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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N.’s special envoy to Haiti has warned that the ongoing training and resources the international community is providing to Haiti’s police force is not enough to fight increasingly violent gangs. Helen La Lime is the head of the U.N.’s Integrated Office in Haiti
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas judge hearing a case that could throw into jeopardy access to the nation’s most common method of abortion is a former attorney for a Christian legal group who critics say is being sought out by conservative litigants because they believe
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Allies of former President Donald Trump have filed a complaint with the Florida Commission on Ethics accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of violating campaign finance and ethics rules by running a shadow bid for the White House. DeSantis is a leading potential 2024 primary
Continue Reading By LINDSEY TANNER and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Now threatened by a federal court case in Texas, they usually involve taking two prescription medicines days apart — at home or in a clinic. In
Continue ReadingBy KCAL KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY (KCAL, KCBS) — Another powerful storm arrived over the Southland Tuesday, with heavy rain and gusty winds across the region and raising fears of localized flooding. A flood watch is in effect for Orange County, including the Santa Ana Mountains, from 5
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Shares in the globally connected Swiss bank Credit Suisse plunged Wednesday and dragged down other major European lenders as fears about deeper problems in the world banking system spread in the wake of bank failures in the United States. At one point, Credit Suisse
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By JAMEY KEATEN and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Shares in the globally connected Swiss bank Credit Suisse plunged Wednesday and dragged down other major European lenders as fears about deeper problems in the world banking system spread in the wake of bank failures in the United States. At one point, Credit Suisse
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French people hoping to preserve their retirement benefits took to the streets in a nationwide protest on Wednesday as a committee of lawmakers meeting behind closed doors validated the wording of President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension plan. Macron had the means on the joint Senate and National
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Women’s basketball practice at Miami had been over for 30 minutes. Most of the coaches were gone. Almost all the players were gone. The scoreboard had long been turned off. The Cavinder twins were still working. Haley and Hanna Cavinder made their way around
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Women’s basketball practice at Miami had been over for 30 minutes. Most of the coaches were gone. Almost all the players were gone. The scoreboard had long been turned off. The Cavinder twins were still working. Haley and Hanna Cavinder made their way around
Continue ReadingBy ERIN JONES Click here for updates on this story ARLINGTON (KTVT) — The family of an Arlington police officer recruit is searching for answers. They say Marquis Kennedy was a healthy 40-year-old when he died during a training exercise last year and they want to know more about the circumstances leading up to his
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By Pete Muntean and Greg Wallace, CNN Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday cited an “uptick” in recent aviation incidents and called on participants at a Federal Aviation Administration safety summit to help find the “root causes” of the problem. “We are particularly concerned because we have seen an uptick in serious close calls,”
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One man is dead and another is still missing after floodwaters poured into a slot canyon in southern Utah, endangering three groups of hikers who had to be hoisted out via helicopter Tuesday. Kane County Sheriff’s Lt. Allen Alldredge said the man who was found
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California residents weary of a storm-soaked winter were hit Wednesday by parting shots from the season’s 11th atmospheric river, which flooded roadways, caused landslides and toppled trees throughout the state. Water pooled on roadways, rocks and mud littered others, and there were reports of potholes
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California residents weary of a storm-soaked winter were hit Wednesday by parting shots from the season’s 11th atmospheric river, which flooded roadways, caused mudslides and toppled trees throughout the state. Hollywood stars splashed down a rain-soaked red carpet Tuesday at the premiere of “Shazam! Fury
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Bobby Caldwell, the soulful singer and songwriter behind R&B hits like “What You Won’t Do For Love” and “Open Your Eyes,” has died, according to a statement from his wife, Mary Caldwell. He was 71. “Bobby passed away here at home. I held him tight in my arms as he left
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El juez ordenó un juicio contra un sujeto acusado de apuñalar y matar a una mujer de 48 años en Palm Springs, además del cargo de asesinato, Miguel Toscano es acusado de crueldad infantil. El mortal incidente ocurrió en marzo del año pasado cuando la policía recibió el reporte de un apuñalamiento en una vivienda
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday pressed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on accountability for atrocities committed by all parties throughout the yearslong conflict in northern Ethiopia. The secretary of state and the prime minister met for roughly two and a half hours in the Ethiopian capital of Addis
Continue ReadingBy JERAMIE BIZZLE Click here for updates on this story BURBANK, Illinois (WBBM) — A woman is charged after trying to suffocate a 6-year-old boy last month because he was crying, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday. Detectives arrested Julie Espinosa, 58, of unincorporated Stickney Township Tuesday and charged her with one felony count
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new “good neighbor” rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency will restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution they can’t control. Nearly two dozen states will have to cut harmful industrial emissions of nitrogen oxide and
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