritis
NEW YORK (AP) — The nearly complete fossilized remains of a 161-million-year-old stegosaurus discovered in Colorado in 2022 will be auctioned by…
Continue ReadingSudan’s warring parties arrive in Geneva for UN-hosted talks on possible local cease-fires
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N. officials say that Sudan’s warring parties have arrived in Geneva at the invitation of the United Nations to…
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