By Laurie Perez Click here for updates on this story SEAL BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Good Samaritans helped free a lifeguard from the Seal Beach Pier after his buoy tangled around a railing while he tried to rescue someone. Witness Hayden Nguyen said he watched in horror as the lifeguard swung into the side
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By The Associated Press Adv05-06 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, July 7 MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. FS1 — Tampa Bay at Detroit 9:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Arizona at San Diego (9:40 p.m.) OR Philadelphia at San Francisco (9:45 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: Oklahoma
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By Laura Paddison, Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A brutal heat wave is gripping many parts of Europe, leaving millions of people struggling to adapt to punishing, record-breaking temperatures. Heat persists even at night, with temperatures in some places not dipping much below 90 degrees. There is little respite. Air conditioning is very rare in
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is forging ahead with early plans for joint weapons production with some international allies, top officials said, while warning Wednesday of potential consequences of the U.S. decision to halt some arms shipments promised to help Kyiv fight off Russia’s invasion. “Any delay or hesitation in
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By Tom Ignudo, Alicia Roberts, Dan Snyder, Liz Crawford, Bill Seiders, Kerri Corrado, KYW Staff, Laura Fay, Nikki DeMentri Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Philadelphia’s largest city workers’ union is on strike for the first time in nearly 40 years on Tuesday after a deal couldn’t be reached with the
Continue Reading Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Wednesday, Jul. 02. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Chuck E. Cheese isn’t just for the kids anymore. The arcade chain is opening a spin-off aimed at adults, called “Chuck’s Arcade,” which the company describes as a “modern-day love letter to the games and people who made Chuck E. Cheese great.” Similar to the kiddie version,
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By Jordan Kissane, Matthew Garcia Click here for updates on this story SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Florida (WSVN) — Two officers for Miami-Dade Public Schools Police made a special delivery on the Florida Turnpike after an expecting mother went into labor on the side of the road. Miami-Dade Public School Police Department officers transported one woman and
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The US private sector lost jobs in June, the first negative month in more than two years, according to new data Wednesday from payroll provider ADP. US employers lost an estimated 33,000 jobs, according to ADP’s monthly national employment report. Economists were expecting ADP’s report to show a net
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KMAX, KOVR, OBTAINED BY CBS13, CNN By Richard Ramos Click here for updates on this story California (KOVR) — Several explosions at a fireworks warehouse resulted in a fire in Northern California’s Yolo County, officials said Tuesday evening. It happened in the community of Esparto. The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the building was a
Continue Reading By Richard Ramos Click here for updates on this story California (KOVR) — Several explosions at a fireworks warehouse resulted in a fire in Northern California’s Yolo County, officials said Tuesday evening. It happened in the community of Esparto. The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the building was a fireworks warehouse in the area of
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She first traveled to Paris when she was 21, and nearly six decades later, Mary Jane Wilkie decided that it was finally time to move to the French capital for good. In December 2021, Mary Jane, who was 79 at the time, relocated from New York to Paris to
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has approved a law to halt cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a move which will likely obscure any attempt by Tehran to restart its damaged nuclear program. Wednesday’s decision comes a week after Iran’s parliament passed a law to suspend cooperation with
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CNN By Simone McCarthy and Tenzin Dharpo, CNN Dharamshala, India/Hong Kong (CNN) — The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the struggle with China’s Communist Party over Tibet’s future. Tibetan Buddhism’s spiritual leader made the declaration on Wednesday
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LONDON (AP) — An electrical substation fire that shut down Heathrow Airport, canceling more than 1,300 flights, was caused by a preventable technical fault identified almost seven years earlier, a report found Wednesday. Europe’s busiest air hub shut for about 18 hours in March after a fire knocked out one of the three electrical substations
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark might have been absent through injury but that didn’t stop the Indiana Fever from winning the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup on Tuesday. The Fever beat the reigning champion Minnesota Lynx 74-59 with a brilliant performance at the Target Center, led by forward Natasha Howard who finished the night
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election later this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year’s snap election. Ishiba has survived so far, though he had to make some concessions to the opposition —
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By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A relentless European heat wave helped fuel a deadly wildfire in Spain while the European Union presented plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under scorching temperatures on Wednesday. The blaze that broke out late on Tuesday created an enormous thick plume of ash and smoke that
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — There was once a time when American men dominated the tennis world at Wimbledon. The likes of Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Stan Smith and Arthur Ashe saw widespread success in the 70s and 80s, before Pete Sampras simply dominated the 90s at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. When
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Detroit 11 Washington 2 Final Boston 5 Cincinnati 3 Final Minnesota 2 Miami 1 Final Washington 9 Detroit 4 Final Cincinnati 8 Boston 4 Final Atlanta 8 L.A. Angels 3 Final Chicago Cubs 5 Cleveland 4 Final Houston 5 Colorado 3 Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Chicago White Sox 4
Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Wednesday, Jul. 02. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Wednesday, Jul. 02. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
Continue Reading Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Wednesday, Jul. 02. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To
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CNN, POOL, KING, MONROE CO. CORRECTIONAL FACILITY By Jean Casarez, Elizabeth Wolfe, Rebekah Riess, CNN Boise, Idaho (CNN) — For 30 months, Bryan Kohberger and his defense attorneys insisted on his innocence in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home. But in a matter of minutes Wednesday, in a
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president on Wednesday ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American and Israeli airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities, likely further limiting inspectors’ ability to track Tehran’s program that had been enriching uranium to near weapons-grade
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Assopciated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ye, the U.S. rapper formerly known as Kanye West, was recently stripped of an Australian visa after he released his single “Heil Hitler,” a government minister said on Wednesday. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke revealed Ye has been traveling for years to Australia, where his wife
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By FATMA KHALED, SAMY MAGDY and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Hamas and Israel staked out their positions Wednesday ahead of expected talks on a Washington-backed ceasefire proposal, with the militant group suggesting it was open to an agreement while the Israeli prime minister vowed that “there will be no Hamas” in postwar
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO and FANNY BRODERSEN Associated Press POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought the beloved potato to Germany. The legend is this: King Frederick II of Prussia wanted his subjects to eat potatoes, introduced to Europe in the 16th century from South America. But the people of Prussia,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (40-46, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Seattle Mariners (44-41, second in the AL West) Seattle; Wednesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (2-4, 2.79 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 38 strikeouts); Mariners: Logan Gilbert (2-2, 3.55 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 67 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mariners -185, Royals
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years of speculation that started when he indicated that he might be the last person to hold the role. Speaking at prayer celebrations ahead of his
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