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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Marine Corps Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews can remember in specific detail the moment that a suicide bomber attacked Kabul airport’s Abbey Gate in August 2021 amid the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. “A flash and a massive wave of pressure. I’m thrown 4 feet onto the ground but instantly knew what had
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By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Peterson Zah, a monumental Navajo Nation leader who guided the tribe through a politically tumultuous era and worked tirelessly to correct wrongdoings against Native Americans, has died. Zah died late Tuesday at a hospital in Fort Defiance, Arizona, after a lengthy illness, his family and the
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By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Is the United States out to sabotage China? Chinese leaders think so. President Xi Jinping accused Washington this week of trying to isolate his country and hold back its development. That reflects the ruling Communist Party’s growing frustration that its pursuit of prosperity and global influence is
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By Christina Maxouris, Sara Smart and Brian Todd, CNN The 6-year-old boy who allegedly shot his elementary school teacher earlier this year will not be criminally charged, Newport News, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn told CNN affiliate WTKR. The student allegedly shot and wounded Richneck Elementary School teacher Abigail Zwerner on January 6, leaving her
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Generales estadounidenses de alto rango lanzaron duras advertencias ante el Congreso sobre lo que describieron como una expansión “agresiva” de la influencia de China en Sudamérica y el Caribe, la cual invade los intereses de EE.UU. en la región. China “tiene la capacidad y la intención de eludir las normas
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Triunfar en Nueva York es el gran sueño de miles de personas y esa ilusión está detrás de un nuevo musical de Broadway. Con letra y música de John Kander y Fred Ebb ––los legendarios compositores de las bandas sonoras de “Chicago” y “Cabaret”–– y letras adicionales del creador de “Hamilton”, Lin-Manuel
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh revelations flowing from a major defamation lawsuit are shedding light on what was happening inside Fox News following the 2020 presidential election. Here are some things to know about the case. THE CASE Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox for $1.6 billion, claiming the
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The Desert Sands Unified School District will be holding a job fair on Saturday, March 11th, from 8:00 am until noon, at the district office, at 47-950 Dune Palms Road in La Quinta. According to the district they are looking to fill full-time non-teaching positions at the job fair. Jobs open include bus drivers, nutrition
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi might revive an initiative process, but people would be banned from putting abortion laws or budget proposals on the statewide ballot. The House voted 75-9 Wednesday to adopt an initiative proposal. The vote comes weeks after the Senate voted for a different version. Negotiators
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood and Oren Liebermann, CNN Australia plans to purchase at least four nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarines from the United States, three sources familiar with the matter said, part of an emerging defense partnership widely viewed as a bid to counter China’s military ambitions in the Pacific. Delivery of the submarines isn’t likely
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Jim Boeheim’s 47-year tenure as coach at Syracuse ended Wednesday, with the university saying Orange assistant Adrian Autry has been promoted into the job. The move came less than three hours after Syracuse lost to Wake Forest in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, after which Boeheim hinted at retirement
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday ordered the Biden administration to end the expedited releases of migrants who enter the United States illegally from Mexico, potentially straining already stretched holding facilities. The order won’t take effect for a week to give the government time to appeal.
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A suburban Utah police department has released videos of five officers fatally shooting a man. The man’s family has since raised questions about police actions. The Farmington Police Department made the body and vehicle camera footage public on Wednesday. In the March 1 video, 25-year-old
Continue Reading By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A swarm of earthquakes have been recorded below the summit of a remote Alaska volcano, a possible indication of an impending eruption. Tanaga Volcano is about 1,250 miles west of Anchorage in the western Aleutian islands. There have been a series of quakes the past few
Continue Reading By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — When four Americans were kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros, authorities rescued the survivors after three days. But thousands of Mexicans remain missing in a border state long associated with cartel violence. Authorities in Tamaulipas state quickly blamed the local Gulf cartel for shooting up
Continue Reading TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals released receiver Robbie Anderson on Wednesday, ending a short and unproductive stint. The Cardinals traded for Anderson on Oct. 17, sending a pair of future late-round draft picks back to the Carolina Panthers. The hope was the 6-foot-3, 190-pounder, who recently changed his legal name to Chosen Robbie
Continue Reading By MARCIO SANCHEZ and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. (AP) — After a blizzard swept through Southern California mountains, 79-year-old Alan Zagorsky found himself shut inside his home with snow blocking the door and stairways leading out. He and his wife had enough food to get through the 10 days until volunteers finally
Continue Reading By MARCIO SANCHEZ and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. (AP) — After a blizzard swept through Southern California mountains, 79-year-old Alan Zagorsky found himself shut inside his home with snow blocking the door and stairways leading out. He and his wife had enough food to get through the 10 days until volunteers finally
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — An 82-year-old Colorado man has been charged with selling and trading fake Michael Jordan basketball cards. Prosecutors in New York say Mayo Gilbert McNeil made more than $800,000 off the scheme over four years. He was arrested in Denver on Wednesday after a complaint was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn.
Continue Reading JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A man working at a Southern California business was mauled to death by the owner’s four dogs, authorities said. A 911 call about someone screaming send Riverside County sheriff’s deputies to a home that had been converted into a business in Jurupa Valley, east of Los Angeles, at about 7:30
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