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By Joe Sutton and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Residents in parts of Arizona were ordered to evacuate Sunday as firefighters battled several wildfires across the state amid extreme temperatures that have persisted for weeks. About 160 residents were ordered to evacuate from the Sunflower area in Arizona’s Maricopa County Sunday as a wildfire burned
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Soccer analyst and former Premier League goaltender Shaka Hislop said Monday he is seeking “the best medical opinion” he can get, one day after collapsing on the set of ESPN’s pregame show ahead of an exhibition between Real Madrid and AC Milan at the Rose Bowl. The 54-year-old Hislop became unsteady
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A local assistance center will soon open to help residents who were displaced from the Country Squire RV Park fire that destroyed nine mobile homes in Desert Hot Springs, officials announced today. The Riverside County Emergency Management Department, Desert Hot Springs city officials, county departments and state partners will coordinate to open the center this
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Wind chill, heat index, feel-like temperature, and apparent temperature… four names that essentially describe the same thing – how the temperature feels on your skin. The temperature you feel on your skin is often different from the actual air temperature. This difference can be attributed to how your body tries to cool off in various
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Wells Click here for updates on this story OSHKOSH, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Aviation enthusiasts are taking over Oshkosh this week for the 70th annual EAA AirVenture. During the annual aviation convention, Wittman Airport’s air traffic control tower is the busiest in the world. This week, AirVenture is welcoming more than 500,000 people and
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press IWAKI, Japan (AP) — Within weeks, the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is expected to start releasing treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, a highly contested plan facing fierce protests in and outside Japan. Residents worry that the water discharge after 12 years of recovery from the nuclear disaster
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A former dean at the University of Southern California was sentenced to 1 1/2 years of home confinement on Monday for bribing a Los Angeles County supervisor in exchange for renewal of a lucrative contract. Marilyn Flynn also was ordered to pay $150,000. U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer said she
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A former dean at the University of Southern California was sentenced to 1 1/2 years of home confinement on Monday for bribing a Los Angeles County supervisor in exchange for renewal of a lucrative contract. Marilyn Flynn also was ordered to pay $150,000. U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer said she
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gunfire has erupted in a maternity unit of an Oregon hospital, fatally wounding an unarmed security guard and leading to renewed calls to protect health care workers from increasing violence. Police were summoned Saturday morning to Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland. Callers reported that
Continue ReadingSTEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — American Matt Cooper and his Dutch wife Ginni van Katwijk are high divers. They take risks diving off platforms that are taller than many buildings. In the World Aquatics Championships this week, men will dive from heights of 27 meters — that’s about 90 feet —
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The lawyer for a Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police car that was hit by a freight train says she didn’t know the car was on the tracks. The woman put in the patrol car suffered extensive injuries, including a traumatic
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A sedan plunged down a hillside on Highway 243 just south of Banning today, overturning and seriously injuring the driver, who was rescued by firefighters. The crash happened about 4:10 p.m. on the southbound side of the highway, near Old Idyllwild Road and Wesley Street, according to the California Highway Patrol. The black Cadillac went
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, Omar Jimenez and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The student newspaper for Northwestern University said at least three former students of its football program detailed what it described as a pattern of racism from coaches and players. The Monday report by The Daily Northwestern cited allegations from two former anonymous players and a former Latino
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — US attorney David Weiss, who has led the Hunter Biden criminal probe, has offered to testify at a public congressional hearing this fall, according to a letter sent to lawmakers on Monday. House Republicans have demanded that Weiss – a Donald Trump appointee –
Continue ReadingFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded the judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz for showing bias toward the prosecution. The unanimous decision Monday followed a June recommendation from the Judicial Qualifications Commission. That panel had found that Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer violated several
Continue Reading By Ana María Cañizares, Sofia Cox, and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s government has declared a state of emergency in two provinces after its security crisis escalated over the weekend with the killing of a mayor and uprisings in several penitentiaries across the country. More than 90 prison security agents are currently being held
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 19-year-old has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of attempted capital murder in a 2021 shooting at a Dallas-area high school that wounded two other students and a teacher. The Tarrant County jury returned the sentence for Timothy Simpkins on Monday evening. Simpkins, who
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The FBI is looking into the death of an intellectually disabled inmate who died at a Virginia prison and whom the agency identified as “a possible victim of a crime.” That’s according to a document reviewed by The Associated Press. The disclosure came
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Last week, the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District found infected mosquitoes in Palm Springs. To watch and read our coverage about these infected mosquitoes and what CVMVCD is doing to stop the spread of the virus, click here. The main concern when a mosquito tests positive for West Nile Virus is the potential
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The lead prosecutor in the case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he is willing to testify publicly this fall, setting up a clash with House Republicans who have demanded he come in soon for a closed-door interview. In a two-page letter to Rep. Jim Jordan
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