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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday on hopes U.S. political leaders can reach agreement to avoid a potentially disastrous default on government debt. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices edged lower. Wall Street rallied Wednesday after President Joe Biden expressed
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Update 8/27/24 Michael Garcia was arrested at the US-Mexico border in Calexico. He remains in custody on $75,000 Stay with News Channel 3 for continuing updates. Original Report 5/17/23 Authorities are searching for a Desert Hot Springs man wanted for allegedly supplying the fentanyl that led to the death of a 17-year-old girl in 2022.
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Chinese envoy has asked Australian authorities to increase efforts to find survivors of a capsizing in the Indian Ocean. There were 39 crew members on board the Chinese fishing boat when it capsized Tuesday in the middle of the ocean. No survivors or life rafts
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By JOSH BOAK, ZEKE MILLER and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Thursday and greeted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida by saying, “When our countries stand together, we stand stronger” — a sign of how the economic and national security alliance between the two countries has
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK, ZEKE MILLER and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived in Japan Thursday with plans to meet privately with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of the larger Group of Seven summit — a sign of how the economic and national security alliance between the two countries
Continue Reading By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The national debate surrounding transgender students and parental rights is up for a vote in New Hampshire. House lawmakers meet Thursday on a bill to create a “Parents’ Bill of Rights” similar to those enacted in other Republican-led states. It passed New Hampshire’s Senate along party
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The flight from urban areas that took place during the first year of the pandemic either reversed or slowed in its second year, as last year metropolitan areas in Texas and Florida boomed and declines in New York and Los Angeles were halved, according to new
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The flight from urban areas that took place during the first year of the pandemic either reversed or slowed in its second year, as last year metropolitan areas in Texas and Florida boomed and declines in New York and Los Angeles were halved, according to new
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The flight from urban areas that took place during the first year of the pandemic either reversed or slowed in its second year, as last year metropolitan areas in Texas and Florida boomed and declines in New York and Los Angeles were halved, according to new
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By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — A limousine company worker who authorities say hired the driver involved in a 2018 limo wreck that killed 20 people in upstate New York was found guilty Wednesday of 20 counts of manslaughter. Nauman Hussain, who is the son of the limo company’s owner, was convicted in a jury
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Some of the families who have lost a loved one due to fentanyl poisoning in Riverside County are healing thanks to the power of art. A “Tree of Life” mural is set up at the Riverside County District Attorney’s office in Indio with the artwork of more than 20 families. The exhibit also has written testimonies from victims
Continue Reading By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s environmental regulator has refused to grant a license for a controversial offshore oil drilling project near the mouth of the Amazon River, prompting celebration from environmentalists who had warned of its potential impact. The agency’s president highlighted environmental concerns in announcing Wednesday’s decision to
Continue Reading By SARA BURNETT and BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Democrat who will almost certainly become Philadelphia’s next mayor wants to hire hundreds of additional police officers to walk their beats and get to know residents. She wants to devote resources to recruiting more police and says officers should be able to stop
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has highlighted efforts by Republican governors and statehouses across the country to embrace proposals limiting the rights of transgender people, signing new restrictions as he moves closer to a presidential bid. The restrictions are spreading quickly despite criticism from medical groups and advocates who say they’re
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Carolina Calero (CNN) — Astrónomos encontraron un planeta del tamaño de la Tierra pero que no se parece en nada a ella. En su lugar, el exoplaneta, llamado LP 791-18 d, se cree que está cubierto de volcanes y puede experimentar erupciones con la misma frecuencia que la luna Ío de Júpiter, el lugar con
Continue Reading DuPONT, Wash. (AP) — Teens Avery Zweig and Gianna Clemente won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship on Wednesday, beating California college players Tiffany Le and Kate Villegas 3 and 1 at The Home Course. Zweig, 16, of McKinney, Texas, and Clemente, 15, of Estero, Florida, overcame an early two-hole deficit. “It means the world,”
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a meeting with computer chip makers has stressed that investment and international exchanges to strengthen the supply chain were welcome. A recent shortage of chips was a sore point for Japan’s manufacturers when the pandemic became a wake-up call that
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lucas Zelarayán and Malte Amundsen scored first-half goals and Patrick Schulte made them stand up as the Columbus Crew blanked the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 on Wednesday night. Zelarayán staked Columbus (5-4-3) to a 1-0 lead when he found the net in the 25th minute. Cucho Hernández picked up an assist
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Democrat Will Rollins is speaking in-depth with News Channel 3 about why he again plans to run for Congress against Republican incumbent Ken Calvert. Rollins held a campaign event today with Democrats of the Desert. The former federal prosecutor lost to Calvert in last year’s election by roughly 11,000 votes. Rollins’ formal entry into the
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Months before an election, New Zealand’s government is offering some modest financial relief to many people by making most prescription medicines free and increasing subsidies for childcare and public transportation. But the government’s annual budget plan was notable for its lack of big new initiatives.
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