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The Coachella Valley Firebirds were honored Thursday afternoon by Assemblyman Greg Wallis for their accomplishments on the ice, within their team, and in the community. Wallis presented the native hockey team with a California State Assembly Resolution for their historic and successful inaugural season this year. “They’ve been great community partners, they’ve energized the Coachella
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge Tanya Chutkan set the tone for how she would preside over the election subversion against Donald Trump in a hearing Friday focused on what limits would be placed on how the former president can handle the evidence prosecutors will be
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The wife and children of a man charged with killing at least three women found dead on New York’s Long Island will file a notice of claim which will allow them to sue authorities who allegedly trashed their house while seeking evidence. Attorneys for the family
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs Friday when a judge revoked his bail after concluding that the fallen cryptocurrency wiz had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him. Bankman-Fried drooped his head as Judge Lewis A. Kaplan explained at length why he
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs Friday when a judge revoked his bail after concluding that the fallen cryptocurrency wiz had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him. Bankman-Fried drooped his head as Judge Lewis A. Kaplan explained at length why he
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Amazon has warned some of its US-based office workers that it is keeping a close eye on their in-person attendance at work, sending emails to those it believes are not complying with its return-to-office policies. The message highlights Amazon’s determination to enforce its rules amid an employee
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s campaign is preparing to make gun safety a central issue of his reelection campaign, and that will start with the official approval soon and big rollout of a new executive action to massively expand background checks for gun purchases, multiple aides involved tell CNN. Long sought
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — For years, Gregg Popovich has eschewed the idea of him being worthy of inclusion in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He felt others were more deserving and worthy of the sport’s highest honor. On Friday, the man whose career has sprouted basketball tenacles that
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of the most generous donors to super PACs that supported Donald Trump’s reelection bid in the 2020 cycle have skipped giving to the new crop of super PACs backing the former president and his rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, a CNN analysis
Continue ReadingBy DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has unveiled a plan to spend 1 trillion reais (nearly $200 billion) on infrastructure, energy and transportation over the next four years in a bid to boost economic growth and employment in Latin America’s largest nation. The Growth
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee state senator has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after he unsuccessfully tried to take back his guilty plea on federal campaign finance charges. On Friday, former Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey received his sentence in Nashville federal court in the case centering
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — SAG-AFTRA is looking to extend its contract protections to those who appear on reality shows, according to a statement provided to CNN from the union. The group, which represents performers in Hollywood, said it “has engaged in discussions with” a law firm that has been retained by “Real
Continue ReadingPENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A man has opened fire inside a Home Depot store in the Florida Panhandle, killing a woman. Authorities say deputies and police officers responding to the store in Pensacola on Friday found the woman fatally shot. Two other people had minor injuries. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office says in a social
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Musician Mick Fleetwood of the famed group Fleetwood Mac said his restaurant, Fleetwood’s on Front St, in Lahaina, Hawai’i has been lost due to the wildfires raging there. He shared a picture of his eatery’s sign to his verified Instagram account on Wednesday, writing in the caption that Maui
Continue ReadingWEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Body-camera video released by authorities shows a Connecticut police officer fatally shooting a car theft suspect inside a moving vehicle while a police dog is attacking the suspect, who screams for help. Tuesday’s shooting of Mike Alexander-Garcia by West Hartford Police Officer Andrew Teeter is under investigation by Connecticut’s Office
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — A 37-year-old central Indiana man has been indicted in connection with a telephone threat made to a municipal clerk in Michigan following the 2020 presidential election. The Justice Department says Andrew Nickels, of Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis, appeared Friday in federal court in Detroit on one count of making a threatening
Continue ReadingST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow had his scheduled start Saturday against the Cleveland Guardians pushed back to Monday as the 6-foot-8 right-hander continues to comeback from back spasms that cost him a start a week ago. Glasnow played catch, including long toss, for 11 minutes and then had a
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Martinez Click here for updates on this story LAHAINA, Hawaii (KGO) — Help is on the way to Maui from around the country and here in the Bay Area. Christopher Landry is the Acting Assistant Chief for the Oakland Fire Department – he also helps process resource requests from FEMA. “I’m the acting
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH, TY O’NEIL and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Incinerated cars crushed by downed telephone poles. Charred elevator shafts standing as testaments to the burned-down apartment buildings they once served. Pools filled with charcoal-colored water. Trampolines and children’s scooters mangled by the extreme heat. Residents of Lahaina were being
Continue ReadingBy J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story MAUI, Hawaii (KGO) — We are getting a first hand look at the damage on Maui from those who have lived there for many years. Emerson Timmins has lived on Maui for 18 years. Wednesday, the roads were closed and Timmins was not with his
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