By Kurtis Ming Click here for updates on this story Esparto, California (KCRA) — The investigation into the Esparto fireworks explosion, which resulted in seven deaths, is under scrutiny due to concerns about the involvement of the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office and potential conflicts of interest. Within days of the July 1 explosion, KCRA 3
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By Cody Thomason, Vince Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — The University of New Mexico main campus in Albuquerque is under a shelter in place order after a deadly shooting early Friday morning. UNM police say they received a report of a shooting at the Casas del Rio
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — An internal US government review found no evidence of widespread theft by Hamas of US-funded humanitarian aid in Gaza, contradicting the State Department’s claims that were used to justify backing a controversial private organization that took over aid distribution in the enclave. The analysis, conducted by the US Agency
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By Amy Fleury Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Hulk Hogan visited Wisconsin several times during his career, including three times in the last year alone. The wrestling icon’s final trip to the state was in March, when he spoke to WISN 12 News. Hogan was hocking his beer, called Real
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LONDON (AP) — British actor Micheal Ward has been charged with rape and sexual assault, police said Friday. The 27-year-old faces two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault, the Metropolitan Police force said. The charges relate to one woman and the offenses reportedly took place in January 2023. Ward denied the charges
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LONDON (AP) — British actor Micheal Ward has been charged with rape and sexual assault, police said Friday. The 27-year-old faces two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault, the Metropolitan Police force said. The charges relate to one woman and the offenses reportedly took place in January 2023. Ward denied the charges
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By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s bold decision to recognize the state of Palestine could help to shift conversations about the future of the Middle East, even if it’s unlikely to have an immediate impact for people in Gaza or on Israel’s war with Hamas. In a world where nations are again
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — St. Joseph residents can get rid of unwanted or unused items without a garage sale permit during a weekend in August.
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By ROBERT BARR Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s greatest contribution to the quintessentially American music, has died. She was 97. The Stables, a charity and venue Laine founded with her late jazz musician
Continue ReadingBY CARLOS RODRIGUEZ AP Sports Writer A Venezuelan baseball team was denied visas into the United States and will miss this year’s Senior Baseball World Series, Little League International confirmed Friday. The Cacique Mara team, from Maracaibo, Venezuela, was scheduled to participate in the tournament after winning the Latin American championship in Mexico. “The Cacique
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By SAM McNEIL and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Friday upheld some of Syrian ex-leader Bashar Assad’s personal immunity as a head of state while green-lighting possible future war crime warrants, drawing criticism from human rights lawyers and Syrian activists. The Cour de Cassation upheld Assad’s head-of-state immunity, but
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— US–NCAA-ELIGIBILITY LAWSUITS DESCRIPTION: Legal battles over college sports eligibility seem to be slowing down. With fall football
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— US–NCAA-ELIGIBILITY LAWSUITS DESCRIPTION: Legal battles over college sports eligibility seem to be slowing down. With fall football
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— US–NCAA-ELIGIBILITY LAWSUITS DESCRIPTION: Legal battles over college sports eligibility seem to be slowing down. With fall football
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— US–NCAA-ELIGIBILITY LAWSUITS DESCRIPTION: Legal battles over college sports eligibility seem to be slowing down. With fall football
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By Devon M. Sayers, Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Deportation flights from the makeshift South Florida immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” have begun as a “surge” of immigration arrests is on the horizon, state officials said. “What has been done here has been remarkable,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday at the controversial tent city
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By Ivana Kottasová, Kareem Khadder, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Eyad Kourdi, Abeer Salman, CNN Dr. Mohammad Saqer is hungry. So ravenous that he sometimes struggles to keep upright while treating his desperately ill patients at the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. On Thursday, he fainted while working at the ward. And then, moments after recovering, he
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By SEJAL GOVINDARAO Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Throughout two decades marked by drought, climate change and growing demand for water, Arizona’s leaders have fiercely debated an increasingly urgent problem: how to manage dwindling water supplies in an arid state. At the crossroads sits Rep. Gail Griffin, a savvy and quietly assertive lawmaker who has
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Wyeth-Tootle Mansion played host to the filming of a new comedy Christmas movie.
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By FU TING Associated Press China is experiencing an outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne infection, with thousands of cases reported in the south. Chikungunya fever cases jumped to 4,014 on Friday, representing a rapid rise in numbers since authorities started tracking cases two weeks ago, according to public records released by health departments in districts
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community. The man lowers himself toward U.S. soil between coils of concertina wire.
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By The Associated Press Caitlin Clark has set yet another record, this time with her 2024 WNBA rookie card selling for the most money yet for a female athlete at a public auction. Clark’s Rookie Royalty WNBA Flawless Logowoman 1/1 card sold Thursday night for $660,000. That sale price tops the previous mark of $366,000
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By Dalia Faheid, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old suspect is in custody after an early Friday morning shooting at University of New Mexico student housing left a 14-year-old boy dead and injured another person during orientation week, police said. Four people were playing video games in a dorm room at a student housing
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By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Two high-ranking officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with a connection to the likely incoming NOAA administrator were placed on administrative leave Thursday, according to two former NOAA employees familiar with the situation and one current agency official. While the reasoning behind the move is not clear,
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A Maryland pastor who fled Honduras 24 years ago to escape poverty and violence is waiting to hear when he will face an immigration judge after his arrest this week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for overstaying his visa in 2001, his family said. Daniel Fuentes Espinal, a 54-year-old
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, July 26 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Geelong at North Melbourne 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at St. Kilda AUTO RACING 5:55 a.m. ESPN — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 9:55
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 17 6 .739 — Atlanta 14 10 .583 3½ Indiana 13 12 .520 5 Washington 11 12 .478 6 Chicago 7 17 .292 10½ Connecticut 3 20 .130 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 22 4 .846 — Phoenix 15 9 .625
Continue Reading All Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA San Diego FC 14 7 4 46 49 32 Vancouver 12 5 6 42 39 26 Minnesota United 11 5 8 41 40 27 Seattle 10 6 7 37 37 33 Portland 10 7 7 37 33 32 Los Angeles FC 10 6 6
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 62 42 .596 — New York 56 47 .544 5½ Boston 55 50 .524 7½ Tampa Bay 53 51 .510 9 Baltimore 45 58 .437 16½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 60 45 .571 — Cleveland 51 51 .500 7½ Kansas City 50
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 60 44 .577 — Philadelphia 59 44 .573 ½ Miami 49 53 .480 10 Atlanta 44 58 .431 15 Washington 41 62 .398 18½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 61 42 .592 — Chicago 60 43 .583 1 Cincinnati 54 50 .519
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