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By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — After months of controversy and anticipation, Japan is set to begin releasing treated radioactive wastewater from its Fukushima nuclear plant later this week despite fierce objections from some countries. The plan has been in the works for years, with authorities warning in 2019 that space
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY, CLAIRE RUSH and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century swept through the Maui community of Lahaina, authorities say more than 800 people remain unaccounted for — a staggering number that presents huge challenges for officials who are
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Brent Rooker hit a two-run home run off Dylan Coleman in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Oakland Athletics a 6-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night in a matchup of teams with the worst records in the major leagues.
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Sydney (CNN) — A final roar of triumph shook Sydney’s Stadium Australia as fans wearing red and gold punched the air, danced in flags and cried “España!” at the end of a Women’s World Cup that FIFA claims is its most successful yet. But a Spanish victory, secured
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A Hemet policeman accused of assaulting a woman during an arrest, inflicting major head trauma, pleaded not guilty today to assault resulting in great bodily injury and other offenses. Jacob Alan Hobson, 29, was arrested last week following a Force Investigation Detail Task Force probe, relying on Riverside County District Attorney’s Office and sheriff’s personnel.
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A probationer and his cohort accused of killing a 31-year-old Cabazon man whose remains still haven’t been located pleaded not guilty today to murder. Richard Eugene Seevers, 58, of Banning, and Frank Edward Mansfield, 48, of Cabazon, were arrested earlier this month following a two-year Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the disappearance and death
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ha-Seong Kim hit a grand slam and a double, stole third and scored twice to lead the struggling San Diego Padres to a critical 6-2 win against the Miami Marlins on Monday night in a matchup of National League wild-card hopefuls. “Since he has been
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. is investigating a robbery at a Cabazon outlets store where an employee was pepper sprayed. The robbery was reported Monday around 8:00 p.m. on the 48000 block of Seminole Drive. “The reporting party advised three subjects entered the business, stole items, and pepper sprayed an employee,” Authorities said the employee
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A jailed university student in Hong Kong has lost his bid to reduce his five-year sentence over inciting secession. The court ruling is expected to set the bar for sentencing in other national security cases, including those involving some of the city’s most prominent democracy leaders.
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press It’s almost time for the first Republican presidential debate. The two-hour debate will start at 9 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday and be moderated by Fox News Channel hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. The debate is airing exclusively on Fox News and the Fox Business Network as well as across
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“It’s painful, it’s very, very painful that i moved out here a year ago i put a lot of money into making it my home to see it really just go to waste snow, you know, and i don’t know if it’ll ever get back to the way i would want to have it,” said
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Tennessee’s Republican-led Legislature is meeting in special session this week to consider a package of public safety proposals, including some stemming from a deadly shooting at a Nashville elementary school earlier this year. Though the session is not expected to result in any new firearms restrictions, it nonetheless highlights
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If 2023 has taught anything to the people running Fox News Channel, it’s the importance of being able to pivot. The decision by former President Donald Trump to skip Wednesday’s first debate of the 2024 presidential primary season likely deprives Fox of a huge late-summer
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Nikki Carvajal and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden arrived in fire-ravaged Maui on Monday to witness the devastation left by an inferno more than a week ago and assess for himself a government response that some residents initially found lacking. The trip brought Biden to the scene of the
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, Nikki Carvajal and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden arrived in fire-ravaged Maui on Monday to witness the devastation left by an inferno more than a week ago and assess for himself a government response that some residents initially found lacking. The trip brought Biden to the scene of
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s aggressive response to his fourth criminal indictment in five months follows a strategy he has long used against legal and political opponents: relentless attacks, often infused with language that is either overtly racist or is coded in ways that appeal to
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hours before doors would open, thousands of K-pop fans lined up in downtown Los Angeles, stretching long city blocks in the warm August sun. In pleated skirts and platform shoes, toting the clear bags that have become arena staples, they danced and traded homemade stickers,
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hours before doors would open, thousands of K-pop fans lined up in downtown Los Angeles, stretching long city blocks in the warm August sun. In pleated skirts and platform shoes, toting the clear bags that have become arena staples, they danced and traded homemade stickers,
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday as traders waited for signs of interest rate plans from this week’s Federal Reserve conference. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul rose. Oil prices edged lower. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index rose Monday for its first gain
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Ötzi the Iceman, whose frozen remains were found in a gully high in the Tyrolean Alps by hikers in 1991, is perhaps the world’s most closely studied corpse. The mystery over his violent death, who he was and how he ended up on a mountain pass has sparked fascination
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