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Anchor and Emmy Award-winning journalist Chauncy Glover has died unexpectedly at the age of 39. Chauncy joined the KCAL News Anchor Team in October 2023 after spending eight years in Houston as the first Black male main evening anchor at KTRK. For the past year, he has co-anchored the 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts with Pat Harvey and shared the desk with Suzie Suh at KCAL News at 8 and 10 p.m. While his love for journalism caught him at an early age, Chauncy has always focused on the communities he served in, whether it was through his storytelling or...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck off the coast of Northern California on Thursday, briefly prompting a tsunami warning and leaving residents rattled from Southern Oregon to the San Joaquin Valley in California. State and local officials in California were working to assess the full scope of the damage, and early reports appeared to show that the earthquake did not cause major destruction. But it was the strongest to shake the state in more than five years. Here’s what we know so far. Where did the earthquake hit? The quake struck about 30 miles off the California coast...

Elon Musk is no stranger to the spotlight, but this time it’s for his French fry eating habits rather of his groundbreaking business ventures or new position in the government. The internet is buzzing over Musk’s unusual eating habits, not because of the high-profile firm he runs, but because of a recent photo of him dining on a private plane with Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Donald Trump Jr. Musk is featured in the photo eating at McDonald’s, but his stance on ketchup has sparked heated debate. Musk applied the ketchup directly on the fries in the container...

A new mom on vacation with her family in Mexico was told to cover up while breastfeeding her baby — and her creative response has gone viral. Melanie Dudley, a mother of three from Austin, Texas, was at a restaurant when she started to feed her 4-month-old baby. “I was on vacation in Cabo San Lucas with my entire family and a man asked me to cover myself,” she told Yahoo Lifestyle. “I’m usually discreet but we were seated in the back of the restaurant.” So Dudley asked her husband to hand her a cover and instead of covering her...

Speaking during a broadcast of “Hannity” on Monday, November 11, Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s newly appointed “border czar,” sounded off on claims from “The View” that the incoming Trump Administration will start deporting American citizens under it’s mass deportation plan. Particularly, Homan noted that the next Trump Administration will be securing the southern border, but that the co-hosts of ABC’s “The View,” which made the claim about American citizens being deported earlier in the day on that Monday, have no idea what they’re talking about. “The View” co-host Ana Navarro said, as background: “You realize, I mean, it’s chilling...

Bishop T.D. Jakes, a prominent Christian pastor and motivational speaker, experienced a health emergency following his sermon this weekend. In a statement released on Sunday, November 24, via his official social media channels, it announced that he is stable and under the care of medical professionals. The announcement followed an episode during a sermon at The Potter’s House of Dallas, where Jakes was observed pausing and being assisted by others on stage. The moment, which occurred during a live-streamed service, paid widespread attention and concern from viewers. In his sermon onstage, Bishop T.D. Jakes was seen sitting in a chair,...

This weather event, originating from Siberia, is expected to impact temperatures nationwide significantly. The first Arctic outbreak of the season is set to sweep across the US during Thanksgiving, bringing freezing temperatures and potential snowfall. A blast of Arctic air from Siberia will mark the first major cold snap of the season starting this last week of November 2024. Weather Track US shared on X that forecasts show approaching Arctic air mass will cause temperatures to plummet as much as 25°F below seasonal averages in some areas. Most of the continental US will see temperatures at least 10°F lower than...

At his campaign rally in West Palm Beach, the Republican leader spoke to fans after winning Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state. He praised his followers for re-electing him as the 45th and now 47th president, and amid applause, he called his campaign the “greatest” political movement. Trump, accompanied by Melania Trump, JD Vance, and his campaign staff, said he was excited to “make America great again.” To a cheer of applause, he declared, “We have regained control of the Senate.” “Wow, that’s good,” he added. As Trump referred to the election as a “political victory,” the crowd reacted with cries...