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By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Left-hander Cole Hamels has agreed to a minor league contract with his hometown San Diego Padres that will pay him $2 million if he reaches the big league roster, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The people spoke to The Associated Press
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CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Amanda Watts, CNN After the Michigan State University community was paralyzed by a horrific mass shooting that killed three students, injured five others and halted campus activity, the school will begin to resume athletic and academic life, as many are still struggling to make sense of the tragedy. Athletic events,
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The FIND Food Bank announced its 2023 Hunger Hero awardees at its Guardian Breakfast Thursday morning. One of them is Keith Flagler, who has been a FIND member for nearly 10 years. The others are from the Palm Springs / California Desert Business Council which FIND says does so much from volunteering to donating funds.
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters in Iran have marched through the streets of multiple cities overnight in the most widespread demonstration in weeks amid the monthslong unrest that’s gripped the Islamic Republic. That’s according to what online videos purported to show Friday. The demonstrations marked 40 days since
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN The most prominent stars and highest-ranking executives at Fox News privately ridiculed claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, despite the right-wing channel allowing lies about the presidential contest to be promoted on its air, damning messages contained in a Thursday court filing revealed. The messages, included in a legal
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte and Kristen Rogers, CNN After retiring from acting in March 2022 due to a speaking disorder called aphasia, Bruce Willis, 67, has since been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his family announced Thursday. “Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed,” the Willis family noted in a
Continue Reading The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a year after Bruce Willis’ family announced that he would step away from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, his family says his “condition has progressed.” In a statement posted Thursday, the 67-year-old actor’s family said Willis has a more specific diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. “While this
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The scene was similar to the last time Tiger Woods played against the world’s best. Fans packed onto every balcony on every level of the Riviera clubhouse Thursday, all of them straining for a rare sight of golf’s biggest star. Woods had them cheering even
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By Kiely Westhoff, CNN The Supreme Court of Kentucky ruled Thursday that a lower court wrongfully stopped the enforcement of two state abortion laws, according to court documents. The two measures are Kentucky’s so-called trigger law banning the procedure and a separate “heartbeat” law restricting abortions at around six weeks of pregnancy. Siding with Republican
Continue Reading By Miguel Marquez, Meridith Edwards and Rachel Clarke, CNN The noise was so loud it didn’t sound like the gunfire from the movies to Marco Díaz-Muñoz — it was more like an electrical generator blowing up. “But then there was one, there was two, there was three,” the assistant Michigan State University professor told CNN
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A Los Angeles man who caused a fatal Palm Springs crash in July while driving under the influence of alcohol l was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison today. Kevin Atteberry, 57, pleaded guilty on Dec. 22, 2022, to one felony count each of murder, driving under the influence of alcohol causing bodily
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El atacante que mató a tres estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de Michigan (MSU, por sus siglas en inglés) e hirió de gravedad a otros cinco tenía una lista de otros objetivos, dos pistolas y abundante munición cuando la policía lo encontró poco después de la masacre del campus, según revelaron
Continue ReadingBy Charlie De Mar Click here for updates on this story EVANSTON, Illinois (WBBM) — Four faculty members were hit by a falling tree on Northwestern University’s campus in Evanston on Thursday. As CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reported, barricades were up and crews were working to remove the tree late Thursday afternoon. It fell
Continue Reading TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The deadly truck accident this week that caused a hazardous materials spill southeast of downtown Tucson this week did not appear to be caused by high speed, drugs or alcohol, Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said Thursday. The authorities said at a news conference that truck driver Ricky Immel, 54,
Continue ReadingBy La’Nita Brooks & Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — Not all heroes wear capes. A teen was recognized on Thursday, Feb. 16, by Bay City for her quick action that saved her coworker’s life. Lillian Flanders, 19, was honored for her life-saving efforts and she credited
Continue ReadingTara Subramaniam, CNN A woman in a billowy white dress runs through a bright green and yellow field, her long hair streaming behind her as she reunites with the man she loves in “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” one of the most successful Indian movies of all time. It’s a scene that has been played time
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge showed growing impatience Thursday with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s use of the internet while on bail, suggesting that incarceration might eventually be the most effective way to prevent him from communicating on electronic devices in ways that can’t be traced. Judge Lewis A.
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A helicopter with a shooter will fly over a portion of the vast Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico next week, searching for feral cows to kill. U.S. Forest Service managers approved the plan Thursday to protect sensitive spots in the nation’s first designated wilderness
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