MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government says it will take referrals of Haitian, Cuban, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens in Mexico for possible resettlement as refugees in the United States. Mexico announced this week it will set up a service center offering jobs and resettlement for people from those four countries. When the U.S. government
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A Salton City man has been charged with multiple counts of violent sexual assaults, the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday. Philip Warren Carter, 32, was arrested by the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office on July 19. Investigators from the Imperial County Sherriff’s Office and the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office are seeking any
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump and rival Ron DeSantis are appearing for the first time at the same Iowa presidential campaign event, both addressing a major Republican dinner Friday night as they each face critical moments that could reshape the direction of the race.
Continue ReadingBy Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of Robert De Niro’s grandson, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN Friday. Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died age 19, according to an announcement from his mother Drena on social media earlier this month. No
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Bronny James continues to recover after going into cardiac arrest, his Southern California teammates have been at practice to prepare for a 10-day exhibition tour of Greece and Croatia that begins next week. The tour will run from from Aug. 5-15 and see the
Continue ReadingBy HOGIR AL ABDO and SALAR SALIM BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurdish-led armed groups in Iraq and Syria allege that Turkish airstrikes killed a total of eight fighters Friday. The counterterrorism service of the regional government in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq says in a statement that four members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, Kristin Wilson and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — The Senate confirmed a slate of high-profile State Department nominees late Thursday night, including ambassadors to Italy, Jordan, Georgia, the United Arab Emirates, Niger, Rwanda and Ethiopia. The confirmations came after Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky told CNN earlier in the evening that
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana has temporarily blocked a new law that puts restrictions on drag performances just days before thousands of people are expected to attend Montana Pride’s 30th anniversary celebration in Helena. A U.S. District Court judge says Friday the law will likely
Continue ReadingCNN By Alayna Treene, Zachary Cohen, Kristen Holmes, Randi Kaye and Christie Johnson, CNN (CNN) — A day after he was named as a co-defendant in the criminal case against Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents, a picture is starting to emerge of Carlos De Oliveira, the little known Mar-a-Lago employee who is accused of
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Tesla is ramping up efforts to open showrooms on tribal lands where it can sell directly to consumers, circumventing laws in states that bar vehicle manufacturers from also being retailers in favor of the dealership model. Mohegan Sun, a casino and entertainment complex in Connecticut owned by the federally recognized
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Tesla is ramping up efforts to open showrooms on tribal lands where it can sell directly to consumers, circumventing laws in states that bar vehicle manufacturers from also being retailers in favor of the dealership model. Mohegan Sun, a casino and entertainment complex in Connecticut owned by the federally recognized
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that a hospital system performed an autopsy on a 16-week-old fetus despite the parents refusing to give their consent. The judge denied a motion this week by Christiana Care to dismiss a claim of intentional infliction
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The Excessive Heat Warning has not been extended and is still set to expire on 8PM tomorrow (Saturday). Temperatures as high as 117° are possibly during this time. A heat advisory also remains in place for our friends to the west. Monsoon season is really starting to ramp up across the southwest United States. We
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A person suspected of starting a wildland fire that burned over 100 acres Thursday night in Banning has been arrested. The suspect, a 45-year-old man was arrested a little after midnight in Highlands Springs in Banning, Cal Fire announced. Cal Fire said the arrest came after investigators determined the fire was a case of arson.
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — The top-secret document that former President Donald Trump discussed at a 2021 meeting at his New Jersey golf club was included in the 15 boxes returned to the National Archives in January of last year, according to a source familiar with the matter. But Trump has denied it was
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Ballots from Spaniards living abroad were counted Friday, and they gave a new twist to the inconclusive results from the general election. The conservative Popular Party gained an additional seat from Madrid’s constituency late in the day at the expense of the Socialist Workers’ Party. That
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK and SAM METZ Associated Press Federal investigators renewed their recommendation that major freight railroads equip every locomotive with the kind of autonomous sensors that could have caught the track flaws that caused a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in northern Montana. But installing the sensors on the tens of thousands of locomotives in
Continue ReadingBy NOMAAN MERCHANT, ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ZEKE MILLER and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has announced a new $345 million military aid package for Taiwan. It’s the Biden administration’s first major package drawing on America’s own stockpiles to help Taiwan counter China. Two U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the package
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The sight of wide receivers Keith Kirkwood and Shaq Davis leaving practice early this week because of heat-related symptoms was nothing new for the New Orleans Saints, with the hot and humid Louisiana weather a test for even the best-conditioned athletes. The unrelenting, record-breaking heat
Continue ReadingSAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — A man allegedly stabbed a woman to death in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday and then posted a video of the slaying to Facebook, authorities said. The footage helped police track down the suspect, who was later identified as 39-year old Mark Mechikoff. He was arrested about 30
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