By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Grammy-nominated singer Eric Burton lost track of the lyrics during “The Star-Spangled Banner” before Friday night’s World Series opener between Houston and Philadelphia. With players and staff lined up on the field for the traditional pre-game ceremony, and a giant American flag unfurled across the outfield,
Continue Reading By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In an effort to get more votes and win reelection, the governor of the Brazilian state of Rondonia on Friday revoked the protection of a large swath of Amazon forest. Marcos Rocha, a staunch ally of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, signed a decree that abolished
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COLTON, Calif. (AP) — An off-duty Colton police officer has died after accidentally shooting himself, authorities said Friday. Lorenzo Morgan, 29, of Apple Valley, called 911 on Thursday afternoon and was found inside his car on National Trails Highway in Oro Grande, an unincorporated community northeast of Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert, according to
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BIESECKER and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s California home and severely beating her husband with a hammer appears to have made racist and often rambling posts online, including some that questioned the results of the 2020 election, defended former President Donald Trump and echoed
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Residentes llegaron para presenciar la simbólica palada inicial.
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The U.S. Health and Human Secretary Xavier Becerra visited the Coachella Valley Friday, touring local health centers including a Desert Hot Springs senior center and DAP Health in Palm Springs. Becerra began the day at Desert Hot Springs Senior Center alongside Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz. They urged the valley’s elderly to get their Covid-19 boosters
Continue Reading By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has ordered the state to provide better care for a death row inmate who was restrained after he cut off his penis. An attorney for a Henry Hodges filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order on Friday. It states that after
Continue Reading By SEUNG MIN KIM and MARC LEVY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — If a president’s most precious commodity is time, there is no place more valuable politically for the White House this midterm year than Pennsylvania. The White House has showered attention on the Keystone State — Biden’s birthplace — in the final run-up to
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los responsables del juego Powerball aumentaron el estimado del premio mayor a US$ 825 millones para el sorteo del sábado por la noche tras la “fuerte” venta de boletos en todo el país, según un comunicado de prensa de la Asociación de Lotería Multiestatal. “Si un jugador se lleva el premio
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Colorado businessman has been convicted of charges that he and others siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars from an online fundraiser to build a wall along the U.S. southern border despite promising donors every cent would go to the wall. Timothy Shea was convicted Friday
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Davis won’t play for the Los Angeles Lakers against Minnesota on Friday night due to low back tightness. Los Angeles coach Darvin Ham said Davis felt the tightness when he woke up Friday morning and that the team decided to take the cautious approach with the oft-injured big man. Ham hoped
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN Vince Dooley, who coached the Georgia Bulldogs to the 1980 national championship and won the most football games in school history, has died at the age of 90, the university announced Friday. Dooley died peacefully at his house surrounded by his family Friday afternoon, the school said. Dooley coached at Georgia
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO and SOPHIA TULP The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shortly after Elon Musk took control of Twitter, some conservative personalities wasted no time to jump on the platform and recirculate long-debunked conspiracy theories in a tongue-in-cheek attempt to “test” whether Twitter’s policies on misinformation were still being enforced. Twitter has made
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BIESECKER and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s California home and severely beating her husband with a hammer appears to have made racist and often rambling posts online, including some that questioned the results of the 2020 election, defended former President Donald Trump and echoed
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El telescopio espacial James Webb echó un vistazo al lado oscuro de los habitualmente etéreos Pilares de la Creación, situados a 6.500 años luz en la nebulosa del Águila. La semana pasada, el observatorio espacial mostró una brillante vista en el infrarrojo cercano de las icónicas torres, que están hechas de
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The “Bell Game” between Yucca Valley High School and Twentynine Palms High School has been canceled, officials confirmed. This comes after YVHS was placed on a temporary lockdown after reports of an altercation on Friday. Details on the altercation were limited, however, authorities said the altercation was only verbal, it was not physical and there
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials in the Trump administration compiled extensive intelligence dossiers on people who were arrested, even for minor offenses, during Black Lives Matter protests in Oregon. Initial drafts of the dossiers even included friends of the subjects as well as their interests,
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials in the Trump administration compiled extensive intelligence dossiers on people who were arrested, even for minor offenses, during Black Lives Matter protests in Oregon. Initial drafts of the dossiers even included friends of the subjects as well as their interests,
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials in the Trump administration compiled extensive intelligence dossiers on people who were arrested, even for minor offenses, during Black Lives Matter protests in Oregon. Initial drafts of the dossiers even included friends of the subjects as well as their interests,
Continue Reading SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — British officials say they have seized more than 880 pounds (400 kilograms) of cocaine from a boat in Caribbean waters. The Royal Navy said Friday that three people were detained following a “tense chase” near the Dominican Republic. It adds that the drug is worth an estimated 24 million
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