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CNN By Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday ramped up the pressure on Republicans as the nation nears the deadline to raise the debt ceiling and argued the GOP is putting the country at risk of a possible debt default by standing firm against raising the nation’s debt
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday ramped up the pressure on Republicans as the nation nears the deadline to raise the debt ceiling and argued the GOP is putting the country at risk of a possible debt default by standing firm against raising the nation’s debt limit.
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A 41-year-old felon was legally sane when he killed his father’s girlfriend in Thermal, jurors decided today. Raul Alcantar Sanchez Jr. was convicted last week of murder for killing 34-year-old Carolina Vargas in November 2012, and the trial immediately moved into the sanity phase at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. Jurors reached their conclusion
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By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer says bolstering a starting rotation that ranked among the worst this season tops his to-do list. the Cubs will have the financial flexibility to be active in free agency. The question is whether they try to make a
Continue Reading BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Premier League team Brighton says one of its players is assisting police with the investigation of an alleged offense. The south-coast club did not disclose the player in question or the nature of the alleged offense. Brighton says in a short statement that the matter “is subject to a legal process”
Continue ReadingBy Geneva Sands, CNN The Transportation Security Administration will impose new cybersecurity mandates on the railroad and airline industries, including reporting requirements as part of a department effort to force compliance in the wake of high-profile cyberattacks on critical industries, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Wednesday. DHS is moving to require more companies in
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By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Court documents unsealed Wednesday allege an Alaska man threatened to hire an assassin to kill U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. In a separate threat left in a voice message at Murkowski’s Washington office, the caller asked if the Alaska Republican knew what a .50 caliber shell does
Continue Reading SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s attorney general says he has asked the state’s Government Accountability Board to review questions about whether Gov. Kristi Noem improperly interfered in a state agency’s evaluation of her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license. The board, which was created in 2017 to review allegations of misconduct
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Spain has ended Italy’s record unbeaten run of 37 matches by beating the European champion 2-1 in the Nations League semifinals after Roberto Mancini’s team was reduced to 10 men. Ferran Torres scored two goals in the first half for Spain, the second coming after Leonardo Bonucci
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Britain’s Sir Ben Ainslie is now a team owner in the SailGP global league. Ainslie and business partner Chris Bake have purchased majority ownership in Great Britain SailGP Team. American tech billionaire Larry Ellison retains a minority stake. The British squad is the first of the existing eight SailGP
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona is confident he’ll return next season after missing most of the past two because of serious health issues. Francona stepped away from the club in late July to undergo hip replacement surgery as well as a procedure on a big toe
Continue Reading RALEIGH, NC (AP) — A local governing board in North Carolina has formally apologized for the mob lynching of a Black boy unlawfully taken from a jail in 1921. Now a century later, the Board of Commissioners in Chatham County, North Carolina, issued its apology Tuesday, calling it a step toward community healing. It said
Continue Reading By The Associated Press A capsule look at the best-of-five American League Division Series between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays.
Continue Reading By MAGGIE MULVIHILL Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Drug defendants whose cases have not yet been dismissed because of misconduct at a Boston lab are not entitled to new trials unless they can prove evidence specific to their cases was tainted. A judge ruled Wednesday against generally vacating all cases because of tampering at a
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The Palm Springs Police Department today continued its week-long training against implicit bias. The city announced on Tuesday that all police department employees began their eight-hour daily training in principled policing, procedural justice, and implicit bias. The city defined implicit bias “as the automatic association people make between groups of people and stereotypes about those
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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is poised to sue government contractors and other companies who receive U.S. government grants if they fail to report breaches of their cyber systems. That’s according to the Justice Department’s No. 2 official. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the department is prepared to
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is poised to sue government contractors and other companies who receive U.S. government grants if they fail to report breaches of their cyber systems. That’s according to the Justice Department’s No. 2 official. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the department is prepared to
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By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Even before making the move to the NFC West, Matthew Stafford could get a sense for the intensity of when Seattle and Los Angeles get together. His first taste of the Rams-Seahawks rivalry will come in a place he’s never won before when Los Angeles travels
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Even before making the move to the NFC West, Matthew Stafford could get a sense for the intensity of when Seattle and Los Angeles get together. His first taste of the Rams-Seahawks rivalry will come in a place he’s never won before when Los Angeles travels
Continue Reading MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Activists in Nicaragua say one member of an Indigenous community has been killed and three others are missing after assailants shot at them on the country’s Caribbean coast. The director of the Del Río Foundation suggested Wednesday it was the latest attack by settlers who have invaded indigenous lands. Foundation director
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