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By 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 lawyer for Officer Jordan Steinke made the comments Monday as the trial
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders signed two-time All-Pro cornerback Marcus Peters on Monday in an effort to address one of their most pressing needs. The 30-year-old Peters will be among the veterans who reports to the club on Tuesday. Las Vegas’ training camp opens Wednesday. “WELCOME
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — A Los Angeles County Superior judge ordered actor Pete Davidson to complete an 18-month diversion program after the actor was charged with reckless driving in connection with a car crash in Beverly Hills earlier this year, CNN has confirmed. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida couple is pleading guilty to participating in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Court records show Jamie and Jennifer Buteau entered guilty pleas Monday in District of Columbia federal court. Jamie Buteau pleaded guilty to a felony offense of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers. Jennifer
Continue ReadingANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan’s president has condemned antisemitic vandalism at two off-campus fraternity houses. President Santa Ono sent an email to students saying the vandalism includes broken windows and “vile, homophobic, and anti-semitic” messages spray-painted onto both houses. The vandalism included a swastika at one of the locations. Ono wrote
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The brother of San Francisco’s mayor was resentenced to a shorter prison term Monday for his role in the 2000 death of his girlfriend as she drove a getaway car over the Golden Gate Bridge following a robbery. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Brendan Conroy reduced Napoleon Brown’s sentence from 44
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize-winning Santa Barbara News-Press, one of California’s oldest newspapers, has ceased publishing after its owner declared the 150-year-old publication bankrupt. The newspaper became an online-only publication in April. But its last digital edition was posted Friday when owner Wendy McCaw filed for bankruptcy.
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize-winning Santa Barbara News-Press, one of California’s oldest newspapers, has ceased publishing after its owner declared the 150-year-old publication bankrupt. The newspaper became an online-only publication in April. But its last digital edition was posted Friday when owner Wendy McCaw filed for bankruptcy.
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By Ivana Kottasová, Richard Allen Greene, Hadas Gold and Amir Tal, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli parliament on Monday passed a law stripping the Supreme Court of its power to block government decisions, the first part of a planned judicial overhaul that has sharply divided Israeli society and drawn fierce criticism from the White House.
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States says it has joined major donors in demanding that the United Nations be able to deliver aid through a key crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest independently and to everyone in need. It rejected conditions set by Syria and backed by
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La Quinta Middle School teacher Dr. Farah Ortega-Choate has been inducted into the Jostens Renaissance® Hall of Fame. Dr. Ortega-Choate and other Jostens Renaissance award winners were honored at the 30th annual Jostens Renaissance Global Conference in Dallas, Texas earlier this month. The Jostens Renaissance Hall of Fame honor is presented to educators who demonstrate
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Montana (AP) — Wildlife workers put out bear traps for a third night Monday as they try to capture a grizzly bear that killed a woman who was traveling alone on a forest trail near Yellowstone National Park. Amie Adamson, 48, Derby, Kansas, died in Saturday’s fatal mauling near
Continue Reading By Alta Spells and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who earlier this month went missing for 49 hours after making a 911 call about a child on an interstate, said she was not kidnapped and did not see a baby on the side of the road, according to a statement
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A probationer accused of providing a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 15-year-old girl pleaded not guilty today to second-degree murder and other charges. James Leon Dailey, 51, of Banning was arrested last month following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the death of the teen girl, also of Banning. Along with murder, Dailey
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says its own prescribed burn started a 2022 wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico. The agency on Monday published findings of its investigation into causes of the Cerro Pelado fire that burned across more than 60 square miles and
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians ace Shane Bieber, who has not pitched since July 9 because of right elbow inflammation, was transferred to the 60-day injured list Monday in a procedural move. Manager Terry Francona said the 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner did not experience a setback while rehabilitating in
Continue ReadingSHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — State prosecutors have added a charge of felony malfeasance in office against a former Louisiana police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed Black man earlier this year. The second criminal charge was added Monday as former Shreveport officer Alexander Tyler, who is white, was arraigned on charges of shooting Alonzo
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize-winning Santa Barbara News-Press, one of California’s oldest newspapers, has ceased publishing after its owner declared the 150-year-old publication bankrupt. The newspaper became an online-only publication in April. But its last digital edition was posted Friday when owner Wendy McCaw filed for bankruptcy.
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize-winning Santa Barbara News-Press, one of California’s oldest newspapers, has ceased publishing after its owner declared the 150-year-old publication bankrupt. The newspaper became an online-only publication in April. But its last digital edition was posted Friday when owner Wendy McCaw filed for bankruptcy.
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin prosecutor accused of secretly recording sex with two women has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. St. Croix County Judge Scott Nordstrand sentenced former Burnett County District Attorney Daniel Steffen on Monday on three counts of capturing intimate representations. According to court documents, investigators found videos of
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