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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed mixed, holding a bit firmer following its three-week losing streak. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% Monday as gains for Tesla, Microsoft and other Big Tech stocks lifted the index. That’s even though the majority of stocks fell. The Dow fell 36 points,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A man charged in 2019 with planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a Washington, D.C., area shopping and entertainment complex has pleaded guilty in a separate plot to drive a stolen van into a crowd at a Virginia airport. Rondell Henry of Germantown, Maryland, is
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House conservatives in a group known as the Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands that they want included in a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running after the end of September. It’s a smorgasbord of non-starters for the Democratic-controlled Senate and the
Continue ReadingBy Justin Adams Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — As Denver Public Schools welcomes students and teachers for another year of school, two longtime coaches are going down memory lane and looking back at the impact they’ve had in the district for decades. Steve Finesilver from George Washington High School and
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor in Ohio is asking a judge to dismiss charges, at least for now, against a Black truck driver who was bitten by a police dog while he was surrendering along a highway last month. A prosecuting attorney in Ross County says in a motion
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — An heir to a fortune built on Ecuador’s main crop of bananas has pulled off an upset by advancing to the country’s presidential runoff election. Daniel Noboa will face leftist Luisa González, an ally of a convicted former president who remains an influential figure in
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has criticized U.N. peacekeepers for blocking the construction of a road in ethnically divided Cyprus. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the action “unacceptable” and accused the peacekeeping force on Monday of bias against Turkish Cypriots. Angry Turkish Cypriots last week punched and kicked a group of international peacekeepers that
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers gaveled in for a special session stemming from a shooting at a Nashville elementary school that left six dead, including three young children. Hundreds of community organizers, families, protesters and many more have spent months asking lawmakers to consider passing gun
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are traveling to Maui on Monday for an emotional day of comforting survivors of the devastating wildfires that ripped through the western part of the Hawaiian island, as his administration responds to the devastation whose
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Federal agents have arrested a 41-year-old Chicago-area woman on a complaint accusing her of sending emails threatening to shoot former President Donald Trump and his son Barron. The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago says Tracy Marie Fiorenza was arrested Monday morning on a charge of
Continue ReadingBy Heidi Schmidt Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (KCTV) — The City of Independence will open a cooling site beginning Saturday after forecasts predict temperatures to climb near 100 degrees. Other metro cities also offer locations where people can spend the day to beat the heat. The city’s T. Sermon Community
Continue ReadingBy JOHN FLESHER and ED WHITE Associated Press BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — The final trial of suspects in a bizarre plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor is underway. Eric Molitor and brothers William Null and Michael Null are charged with providing material support for terrorist acts in the scheme against Democrat Gretchen Whitmer. They are among
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By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Three people have died and three others have been hospitalized after drinking milkshakes contaminated with Listeria bacteria from a restaurant in Tacoma, Washington, health officials say. Investigators found the outbreak was linked to ice cream machines that were not cleaned properly at a Frugals restaurant, according to a release
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The Tri Palms Estates and Country Club in Thousand Palms is flooded with water following Hurricane Hilary. For the latest updates on from the First Alert Weather Team Hurricane Hilary, click here. Many Tri Palms residents are now stranded as roads leading out of the community are submerged in deep flood waters. News Channel 3’s
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Russia’s space agency says the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after its engines failed to shut down correctly. He blamed the country’s decades-long pause in lunar exploration for the mishap. The pilotless Luna-25 had been scheduled to land Monday while aiming to become
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES and JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Firefighters successfully prevented wildfires from destroying any more structures in a scenic region of British Columbia. That’s according to Canadian authorities, who said the prospect of rain raised hopes for the effort to contain the flames. Fire Chief Jason Broland said fire
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has reached a bond agreement with one of former President Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants: conservative attorney John Eastman, according to a new court filing on Monday. Eastman’s $100,000 bond order is the first to appear on the Fulton county court
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House conservatives in a group known as the Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands they want included in a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running after the end of September. It’s a smorgasbord of non-starters for the Democratic-controlled Senate and the White
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A teenage boy was killed in a shooting Sunday night in the city of Coachella. The shooting was reported at around 9:07 p.m. in the 53500 block of Cesar Chavez Street. Deputies arrived at the scene and found a 16-year-old boy with gunshot wounds. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. Deputies secured the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Cohen is being hired as Southern California’s athletic director after seven years in the same post at the University of Washington, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the hiring
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