By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, CHRISTINE FERNANDO and ALI SWENSON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was asked during last week’s GOP presidential debate whether he would support nationwide abortion restrictions, he instead offered a startling anecdote. “I know a lady in Florida named Penny,” he said. “She survived multiple abortion attempts.
Continue ReadingBy ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Nearly 170 migrants have returned to Senegal after spending almost a week in limbo on a Spanish rescue boat. The ministry for Senegalese abroad confirms that a Spanish vessel which rescued migrants off the coast of Mauritania brought them to the Senegalese port city of Saint
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodríguez was out of the lineup for the second straight day Wednesday due to soreness in his left foot. Seattle manager Scott Servais said Rodríguez received treatment during the Mariners’ 5-4 win over Oakland with the hope that he may be able to get back into the
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Buster Posey is going back to school at age 36. No, the seven-time All-Star doesn’t need to study again after a decorated baseball career spanning more than a decade. He wants to do it. The retired San Francisco Giants catcher has a year’s worth of
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Buster Posey is going back to school at age 36. No, the seven-time All-Star doesn’t need to study again after a decorated baseball career spanning more than a decade. He wants to do it. The retired San Francisco Giants catcher has a year’s worth of
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gusty winds and low humidity brought high risk of wildfires to the interior of Northern California on Wednesday and a utility proactively cut electricity to approximately 8,400 customers to prevent potential ignitions in the blustery conditions. Red flag warnings for critical fire
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Families impacted by Tropical Storm Hilary continue to dig out from the excess mud and debris. Many have gotten help from outside organizations like the international nonprofit Team Rubicon, which is doing much of the heavy lifting. Team Rubicon is helping those impacted in the Panorama Park neighborhood in Cathedral City, where several homes got
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers have eaten Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The release of the treated
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are modestly higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday after economic updates showed the job market is still cooling, while growth remains resilient. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, continuing to chip away at the market’s losses in August. The
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines before sweeping into Georgia. Almost 375,000 customers in
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to briefly freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter at an event in Kentucky on Wednesday, weeks after he had a similar episode in Washington. As seen on video from a local news station, the
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Greater Palm Springs Realtors has a fund available to help homeowners and renters affected by the local declared emergency disasters in the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary. The organization has partnered with Cathedral City, Palm Springs, and Desert Hot Springs to make residents aware of the financial resource. “These are people that work and they’re
Continue ReadingBy YVES LAURENT GOMA and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced late Wednesday that the head of the country’s elite republican guard would lead the Central African country, hours after saying they had placed the country’s newly re-elected president under house arrest. The coup leaders said in an
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — The once-powerful Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick will not stand trial on charges he sexually assaulted a teenage boy decades ago, as a Massachusetts judge dismissed the case against the 93-year-old on Wednesday because both prosecutors and defense attorneys agree he suffers from dementia. McCarrick, the
Continue ReadingHATFIELD, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a man who trafficked “ghost guns” and silencers he assembled at his home in a Philadelphia suburb has been charged along with two friends. Montgomery County authorities said Wednesday that 32-year-old Tony Phan Ho and 36-year-old Ritha Ngoy, both of Hatfield, and 32-year-old Michael Phan Nguyen, of Lansdale, are
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Una vez más se presentó en corte Oscar Álvarez de Palm Desert acusado de abusar sexualmente de un menor de edad y se declaró no culpable. Cabe recordar que el 3 de abril el sheriff recibió una llamada que reportaba el abuso y durante la investigación el sujeto de 65 años fue identificado como el
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CNN, WLWT Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — It was an excruciating moment of powerlessness for one of Washington’s most powerful men. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s words dried up and he froze, standing silent and staring straight ahead for around 30 painful seconds in the middle of a press conference Wednesday – the
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Agentes de la patrulla fronteriza del punto de inspección del Expressway 86 cerca de Salton City decomisaron un cargamento de droga durante la inspección de un vehículo que llegó al retén y los oficiales notaron que el conductor estaba nervioso, de inmediato lo enviaron a segunda revisión y un perro entrenado olfateo el narcótico en
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have confirmed candidates for the controversial commission for examining Russian influence in the country which is believed to be targeting the opposition and its popular leader Donald Tusk ahead of the Oct. 15 parliamentary elections. All candidates were proposed by the ruling conservative party. The opposition did not participate
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is outlining her policy priorities for the second half of the year. In a speech Wednesday the Democrat called for paid family and medical leave, a 100% clean energy standard, and the codification of federal health care protections. The Michigan Legislature is
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