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By JACQUES BILLEAUD and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is sapping its water supply. In a news conference Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the pause
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By JACQUES BILLEAUD and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is sapping its water supply. In a news conference Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the pause
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By JACQUES BILLEAUD and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is sapping its water supply. In a news conference Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the pause
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang made her professional debut Thursday on the LPGA Tour, a solid opening round in the Mizuho Americas Open. The 20-year-old from Stanford who dominated the women’s amateur rankings for more than two years shot a 2-under 70 at Liberty
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A government audit has found that the U.S. agency charged with keeping the roads safe is slow to investigate automobile safety defects, limiting its ability to handle rapidly changing or severe risks. In addition, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation doesn’t have
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A government audit has found that the U.S. agency charged with keeping the roads safe is slow to investigate automobile safety defects, limiting its ability to handle rapidly changing or severe risks. In addition, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation doesn’t have
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Mars is making its live streaming debut, and the show will reveal the red planet in a whole new light. On Friday, the European Space Agency is set to stream on YouTube an hour of the first live images directly from Mars, according to statement from the agency. The
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Harrison Ford is a thriving action star at 80 years old. Embracing his age both on and off set is a topic that continues to pop up while Ford promotes his latest action film, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” and he wants everyone to
Continue Reading By SEUNG MIN KIM, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Perhaps most critical to locking up the debt-limit deal were President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s five handpicked negotiators, three men and two women unknown to most outside government. They were tasked to work out an agreement between
Continue Reading By SEUNG MIN KIM, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was advice that Mitch McConnell had offered to Joe Biden once already: To resolve the debt-limit standoff, he needed to strike a deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — and McCarthy alone. But after a first meeting of the
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An increased security presence was at the Banning High School graduation on Thursday night, following a deadly shooting near the school last night. “Safety is our number one priority,” Terrence Davis, the Superintendent of Banning Unified School District. Davis said it’s vital that students and staff feel protected at all times. “We value that because
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner of his Manhattan jail cell with his hands over his ears, desperate to muffle the sound of a toilet that wouldn’t stop running. Epstein was agitated and unable to sleep,
Continue Reading HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — The largest wildfires ever recorded in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia continue to grow forcing the evacuation of hundreds of more people and prompting air quality warnings in U.S. regions as far south as Virginia and Maryland. In all, there were four wildfires in the province burning out
Continue Reading By DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) — Across Florida, workers didn’t show up at construction sites and tomato fields, and scores of restaurants, shops and other small businesses never opened their doors. That’s because they were protesting a new state law that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants on Thursday, a day protest organizers
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rushing to prevent a U.S. debt default, the Senate pressed ahead Thursday night to give final passage to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package and send it to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline.
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Varios legisladores demócratas en Connecticut están presionando para que se apruebe un proyecto de ley que podría ordenar a las agencias estatales a usar el término de género neutro “latine” en los documentos oficiales del gobierno. La legislación, llamada House Bill 6909, avanzó al Senado estatal la semana pasada. Si es
Continue Reading By The Associated Press There’s new music from Foo Fighters, the buzzy HBO series “The Idol” starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd and a documentary about the breakthrough TV show “American Gladiators” among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Among the offerings worth your time as selected by
Continue Reading By The Associated Press There’s new music from Foo Fighters, the buzzy HBO series “The Idol” starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd and a documentary about the breakthrough TV show “American Gladiators” among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Among the offerings worth your time as selected by
Continue Reading Carolina Calero (CNN) — Los expedientes de inmigración del príncipe Harry deben ser desclasificados a la luz de las revelaciones sobre el consumo de drogas hechas en su reciente libro, según argumentará un grupo de expertos conservadores ante un tribunal federal la próxima semana. La Heritage Foundation ha demandado al gobierno estadounidense para averiguar si
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money with those apps for the long term because the funds might not be safe during a crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned Thursday. The alert comes several weeks after the failure of Silicon
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