HAWAII – A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook the Big Island of Hawaii Friday afternoon. The U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) reports that the earthquake was centered southwest of Pahala at 12:06 p.m. PST. The exact coordinates are 19.188°N 155.493°Wand 23 miles below sea level. Aftershocks have been reported in the same area and the USGS said aftershocks are possible in the coming …
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The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers are facing off for the 2024 Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 11, in Las Vegas. The host city location was announced several years in advance and the NFL has also announced the Super Bowl locations and dates for 2025 and 2026. A date has not yet been announced for 2027, but …
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An Oklahoma judge agreed to step down Friday after she was caught sending hundreds of texts from the bench while overseeing a murder trial in the killing of a 2-year-old boy, including messages that mocked prosecutors and were sprinkled with emojis. District Judge Traci Soderstrom also agreed to not seek judicial office again in Oklahoma under a proposed settlement agreement …
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Las Vegas — On the hunt for Super Bowl fakes, Homeland Security Investigations agents swept through Las Vegas over the past few days, seizing 4,600 football forgeries and counterfeits in hours, worth nearly $1 million. “I think annually, the number of items out there, estimated to be in the trillions, and that’s trillion with a with a ‘T,'” said Katrina …
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In the weeks before Valentine’s Day, CBS News is featuringstories about love that blossomed despite unimaginable odds. We call this seriesLove, Against All Odds. Millions of people turn to dating apps to look for love. But what one Minnesota couple found was more like an against-all-odds match. Elizabeth Christensen, a mom of two young kids who was recently divorced, matched …
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DENVER — Taliyah Murphy received a letter in early 2018 about a soon-to-be-filed class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of transgender women like her who were housed in men’s prisons in Colorado. It gave her hope. Murphy and other trans women in Colorado had faced years of sexual harassment and often violence from staff and fellow incarcerated people. They were denied …
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Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, apologized to families who said their children were harmed by social media use during a heated hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The apology came as Zuckerberg, whose firm owns social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, answered questions at a U.S. Senate Judiciary hearing on the impact of social media on children. The …
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A hangar under construction on the grounds of the airport in Boise, Idaho, collapsed Wednesday, killing three people and injuring nine more, officials said. Authorities responded at about 5 p.m. local time to a private business located at the Boise Airport for a steel framed hangar that collapsed, Boise Fire Department Operations Chief Aaron Hummel said during a news briefing. …
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Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to a refiled count of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western film “Rust” in New Mexico. According to court documents filed Wednesday in Sante Fe County court, the 65-year-old Baldwin waived his right to an arraignment — originally scheduled for Thursday — …
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The New Mexico Department of Justice has decided not to press charges against three police officers involved in the shooting death of a Farmington man in April, after they responded to the wrong house during a domestic violence call. In a letter released Jan. 26, the New Mexico Department of Justice said it had made its decision following a review …
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