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Harris campaign casts Trump as ‘scared’ to have debate
Vice President Harris’s campaign on Friday depicted former President Trump as frightened to have a debate against the expected Democratic presidential nominee. In an email with the subject line “Many People Are Saying: Donald Trump Is Scared to Debate Kamala Harris,” the campaign outlined that Trump and President Biden had agreed to two debates, one on […]
Bakersfield wine expert discusses champagne and other French wines
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — As 17 News gears up for the Olympic games over the next two weeks, Maddie Janssen and Alex Fisher take a look at French culture and cuisine. Maddie and Alex spoke with wine expert and owner of Campo Bar+Bottle, Molly Rivera, about a celebratory drink people sip on all over the […]
Vance defends ‘sarcastic’ ‘childless cat ladies’ remarks amid blowback
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Friday addressed the firestorm brewing around his recently resurfaced remarks that the country was being run by “childless cat ladies,” calling it a “sarcastic comment” and pivoting to attack Democrats as “antifamily.” “I know the media wants to attack me and wants me to back down on this, Megyn, but […]
Both sides rest, closing arguments scheduled Wednesday in trial over CDCR counselor’s death
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Both sides rested Friday in the trial of two men charged with murder in the death of a prison counselor, and closing arguments are set to be delivered next week. The jury has heard all evidence in the trial of Robert Pernell Roberts and Sebastian Parra — and on Wednesday will […]
Pesticides as big a cancer risk as smoking, study finds
(The Hill) — Pesticides may cause cancer on a level equivalent to smoking cigarettes, a new study has found. The widespread use of pesticides may lead to hundreds of thousands of additional cancer cases in major corn-producing states like Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio — even for Americans who don’t work on farms, according to findings published Thursday in […]
Live view from Paris: The world gathers for Olympic opening ceremonies
These games signal the return of crowds following two COVID-dampened Olympics. About 220,000 invited and security-screened spectators are expected to fill the upper tiers of the Seine's banks, and an additional 104,000 paying spectators will watch from the lower riverside and around the Trocadéro plaza.
Harris campaign: Vance ‘already a disaster’ as Trump VP pick
Vice President Harris’s campaign is dubbing Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) a “disaster” as former President Trump’s choice of a running mate, suggesting Trump could be soon be regretting his decision. In an email with the subject line, “Buyer’s Remorse: Trump’s VP Pick Already a Disaster,” the Harris campaign highlighted that Vance has a net-negative rating, […]
Harvey Weinstein has COVID-19, pneumonia; moved from jail to hospital
Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been transferred from a New York City jail to a hospital to undergo treatment for a variety of health problems including COVID-19 and pneumonia in both lungs, his representatives said Thursday.
Manslaughter charge filed in deadly Hwy 178 crash
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Prosecutors have filed a charge of vehicular manslaughter against a 22-year-old man they allege drove on the wrong side of Highway 178, causing a head-on collision that killed an Onyx man. Glenn Dale Watson is also charged with three counts of driving the wrong way on a divided highway causing injury, […]
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