By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have hired Ruben Niebla from Cleveland as their pitching coach. General manager A.J. Preller hired Niebla even though he has yet to hire a replacement for Jayce Tingler, who was fired Oct. 6. Tingler took the fall for the Padres’ brutal
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By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have hired Ruben Niebla from Cleveland as their pitching coach. General manager A.J. Preller hired Niebla even though he has yet to hire a replacement for Jayce Tingler, who was fired Oct. 6. Tingler took the fall for the Padres’ brutal
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league has denounced racist insults by a Barcelona fan against Real Madrid midfielder Vinícius Júnior during the “clásico” at the Camp Nou Stadium on Sunday. The league says it will take the case to Spanish authorities so they can pursue the necessary measures against the fan. It did not say
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mark McCloskey, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, says he does not believe young victims of rape or incest should be allowed to have abortions. The Kansas City Star reports McCloskey made the comments last week at a forum in Osage Beach. In response to a question, McCloskey
Continue Reading KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sophomore quarterback Harrison Bailey is leaving Tennessee after finding himself third on the depth chart under first-year coach Josh Heupel. Bailey announced his decision Wednesday in a social media post. From Marietta, Georgia, he was the No. 3 pro-style quarterback prospect nationally and a four-star recruit by the 247Sports Composite coming
Continue Reading By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A new study found a cheap antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID-19. The research is part of a larger project hunting for existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat coronavirus. Researchers tested the antidepressant because it was known to reduce inflammation and
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The California Natural Resources Agency is hosting an online public meeting on Tuesday evening to introduce the Independent Review Panel on Water Importation. The Salton Sea Management Program (SSMP) is establishing an Independent Review Panel (Panel) to review concepts for water importation to the Salton Sea for its long-term restoration The Independent Review Panel will
Continue Reading REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is largely ending a mandate requiring residents and visitors wear masks indoors. Wednesday’s announcement by Mayor LaToya Cantrell comes as infections of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus continue to fall. The mayor says the mandate will be lifted Friday with a few
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has fired coach Ronald Koeman after the team’s 1-0 loss to Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish league. Club president Joan Laporta informed the Dutch coach of his decision following the match. Barcelona said Koeman “will say goodbye to the squad on Thursday.” He leaves with the club in ninth place
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We continue with overall mild conditions across the Coachella Valley, but temperatures are expected to rise over the coming days. KESQ A ridge of high pressure is building across the region from off the coast. Warm, dry air will filter in with the help of weak Santa Ana winds. KESQ Seasonable temperatures return by Saturday,
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks is raising its U.S. employees’ pay and making other changes to improve working conditions in its stores. The Seattle-based coffee giant says all of its U.S. workers will earn at least $15 __ and up to $23 __ per hour by next summer. Starbucks says the enhanced pay
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Human activity and climate change-fueled disasters have turned 10 of the planet’s internationally recognized forests, also known as World Heritage sites, from carbon absorbers into carbon emitters, researchers have found. The report from UNESCO found these sites can absorb approximately 190 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Twenty-one Republican state attorneys general have sent a letter to President Joe Biden criticizing his COVID-19 vaccination mandate for federal contractors. The Wednesday letter is signed by attorneys general from Texas, Mississippi, Alaska and other states. They say the mandate “stands on shaky legal ground,”
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Fans of Grammy Award-winning superstar Pitbull will have to wait a little while longer to see him return to the Coachella Valley. Fantasy Springs Resort Casino announced that Pitbull’s Dec. 18, 2021 show has been rescheduled to February 12, 2022. Tickets previously purchased will be honored for the new date; those who are unable to attend
Continue Reading PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — A 31-year-old southern Illinois man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer at a gas station. Scott Hyden of Highland was arrested at the gas station following the shooting Tuesday of 36-year-old Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmins. Madison County State’s Attorney
Continue Reading CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury has been seated in a civil trial to determine whether white nationalists who planned the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville will be held responsible for the violence that erupted. The process of choosing a jury was completed Wednesday, the third day of jury selection. Opening statements are
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Rozner Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Some lovebirds looking to wed in the Big Apple are finding popping the question is the easy part, but getting the marriage license is a whole other story. Due to the pandemic, appointments are limited. Couples told CBS2’s Lisa Rozner on
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Home favorite Andrey Rublev has reached the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Belarussian player Ilya Ivashka. The defending champion saved all seven break points he faced to reach the quarterfinals at the event for the third time. He will next face American player
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The former player at the heart of the Chicago Blackhawks assault scandal has come forward publicly. Kyle Beach tells TSN he felt “alone and dark” in the days following the alleged assault in 2010. Earlier this week, a report detailed how senior team leaders badly mishandled
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Wednesday refused to pause a vaccine mandate set to take effect Friday for the city’s municipal workforce, denying a police union’s request for a temporarily restraining order. Judge Lizette Colon ruled that the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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