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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is calling on social media companies to better police their platforms for people recruiting drivers to smuggle immigrants across the border. The Republican governor made the request Wednesday in a letter to the chief executives of the companies that run Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. He says
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Joyous bedlam erupted Wednesday at an employee appreciation and awards buffet at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas when the resort chief executive announced that all 5,400 people who work there will receive a $5,000 bonus. “It’s amazing!” said Edgar Rives, a cook for nine years in the employee cafeteria, after a
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By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic has earned a second straight NBA Most Valuable Player trophy to become the second consecutive international player to win two in a row. The 27-year-old from Serbia averaged 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists to take home MVP honors.
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By The Associated Press BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. missed Wall Street’s expectations for its fiscal second quarter, dinged by over $1 billion it paid in early termination fees for TV shows and films it wanted to use on its own streaming service. The remains in the crosshairs of Republican lawmakers and
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California taxpayers would help pay for abortions for women who can’t afford them under a new spending proposal Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday to prepare for a potential surge of people from other states seeking reproductive care if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
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CNN By Aaron Cooper, CNN A German airline is apologizing after a large number of Jewish passengers were denied boarding on a connecting flight at a Frankfurt airport earlier this month because, the airline says, a “limited” number of them did not follow mask rules and other crew instructions. Passengers told CNN they flew Lufthansa
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A family is putting out a call for the community to help with information on an Indio man who has been missing since April 2, 2022. Pedro Galvan 3rd was last seen in the Indio area on April 2. A missing persons report was filed with police. Galvan is seen in pictures with dark hair
Continue Reading By Aaron Cooper, CNN A German airline is apologizing after a large number of Jewish passengers were denied boarding on a connecting flight at a Frankfurt airport earlier this month because, the airline says, a “limited” number of them did not follow mask rules and other crew instructions. Passengers told CNN they flew Lufthansa from
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Rhys Hoskins homered for the third straight game and provided all of Philadelphia’s offense with the second grand slam of his career as the Phillies beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2. The Phillies took two of three from the Mariners helped by the homer barrage by Hoskins.
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Navy has identified the sailor killed in a recent helicopter landing accident at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Electronics Technician 1st Class Ryan DeKorte, 35, of Lubbock, Texas, died at a hospital Monday following the accident last Thursday, according to the
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase has lost half its value in the past week, including its biggest one-day drop 5o date on Wednesday as the famously volatile crypto market weathers yet another slump. Coinbase reported a $430 million net loss in the first quarter, or
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Miami Marlins have found themselves on the losing end of most close games this year. They may have found a solution: blowouts. Miami turned a competitive afternoon into a comfortable win Wednesday, riding big swings by Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Avisaíl García to an eight-run
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Miami Marlins have found themselves on the losing end of most close games this year. They may have found a solution: blowouts. Miami turned a competitive afternoon into a comfortable win Wednesday, riding big swings by Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Avisaíl García to an eight-run
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility plans to shut down a massive coal-fired power plant, but wants to replace it with natural gas. That would put the federal Tennessee Valley Authority out of step with President Joe Biden’s administration goal of a carbon-pollution-free energy sector by 2035.
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Two Springfield police officers teamed up to save a choking baby earlier this week. Officers Luis Rodriguez and Christopher Charles were on a construction detail Monday afternoon when a woman drove up next to them, screaming that her baby wasn’t breathing.
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Approximately 1.3 million vote-by-mail ballots are on the way to voters for the primary election on June 7. According to the Riverside County Registrar’s Office, while the ballot mailing started on Monday, May 9, it is expected to take five days for all ballots to make it in the mail. Click here to Track Your
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby was released from prison when his conviction that he drugged and assaulted a woman was overturned. Quarterback Deshaun Watson landed a record-setting $230 million contract, despite an investigation into allegations he assaulted 22 women. Celebrity chef Mario Batali was acquitted this week on just the
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee Board of Parole member says Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife should not be granted early release from a 30-year prison sentence she received after pleading guilty to plotting the retired NBA player’s 2010 slaying. Barrett Rich recommended that the board deny parole to Sherra Wright during a hearing at the Nashville
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A tentative $32 million settlement has been reached with Los Angeles County in a lawsuit over its child welfare agency’s supervision of a boy who allegedly was abused to death by his mother and her boyfriend, attorneys announced Wednesday. The settlement in the 2018 death of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos requires approval
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Electric truck maker Rivian delivered some much needed assurance to Wall Street Wednesday, even as it reported a larger than expected first quarter loss. The company said that it had 7,000 new orders for its R1 electric pickup in the last two months, bringing total net orders up to 90,000
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