Day: May 15, 2023

1-year-old, 10-year-old injured in Sacramento shooting

12:51 pm May 15, 2023

A 1-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were among four people wounded in a weekend shooting in Sacramento, California, authorities said Sunday. Officers responded around 10 p.m. Saturday following reports of gunfire near an intersection northeast of downtown, according to the Sacramento Police Department. Officers found the baby girl and young boy each with non-life-threatening […]

Record-breaking heat wave hits Northwest, leaving millions of Americans sweltering

12:14 pm May 15, 2023

The biggest weather story this week is the record-breaking heat across the Northwest down into the valleys of California and spreading into the Central U.S. Temperatures will be 20-30 degrees above normal through the weekend. On Sunday, temperatures reached 89 degrees in Seattle and 92 in Portland, setting records in both cities. PACIFIC NORTHWEST HEAT […]

Cases of marijuana laced with fentanyl increasing, says Washington doctor

12:11 pm May 15, 2023

There is an increase in cases of marijuana laced with fentanyl, according to a Washington doctor, with dangerous results. “In my clinical practice and among some of my peers, we’re seeing more kids reporting they thought they were just smoking marijuana, when drug screens show fentanyl — and they would have toxicological, or medical side […]

Reporter calls San Francisco ‘worse than the third world’ due to drugs, homeless problems

12:06 pm May 15, 2023

A reporter based in San Francisco, California, told CNN that the city he loves has transformed into a den of “homelessness, mentally ill” and fentanyl. Phil Matier, a journalist with ABC7 News that CNN described as “a fixture” of San Francisco, said those problems were threatening the city’s future despite it being a tech innovation […]

Phillies’ Bryce Harper breaks down benches-clearing incident: ‘I wasn’t very happy’

12:03 pm May 15, 2023

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper was irate on Sunday and appeared to direct his ire toward Colorado Rockies pitcher Jake Bird in the seventh inning of their matchup. The incident occurred after the top of the seventh inning was complete. Bird appeared to direct his celebration toward the Phillies’ dugout and Harper took issue. The […]