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By Mitchell McCluskey, Niamh Kennedy and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The BBC has suspended “a male member of staff” following allegations of sexual misconduct. UK tabloid The Sun first reported Friday that a woman had accused an unnamed male BBC presenter of paying her teen child for sexually explicit photographs. “This is a complex
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A driver in Cathedral City crashed into a light pole and fire hydrant Saturday morning. The crash was reported at 9:15 a.m. in the area of Date Palm and Tachevah Drive. Cathedral City Police Department said the driver was taken to the hospital. The department wants to remind drivers to be careful. The cause of
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Temperatures remain seasonably warm through the weekend. Expect occasionally breezy conditions but overall quiet weather. A warming trend starts next week as a ridge of high pressure builds over the region. An Excessive Heat Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for temperatures as hot as 117° starting Tuesday and lasting through Sunday
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MOSCOW (AP) — Uzbekistan is holding a snap presidential election, a vote that follows a constitutional referendum that extended the incumbent’s term from five to seven years. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was elected in 2021 to a second five-year term, the limit allowed by the constitution. But the amendments approved in April’s plebiscite allowed him to
Continue Reading Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who interpreted pop songs through classical and jazz forms and served as the Philly Pops’ conductor for more than three decades, has died. Nero was 89. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that he died Thursday at an assisted-living home in Eustis, Florida, according to his daughter,
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El “Rocket Man” se retira de los escenarios. Elton John finalizó el sábado por la noche el que según él fue el último espectáculo en la última gira de su carrera. El icónico y galardonado músico subió al escenario supuestamente por última vez como artista de gira en Estocolmo,
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As we prepare for another heatwave next week, tourists find ways to stay cool while walking these desert streets. Local businesses have misters running throughout the day. Servers are making sure their guest have lots of water. Families are enjoying ice cream in the shade and inside ice cream shops. Employees of local businesses say the heat isn’t
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By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jarren Duran and Alex Verdugo each had a two-run homer, and Masataka Yoshida had his sixth consecutive multi-hit game to lead the Boston Red Sox past the Oakland Athletics 10-3 on Saturday. Christian Arroyo and Duran both had three hits, Yoshida two and Duran scored three runs
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The national newspaper La Jornada in Mexico says its staff reporter in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit has been found dead. La Jornada reported Saturday that the body of journalist Luis Martín Sánchez Iñiguez was found on the outskirts of the state capital, Tepic. The Nayarit state prosecutors’ office says
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A scooter-riding gunman killed an 87-year-old man and wounded three others in a string of random shootings that stretched across two New York City boroughs, police said Saturday. A 25-year-old man was taken into custody without incident and his identity was not revealed by police, Assistant Police Chief Joseph Kenny said
Continue Reading By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael Conforto and Austin Slater hit two-run homers to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. Blake Sabol added an RBI single as San Francisco evened the three-game series at a game apiece. The Giants have won 12
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By Omar Jimenez and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma judge dismissed the reparations lawsuit filed by the last three known survivors of the Tulsa race massacre on Friday, court records show. The three had been locked in a yearslong court battle against the City of Tulsa and other groups and officials over the
Continue Reading By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has met with his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro to build momentum for upcoming regional summit on the Amazon rainforest and enhance efforts for its protection. The encounter took place in Colombia’s Leticia, a small town in the Amazon’s
Continue Reading RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An apartment building condemned for more than a decade but used by homeless people collapsed in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco, killing 14 people, including six children, firefighters reported Saturday. The building in Recife’s Paulista suburb crumbled in the early hours of Friday, prompting a frantic search for victims. Searchers
Continue Reading NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Fire crews on Saturday continued to battle flames that have smoldered inside a cargo ship docked at the East Coast’s biggest port, days after the blaze claimed the lives of two New Jersey firefighters and injured five others. Newark firefighters Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr. were killed in
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Postal Service will increase prices on first-class mail stamps to 66 cents from 63 cents. The change goes into effect Sunday, raising the cost of mailing a first-class letter by about 5.4%. The Postal Service said the hike was necessary to offset a rise in
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi, Philip Wang and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN (CNN) — Longtime California Rep. Grace Napolitano announced Saturday that she is retiring from Congress at the end of her current term. “I am incredibly grateful for the people of the San Gabriel Valley and the people of Southeastern Los Angeles County for the trust
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — The New York Mets’ Kodai Senga, San Francisco’s Alex Cobb, Philadelphia’s Craig Kimbrel and Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes were added to the National League All-Star roster as replacements for pitchers who will be inactive for Tuesday’s game. Minnesota’s Pablo López joined the American League roster on Saturday and becomes an All-Star along with
Continue Reading By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for failing to provide timely psychiatric services to mentally ill people who are forced to wait in jails for weeks or months. In her order released late Friday, U.S. District
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz played for the second straight day at Wimbledon and won again. So did unseeded American Chris Eubanks. Stefanos Tsitsipas played for the fifth day in a row on Saturday — and he also won again. Defending champion Elena Rybakina, No. 2
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