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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Russia’s Tass news agency says a court near Moscow announced it has extended the detention of WNBA star Brittney Griner until May 19. Griner was detained after arriving at a Moscow airport, reportedly in mid-February. Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges as allegedly containing
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston and Eric Bradner, CNN As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on US officials “to do more” to help his country, governors around the US are mobilizing to bolster shipments of humanitarian aid and other supplies, including at least one state sending personal protective and medical equipment it had been scrambling to acquire
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The Palm Springs Police Department is considering a variety of solutions to address an ongoing rise in violent crime citywide. “The gun violence problems in the northern part of our city. That is priority number one. We cannot afford to have people driving through the neighborhood and getting shot,” said PSPD Chief Andy Mills. PSPD
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The parents of Nicole Crystal Sinkule continue their efforts to keep their daughter’s murderer behind bars. On October 16, 2005, 25-year-old Sinkule was brutally murdered in her sleep while living in Oceanside. Sinkule’s boyfriend at the time, Eric Nathaniel Marum, was convicted in her death and was serving 16-years to life in prison in Sacramento. In
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN St. Patrick’s Day may be strongly associated with Irish pride, but the eponymous saint actually wasn’t even from Ireland. St. Patrick was actually born in Roman Britain, according to Catholic Online. As a boy, he was first brought to the country through Irish pirates, captured to take care of sheep. At
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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Versatile Brad Miller and Texas have agreed to a $10 million, two-year contract. Miller hit 20 homers for Philadelphia last season and has started games at every infield and outfield position over nine big league seasons with six different teams. The 32-year-old Miller will make $6 million this season and $4
Continue Reading SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Versatile Brad Miller and Texas have agreed to a $10 million, two-year contract. Miller hit 20 homers for Philadelphia last season and has started games at every infield and outfield position over nine big league seasons with six different teams. The 32-year-old Miller will make $6 million this season and $4
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN With winter finally coming to an end, millions of people in India — and other parts of the world home to Hindus — are gearing up for one of the most joyous celebrations of the year. That celebration is Holi, the Hindu festival of love, color and spring. It’s a time
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A local non-profit raised money for Ukrainian refugees at a rally Thursday in Palm Desert. The Mensch International Foundation, founded by Palm Springs resident Steven Geiger, hosted the Save Ukraine Rally at the Palm Desert Civic Center Park amphitheater. It was to stand in solidarity with Ukraine, get out support and fundraise for refugees, and
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer Mikaela Shiffrin has soared back to the summit of skiing by clinching the overall World Cup title. The fourth overall title of her career seemed far away from her mystifying struggles at the Beijing Olympics last month. Her season that risked being defined by zero medals from six events
Continue Reading By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Surveillance camera footage shows maintenance workers using a propane torch prior to a blaze that destroyed a century-old clubhouse at a suburban Detroit country club. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said the Oakland Hills Country Club has estimated the loss of the clubhouse at about $80
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — One of the largest ferry operators in the United Kingdom has fired 800 crew members without notice and plans to replace them with cheaper staff. Thursday’s announcement by P&O Ferries sparked a furious response from workers and criticism from British authorities. Many workers were fired by Zoom
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman Frankie Collins provided the spark Michigan needed in a turbulent year for the Wolverines and coach Juwan Howard. He helped the 11th-seeded Wolverines rally from a 15-point deficit to beat sixth-seeded Colorado State 75-63 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Collins was pressed
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street extended a rally into a third day on Thursday, even as oil prices jumped back above $100 per barrel. The S&P 500 climbed 1.2% after drifting between small gains and losses in the early going. The index surged more than
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department unsealed charges on Thursday against a 23-year-old Wisconsin man who allegedly told associates it was “satisfying” to assault US Capitol Police officers on January 6, 2021, and threatened to return to Washington, DC, with paintball guns that resembled an automatic rifle. Riley Kasper was arrested
Continue Reading JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Big-hitting South African James Hart du Preez has carded a 9-under 63 to lead after the first round of the European tour’s Steyn City Championship in Johannesburg. Du Preez raised the prospect of a 59 when he was 11 under par with two holes to play. Even a bogey-bogey finish saw him
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Formula One begins the new season on Sunday in Bahrain at a huge track where a huge contract extension was recently signed. But former political prisoner Najah Yusuf still waits for compensation after allegedly being tortured and abused in a Bahrain jail over a
Continue Reading By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JILL BLEED and ANITA SNOW Associated Press HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — A University of the Southwest official says the campus is mourning the loss of six students on the golf teams and a coach and is asking for people to keep the school and the families of the deceased in their thoughts.
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday called Vladimir Putin a “pure thug” and “murderous dictator,” his latest pointed attack against the Russian President as the war in Ukraine rages on. Speaking at the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon on St. Patrick’s Day at Capitol Hill, Biden said Putin is
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Baseball’s bitter 99-day lockout moved a little further back in the rearview mirror when spring training games began Thursday. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Minnesota Twins in sunny Fort Myers, Florida, to ring in the start of exhibition season, and three more games
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