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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN In the early morning hours, under beaming lights, groups of migrants turn the corner of the border wall, anxiously trying to reach US Border Patrol agents. One by one, the migrants turn themselves in, hoping to seek asylum. It’s an example of the mass migration around the world that’s arriving at
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Two people were fatally stabbed outside a Southern California desert hotel early Friday and a third person was hospitalized, authorities said. Initial reports had few details of what happened and who was involved in the violence at a SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Palm Desert, about 110 miles east of
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to restore abortion rights nationwide in Democrats’ first legislative response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The bill has little chance of becoming law, with the necessary support lacking in the 50-50 Senate. Yet voting
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business US stocks surged Friday as an end-of-week rally gained momentum and sent the Dow up over 600 points. A new batch of bank earnings and economic data Friday morning increased investors’ optimism about the state of the economy and lessened worries that the Federal Reserve could raise rates by a
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN The Congressional Progressive Caucus released Friday a new slate of recommended executive actions tailored to protect abortion access and to pressure President Joe Biden to do more as Democrats continue to grapple with how to respond to Roe v. Wade being overturned. The 10 executive actions, developed with progressive allies and
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By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former Peruvian President Francisco Morales Bermudez has died at age 100. The general was credited with leading Peru back to civilian government — but he also was convicted abroad of involvement in “dirty war” crimes. His son Remigio Morales says the former president died Thursday night
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By ERIC TUCKER and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor investigating potential criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election says in a published interview she’s considering requesting that former President Donald Trump testify under oath to a grand jury. Meanwhile, several people who’ve been subpoenaed as part of the probe have
Continue Reading BLAIRSTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A girl who was dubbed Princess Doe after her remains were found 40 years ago in a New Jersey cemetery has been identified as a Long Island teenager, authorities announced Friday. Charges have been filed against the man they believe killed Dawn Olanick, 17, of West Babylon, New York, the Warren
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man has been arrested in Texas in connection with the Southern California slayings of four women decades ago, police said. Billy Ray Richardson, 76, was arrested on Thursday by detectives from the Los Angeles and suburban Inglewood police departments with the assistance of officers from Fort Worth, Texas, police. Richardson
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man has been arrested in Texas in connection with the Southern California slayings of four women decades ago, police said. Billy Ray Richardson, 76, was arrested on Thursday by detectives from the Los Angeles and suburban Inglewood police departments with the assistance of officers from Fort Worth, Texas, police. Richardson
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Thirty women who had accused the Houston Texans of turning a blind eye to allegations that their former star quarterback Deshaun Watson was sexually assaulting and harassing women during massage sessions have settled their legal claims against the team, their attorney said Friday. The terms of
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer Max Scherzer misses hitting. He misses pitching to pitchers. And yet the New York Mets right-hander is just fine with the full-time addition of the designated hitter to the National League as of this season, nearly 50 years after the American League adopted it. “The biggest benefit,” the three-time
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer Max Scherzer misses hitting. He misses pitching to pitchers. And yet the New York Mets right-hander is just fine with the full-time addition of the designated hitter to the National League as of this season, nearly 50 years after the American League adopted it. “The biggest benefit,” the three-time
Continue ReadingBy Amy Powell and ABC7.com staff Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LOS ANGELES, California (KABC) — An innocent motorist was killed at the end of a high-speed chase as the suspects — two teenage boys — slammed into multiple vehicles near the 105 Freeway ramp in South Los Angeles. The crash happened
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A group of academics from Yale University and other schools says a plan by Florida health officials that likely would restrict Medicaid insurance coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for transgender people lacks any sound medical justification. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration says puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and sex reassignment
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MONROVIA, California (KABC) — A mama bear and her cub entered a Monrovia home earlier this month and helped themselves to some treats in the kitchen, video of the startling incident shows. The homeowner, Alice Taylor, said the mama bear removed the screen of an
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — What would you do if you were leaving work, only to be met with an emu on the road? A hilarious video from the Greenspoint area shows a woman’s reaction to that very scenario. “Y’all see this ostrich? Somebody done lost
Continue ReadingCNN By Kate Sullivan, Betsy Klein and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday indicated to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that he believes the Crown Prince was to blame for the 2018 killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even as Biden announced several new areas of cooperation aimed at reshaping US-Saudi relations.
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