By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press The 75th Emmy Awards are the latest production to be put on pause due to the Hollywood strikes and will not air as planned in September. A person familiar with the postponement plans but not authorized to speak publicly pending an official announcement confirmed the delay Friday. No information about
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 gruesome footage helped police track down the suspect, who was later identified as 39-year old Mark Mechikoff. He was arrested about
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 gruesome footage helped police track down the suspect, who was later identified as 39-year old Mark Mechikoff. He was arrested about
Continue ReadingWEST BATH, Maine (AP) — Defense attorneys in Maine may mount an insanity defense for a man who police say confessed to killing his parents and their friends before firing at people on a busy interstate highway. Joseph Eaton entered pleas of both not guilty and not criminally responsible to multiple charges including four counts
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As Texas bakes under a sweltering heat dome this summer and people crank their air conditioners, the state’s energy demand has smashed records. But the power has stayed on and prices haven’t spiked tremendously. Thank wind and solar, energy experts say. “Renewables have been performing very well this summer,
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer The Pac-12 Conference issued a statement aimed at stability after Colorado became the third school in a year to announce plans to leave. The nine schools remaining for the 2024-25 season were largely silent Friday. Colorado on Thursday announced it would join the Big 12 beginning in 2024,
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — Canadian authorities say a body found this month in the St. Lawrence River belonged to a man connected to an investigation into the deaths of eight migrants. Akwesasne police said Friday that the coroner’s office identified the man as a 30-year-old local resident who had been missing since March. Casey Oakes’ boat
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Mar-a-Lago employee referenced in the superseding indictment adding major accusations against former President Donald Trump and a new co-defendant to the case has been identified by two people close to the investigation as Yuscil Taveras, an information technology worker. Taveras oversaw the surveillance camera footage
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities in Alabama said Friday they filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of an interstate highway. Carlee Russell was charged with false reporting to
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press The 75th Emmy Awards are the latest production to be put on pause due to the Hollywood strikes and will not air as planned in September. A person familiar with the postponement plans but not authorized to speak publicly pending an official announcement confirmed the delay Friday. No information about
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NFL players compete all offseason and through training camp to make the active roster of their current team or perhaps elsewhere. Staying there isn’t easy. Especially with injuries a constant factor in such a physical sport. When the regular season begins, each team can have up to
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The Riverside County Emergency Management Department is working with the City of Desert Hot Springs at a resource assistance center at Desert Hot Springs High School. The center opened Friday, July 28, for families impacted in last week’s fire at a mobile home park in Desert Hot Springs. The center is expected to be open
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El ministro del Interior de Ecuador, Juan Zapata, confirmó en declaraciones al medio local Teleamazonas que un funcionario de la Policía Nacional aparece en un video, que se volvió viral, junto a miembros de una banda criminal en una cárcel de Guayaquil. “Es confirmado, es un agente policial. Se ha
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government statistics agency says it had to pay gangs to enter some towns to do census work last year. The assistant director of the National Statistics Institute told a congressional committee that workers also were forced to hire criminals in order to carry out census interviews. Susana Pérez Cadena said
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series “M-A-S-H” sold at auction Friday for $125,000. Alda held onto the boots and dog tags for more than 40 years after the show ended but decided to
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said he is “fine” since he froze up midsentence during a press conference on Wednesday. And now his office is trying to tamp down speculation that he might not fill out his term as leader because of his health.
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Opponents of offshore wind projects are suing New Jersey and the Danish wind energy developer Orsted over a lucrative tax break the state approved for the company. They say the law is illegal because it was written to benefit only one entity. Protect Our Coast
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy deflected questions about the additional charges filed Thursday against former President Donald Trump in the case alleging mishandling of classified documents during his time in the White House, instead pointing to President Joe Biden. In his latest defense of Trump, McCarthy questioned why
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine senior Senate Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders are urging the Biden administration to withhold about a quarter of the United States’ more than $1 billion in annual military aid to Egypt for a third year. Friday’s joint letter from lawmakers calls the step important to
Continue ReadingCNN By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The meme traders are back. Shares of Tupperware (TUP) have exploded by about 165% this week and more than 300% over the last month for no discernible reason. The Florida-based container company has been in hot water for some time. Sales are on the decline and
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