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By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As a Georgia investigation into potential criminal interference in the 2020 election heats up, prosecutors are trying to force allies and advisers of former President Donald Trump to come to Atlanta to testify before a special grand jury. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the criminal
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK, JOSEF FEDERMAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden starts the first visit to the Middle East of his presidency with a monumental task: assuring uneasy Israeli and Saudi Arabian officials that he is committed to preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power. Biden begins the visit Wednesday with
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond and Natasha Bertrand, CNN As President Joe Biden arrived here on Wednesday, he is doing something he has never done on a foreign trip: Embracing one of his predecessor’s legacy achievements. While much of his foreign travel in his first 18 months in office has focused on reversing the foreign policy of
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN When Vladimir Putin refocused his war in Ukraine on the country’s east three months ago, he did so bruised by the failures of his initial lunge towards Kyiv and desperate for a face-saving success. After a slow and bloody march through Luhansk was finalized with the capture of the city of
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets gained while Europe opened lower Wednesday ahead of U.S. inflation data that some investors worry might lead to more interest rate hikes. Wall Street futures were lower. Oil prices rose $1 per barrel, rebounding from Tuesday’s plunge. Investors were waiting for U.S. data
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets gained while Europe opened lower Wednesday ahead of U.S. inflation data that some investors worry might lead to more interest rate hikes. Wall Street futures were lower. Oil prices rose $1 per barrel, rebounding from Tuesday’s plunge. Investors were waiting for U.S. data
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The Palm Springs Unified School District board of education named two new principals and an assistant principal at three of its schools on Tuesday. Andrea Guaydacan will be the new Principal of Cabot Yerxa Elementary. She joins Palm Springs Unified with over 20 years of experience as a teacher, instructional coach, grant coordinator and assistant
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Veterans of foreign wars who didn’t graduate from high school can apply between now and Oct. 14 for graduation certificates issued through a Riverside County program that awards diplomas to former airmen, soldiers, sailors and Marines who gave up school to serve their country. The county Office of Education is conducting its 16th “Operation Recognition”
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By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols and rookie Nolan Gorman hit solo home runs and the St. Louis Cardinals ended Los Angeles’ seven-game winning streak, beating the Dodgers 7-6 Tuesday night. “We had a lot of guys contributing,” St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. “A lot of different guys stepped
Continue Reading SUVA, Fiji (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris assured Pacific island leaders of more U.S. engagement after acknowledging the United States may not have previously provided the diplomatic attention the region deserved. Harris’ virtual address to the Pacific Islands Forum comes as China vies for more influence in the Indo-Pacific region. She proposed new
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Aerial Powers had career highs of 35 points and 12 rebounds, Rachel Banham added season highs of 25 points and seven assists, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Phoenix Mercury 118-107 in two overtimes on Tuesday night. Kayla McBride was 9 of 9 from the free throw line and finished with 17
Continue Reading ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout has left the Los Angeles Angels’ game against Houston with upper back spasms. The three-time AL MVP didn’t come out for the fifth inning Tuesday night after striking out in his first two plate appearances against Luis Garcia and the AL West-leading Astros. Trout was selected earlier this month
Continue Reading By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A new wave of anger swept through Uvalde on Tuesday over surveillance footage of police officers in body armor milling in the hallway of Robb Elementary School while a gunman carried out a massacre inside a fourth-grade classroom where 19 children and
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CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN A stellar nursery where stars are born, interactions between galaxies and a unique view of an exoplanet are just some of the new cosmic images were shared Tuesday. After decades of waiting, it’s finally time for the world to see the first images taken by the most powerful space telescope
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Darby is losing strength while moving westward over the Pacific, falling from a powerful Category 4 storm to Category 2 and posing no threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Darby had winds of 110 mph (175 kph) late Tuesday afternoon, down from peak winds of 140 mph
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The Palm Springs prowler, a shirtless man on a one-wheeled skateboard accused in a series of burglaries, has been arrested. On Tuesday, detectives were able to contact and arrest the suspect, a 31-year-old man, police announced. The man faces four counts of burglary and a parole violation. “We want to thank the community for their
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A rock memorabilia dealer and two other men are charged with scheming to sell allegedly ill-gotten, handwritten lyrics to “Hotel California” and other hits by the Eagles. The men pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges, which between the three of them include conspiracy,
Continue Reading BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A man suspected in the murder of a 58-year-old man last week at a northwest Washington business was found dead in northern California. Cascadia Daily News reports Todd Andersen fled after Douglas Scoggins was found with gunshot wounds at a business called Pioneer Post Frame in Ferndale Thursday afternoon. Andersen sent
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer LeBron James is publicly criticizing the United States’ handling of WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s case in a trailer for an upcoming episode of his television show: “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” Griner is on trial in Russia for drug possession. She pleaded guilty last week and will appear again in court
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La Sociedad Protectora de Animales de Estados Unidos (HSUS, por sus siglas en inglés) transferirá 4.000 beagles de un centro de investigación en Cumberland, Virginia, a sociedades protectoras de animales en Estados Unidos donde puedan ser adoptados, según un plan aprobado la semana pasada por un juez federal. En una serie
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