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Record high temperatures hit or were poised to land Saturday in California and Arizona as dangerous heat swept over the American Southwest. The National Weather Service in Phoenix reported a temperature of 114 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsius), tying the record high for the date set back in 1918. Meanwhile temperatures in several inland areas
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Record high temperatures hit or were poised to land Saturday in California and Arizona as dangerous heat swept over the American Southwest. The National Weather Service in Phoenix reported a temperature of 114 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsius), tying the record high for the date set back in 1918. Meanwhile temperatures in several inland areas
Continue Reading By ASHRAF KHALIL and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people rallied on the National Mall and across the United States on Saturday in a renewed push for gun control measures after recent deadly mass shootings from Uvalde, Texas, to Buffalo, New York, that activists say should compel Congress to act. “Enough
Continue Reading Associated Press HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s migration agency has issued nearly 7,000 temporary documents and transit visas over the last few days to members of a migrant caravan which by Saturday had broken up in southern Mexico. Hundreds of people were heading north in buses while others were spread out over various towns north
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By Hannah Sarisohn and Christina Maxouris, CNN A recently retired truck driver who traveled across the country for decades has been charged in a California woman’s death, just weeks after he was arrested in Texas for another woman’s killing, prosecutors said. Douglas Thomas, 67, was charged Friday in the death of Sherri Herrera, a 30-year-old
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have arrested one of four people wanted in the fatal shooting last month of a student’s grandmother outside a New Orleans high school graduation ceremony that was held at a local university. WVUE-TV reports 18-year-old Brandon Rock made his first court appearance Saturday. Jail records show he was arrested Friday
Continue Readingby Chiara Grimes Americans are facing grocery store price hikes at levels not seen since the inflation-soaked 1970s, with double-digit increases on everything from eggs to poultry, according to the latest Consumer Price Index from the Labor Department. Friday’s inflation report was a triple-whammy for consumers, with massive price hikes in food, shelter and energy
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Major League Baseball has taken its fair share of criticism for changes trying to get younger fans interested in the game, but there has been one this season that has generated rave reviews. MLB has expanded letting players being mic’d up and interviewed during games
Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The special primary for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat moved forward as planned Saturday following a tense legal fight over ballot access issues that had cast a shadow over the election. The legal drama was the latest twist in what has already been an extraordinary election,
Continue Reading Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select California stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of California and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to the AP-Los Angeles bureau at 213-626-1200, losangeles@ap.org,
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Sergio Gomez (CNN Español) — Un año más, junio se llena de conferencias y eventos de videojuegos en los que las principales compañías del sector anuncian los nuevos juegos que están preparando o las novedades que tienen sobre los mismos. A falta de la cancelada Electronic Entertainment Expo (conocida normalmente como E3), que era la
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business William Shatner — the 90-year-old actor, presenter, spoken word poet, author, and, more recently, the oldest person ever to travel to space — is showing no signs of slowing down. This fall, he plans to publish a book, called “Boldly Go,” which is billed as a sort of philosophical reflection
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn and Emma Tucker, CNN Nine people were injured in Los Angeles Saturday morning after being struck by a driver who claimed someone had pointed a gun at him, causing him to swerve, police said. Los Angeles Police Department officials told CNN the driver hit the pedestrians after crashing into a Westlake sidewalk.
Continue Reading GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — A 17-year-old boy has been charged in a shooting that wounded three people at a North Carolina mall. Gastonia Police Chief Travis Brittain says two men and a woman were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries after they were shot in the parking lot of the Eastridge Mall on
Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that barred state elections officials from certifying the results of Saturday’s special U.S. House primary amid concerns about ballot accessibility for voters with visual impairments. The high court said Saturday that an explanation of its reasoning
Continue Reading By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s attorney general has asked the state’s highest appeals court to set execution dates for 25 death row inmates following a federal judge’s rejection of their challenge to the state’s lethal injection method. In 25 similar filings with the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday,
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police seized an arsenal of weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition from the home of a homicide suspect in Northern California during a search earlier this week. The San Jose Police Department said in a statement late Friday that it recovered more than 65 firearms, of which about 25 were
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer ST. ALBANS, England (AP) — Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel banked $4.75 million on Saturday by winning the richest tournament in golf history, while the event’s Saudi backers faced renewed backlash after a 9/11 victims’ group called for American players to withdraw from the rebel series. Schwartzel held on
Continue Reading By ASHRAF KHALIL and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people rallied on the National Mall and across the United States on Saturday in a renewed push for gun control measures after recent deadly mass shootings from Uvalde, Texas, to Buffalo, New York, that activists say should compel Congress to act. “Enough
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer ST. ALBANS, England (AP) — Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel banked $4.75 million on Saturday by winning the richest tournament in golf history, while the event’s Saudi backers faced renewed backlash after a 9/11 victims’ group called for American players to withdraw from the rebel series. Schwartzel held on
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