CNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN After an explosive court brief and picture of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago earlier this week, the Justice Department will argue in court Thursday against a request by former President Donald Trump that a so-called special master be appointed in to review the evidence the FBI seized at his Florida resort
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By JANIE HAR and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will establish a new court program to steer — even force — homeless people with severe mental disorders into treatment after lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a proposal pitched in March by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The Senate unanimously agreed
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BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The body that oversees Egypt’s Suez Canal says an oil tanker ran aground in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly blocking the global waterway before being freed. The Suez Canal Authority says the Singaporean-flagged Affinity V vessel became wedged in a single-lane stretch of the canal on Wednesday before
Continue Reading By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An assistant principal at a public elementary school in Connecticut is facing an investigation by state education officials after apparently being secretly recorded saying he’d prefer not to hire politically conservative staff, including Roman Catholics. The comments appeared in a viral video that has sparked concern
Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Democrat Mary Peltola has won the special election for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat, besting a field that included Republican Sarah Palin. Peltola, who is Yup’ik, will become the first Alaska Native to serve in the House and the first woman elected to Alaska’s House seat,
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Wednesday voted to let government workers hide their home addresses from public records if they fear for their safety, a response to the country’s continuously polarizing politics and pandemic policies that have fueled an increase in violent threats against some public employees. California
Continue Reading OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting while traveling in the front seat of a car that was hit by multiple bullets and the woman driving was injured after she exited the San Francisco Bay Area highway and crashed, authorities said. The woman was driving on the eastbound lanes of
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing back on calls by Uvalde families for new gun control measures in Texas in wake of the Robb Elementary School massacre. Abbott said Wednesday that that raising the minimum age to purchase weapons like the one used in the
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — En Lima, la Comisión de Fiscalización del Congreso aprobó en su sesión de este miércoles, investigar la existencia de una presunta “organización criminal familiar dirigida desde Palacio de Gobierno”. Esta decisión de la comisión deberá ser aprobada por el Pleno del Congreso, conformado por la totalidad de los 130 parlamentarios,
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed, Kara Scannell, Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen, CNN Former President Donald Trump argued in a court filing Wednesday that the National Archives should have expected to find classified material among the 15 boxes Trump turned over in January from Mar-a-Lago because they were presidential records. The filing, his closing written
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state Senate can keep hundreds of emails and other records related to its partisan review of the 2020 election secret because they are “privileged” and exempt from disclosure under state public records law. The unanimous ruling means the public
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Richard Roat, un actor que acumuló una impresionante lista de créditos al aparecer en docenas de programas de televisión icónicos desde principios de los 60 hasta mediados de los 2000, murió a principios de este mes, según un obituario de su familia publicado en Los Angeles Times. Roat tenía 89. Roat
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says an international yoga business founder arrested on tax charges is a flight risk and a danger to prospective witnesses in the case against him, but a judge didn’t agree with a request that he be confined to his Washington home. U.S. Magistrate Judge
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Richard Roat, an actor who amassed an impressive list of credits appearing in dozens of iconic television shows from the early ’60s to the mid-2000s, died earlier this month, according to an obituary from his family published in the Los Angeles Times. He was 89. Roat was well known for his
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For as long as Serena Williams remains in the U.S. Open bracket, there is one overwhelming question that will hang over the proceedings and help define the moment: Could this be the last chance to watch her play? The second opportunity for spectators to shower
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — En la preparación de la actual contraofensiva ucraniana, Estados Unidos instó a Kyiv a mantener la operación limitada tanto en sus objetivos como en su geografía para evitar extenderse demasiado y enredarse en múltiples frentes, dicen a CNN múltiples funcionarios estadounidenses y occidentales, así como fuentes ucranianas. Esas discusiones incluyeron
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A boat inside a home in Cathedral City caught on fire Wednesday afternoon. The fire was initially reported at around 3:30 p.m. on Raposa Road, near Panorama Road. John Rizya, a witness, told News Channel 3 crew that he saw the fire break out in the home’s garage as he was driving by after picking
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Actress Ana de Armas doesn’t agree with the film rating given to her upcoming film “Blonde,” a fictionalized look at the life of Marilyn Monroe. “Blonde” received an NC-17 rating from the Motion Picture Association earlier this year due to “some sexual content,” according to the organization’s website. This means that
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By Andy Rose, CNN The University of North Dakota is working to repatriate human remains and sacred artifacts taken from Indigenous communities, UND President Andrew Armacost said Wednesday at a news conference. More than 250 boxes of items were discovered in March, but university officials have not publicized the find until now at the request
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press Behind a closed chapel office door inside a federal women’s prison in California, a chaplain forced inmates seeking his spiritual guidance to have sex with him, exploiting their faith and their powerlessness behind bars for his own gratification, prosecutors said. James Theodore Highhouse was sentenced Wednesday
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