YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Yuma’s city administrator has resigned after agreeing to plead guilty to a misdemeanor in a crash originally charged as a hit-and-run. City Administrator Philip Rodriguez on Monday submitted his resignation effective Jan. 22. The resignation was announced after a closed-door City Council meeting following Rodriguez’s appearance in court earlier Monday. The
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By Hannah Ryan, CNN An ancient human relative was able to walk the ground on two legs and use their upper limbs to climb and swing like apes, according to a new study of 2 million-year-old vertebrae fossils. An international team of scientists from New York University, the University of the Witwatersrand and 15 other
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By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Jurors in the case of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery deliberated for about six hours without reaching a verdict. The panel received the case around midday Tuesday. After initially indicating they wanted to work into the evening, the jurors were soon dismissed by
Continue Reading By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government press agency says at least 19 people, including nine security force members, have been killed during an attack by extremists in Burkina Faso. Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday one of its staff members was also injured in the attack in Foube in
Continue Reading By EUGENE GARCIA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say a group of thieves smashed windows at a department store at a luxury mall. The latest incident in a trend of smash-and-grab crimes is part of a national trend that targeted a Nordstrom store late Monday. It came
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By EUGENE GARCIA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say a group of thieves smashed windows at a department store at a luxury mall. The latest incident in a trend of smash-and-grab crimes is part of a national trend that targeted a Nordstrom store late Monday. It came
Continue Reading By EUGENE GARCIA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say a group of thieves smashed windows at a department store at a luxury mall. The latest incident in a trend of smash-and-grab crimes is part of a national trend that targeted a Nordstrom store late Monday. It came
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks edged lower in choppy trading on Wall Street Tuesday as losses from communication and technology companies tempered gains elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 fell 0.3%, The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% and the Nasdaq slipped 1.3%. Prices for crude oil and
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks edged lower in choppy trading on Wall Street Tuesday as losses from communication and technology companies tempered gains elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 fell 0.3%, The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% and the Nasdaq slipped 1.3%. Prices for crude oil and
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils are going to use a third jersey for the first time in franchise history. The Devils announced they will use the black sweater with the word ‘Jersey’ on the front for the first time on Dec. 8 against Philadelphia. The franchise currently has home and away uniforms
Continue Reading By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister is heading to Morocco for an official visit to cement security ties between the two countries ahead of the one-year anniversary of their agreement to establish formal relations. Benny Gantz will be making the first official visit by an Israeli defense minister on
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press The U.S. is in better shape approaching its second Thanksgiving of the pandemic, thanks to the vaccine. But some cold weather regions are reporting surges of COVID-19 cases that could get worse in the days ahead as families travel the country. Nearly 200 million Americans are fully vaccinated. That leaves
Continue ReadingBy SHAIN BERGAN, NATHAN VICKERS Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — The man killed in a police-involved shooting Monday in Kansas City, KS, was a detective with the KCK Police Department who was fired last year, police revealed on Tuesday. Officers were called Monday around 2:30 p.m. to a
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Este domingo se celebra la 64 edición de los premios Grammy. En total, se presentaron nominaciones par 86 categorías, de las cuales dos son nuevas: mejor actuación musical global y mejor álbum de música urbana latina. A continuación, te presentamos a los nominados en las principales categorías generales y latinas de
Continue Reading By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer Retirees are ruling the roost in this year’s Grammy nominations in the record of the year category. Tony Bennett, at age 95, is going up against Swedish pop icons ABBA, all in their 70s, in a category that is normally dominated by a much younger generation of music
Continue Reading By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer Retirees are ruling the roost in this year’s Grammy nominations in the record of the year category. Tony Bennett, at age 95, is going up against Swedish pop icons ABBA, all in their 70s, in a category that is normally dominated by a much younger generation of music
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. AP Entertainment Writer Jon Batiste might be the Grammys biggest surprise: The multi-genre performer and recent Oscar winner made such an impression on voters that he scored the most nominations with 11 on Tuesday. Batiste earned an album of the year nod for “We Are” along with record of the year
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards were revealed Tuesday. Jon Batiste, the soulful musician who also serves as the bandleader on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” led among all nominees with 11. He celebrated nominations by pointing out on Twitter that is birthday is 11/11. Chart toppers Justin Bieber,
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina is the unanimous choice as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. The Gamecocks were ranked No. 1 when they beat No. 2 UConn earlier this week, a matchup that delayed the poll by a day. The Huskies fell to third, switching places
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The U.S. will host one of the four FIBA Women’s World Cup qualifying tournaments in February in Washington. The Americans already have earned an automatic bid into next year’s tournament that will be held in Australia. They will play against Belgium, Puerto Rico and Russia in the Feb. 10-13
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