Jan 25 Prosecutors to charge Half Moon Bay farmworker with 7 counts of murder By Associated Press Prosecutors say they will charge a farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms with seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Continue reading
Jan 25 Lawyer for teacher shot in Virginia school shooting says administration ignored warning that the student had a gun By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press An attorney says a Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student during class will sue the school district. Continue reading
Jan 25 All-Star 3rd baseman Scott Rolen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Slick-fielding third baseman Scott Rolen has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with five votes to spare above the 75 percent needed. Continue reading
Jan 24 Iowa lawmakers approves public money for private school students By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press The plan signed Tuesday by Gov. Kim Reynolds makes Iowa the third state to pass a measure that allows such spending with few restrictions. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 11:26 Another community mourns after California’s 2nd mass shooting in 48 hours By Amna Nawaz, Layla Quran, Mary Fecteau, Sam Lane Less than 48 hours after a gunman’s rampage shook the sleepy Southern Californian city of Monterey Park, a mass shooting in Northern California left a second trail of devastation. Officials said the gunman opened fire at a farm and another… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 4:23 News Wrap: U.S. and Germany reach agreement to send tanks to Ukraine In our news wrap Tuesday, Germany and the U.S. have now agreed to send tanks to Ukraine to aid in the fight against Russia, the U.S. Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google over its dominance… Continue watching
Jan 24 Trump drops appeal, ending legal fight against New York Attorney General Letitia James By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Trump has abandoned efforts to revive his federal lawsuit against New York AG Letitia James. This marks the second time he's halted legal action against her after a judge last week fined him and his lawyers nearly $1 million for… Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 10:35 Senators question Ticketmaster over monopoly concerns, botched Taylor Swift ticket sale By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz The U.S. Senate has bad blood with Ticketmaster after the company botched ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour. In a hearing Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee hammered Ticketmaster not just for the ticketing debacle, but also for its near-monopoly… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 6:05 Former FBI agent charged with violating sanctions against Russia, aiding oligarch By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn A former senior FBI official will appear in a federal court, but not as an investigator or a government witness. Charlie McGonigal is charged with hiding $225,000 he received from a former Albanian intelligence officer while he was still with… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 8:03 Salton Sea lithium deposits could help EV transition, support economically devastated area By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson The demand for electric vehicles is surging in the U.S., sparked in part by the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act and the subsidies it offers. But a looming supply shortage of lithium threatens to stall the EV transition. Stephanie Sy… Continue watching