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Although families displaced by a destructive fire two weeks ago in Desert Hot Springs have a place to stay for now, they say they are filled with concern. The fire at the County Squire Mobile Home Park on July 18 damaged 14 homes and 12 vehicles, leaving 100 residents evacuated. On Thursday, families told News
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT, MARTHA MENDOZA, CLAIRE GALOFARO and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press The Afghan villager was afraid the American soldiers might come. And one cool night in fall, as his children lay asleep, helicopters roared overhead. At the first sound of gunshots, he yelled for his wife and 10 children to take cover. His young
Continue ReadingBy JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Biologist Ashley Wilson carefully disentangled a bat from netting above a tree-lined river and examined the wriggling, furry mammal in her headlamp’s glow. “Another big brown,” she said with a sigh. It was a common type, one of many Wilson and colleagues had snagged
Continue ReadingBy JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Biologist Ashley Wilson carefully disentangled a bat from netting above a tree-lined river and examined the wriggling, furry mammal in her headlamp’s glow. “Another big brown,” she said with a sigh. It was a common type, one of many Wilson and colleagues had snagged
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has his zingers (“This is not your father’s Republican Party”). He’s got patriotism (“This is the United States of America, dammit”). He’s got a geometry-based explanation on how to grow the economy (“from the middle out and the bottom up”). Move over, Beyonce and
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (AP) — Haitians are expressing skepticism over an offer by Kenya to lead an international police force aimed at combatting the gang violence that has wracked the Caribbean nation. They say the sexual abuse and a devastating cholera outbreak that have accompanied foreign forces in
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The American economy has generated at least 200,000 new jobs for a record 30 straight months. And the streak likely continued into July. But just barely. The Labor Department’s latest jobs report, out Friday, is expected to show that employers tacked on exactly 200,000 jobs last
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Greece’s prime minister is offering a “do-over” for travelers whose trips to the holiday island of Rhodes were canceled or truncated due to the country’s wildfires this summer. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appeared on the UK chat show Good Morning Britain on August 2 to discuss the situation in
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India has placed restrictions on the import of computers and laptops in a surprise move from the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which has been trying to encourage domestic manufacturing in the tech sector. Importers will now need to apply for licenses in order to bring laptops, tablets,
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — ¿Necesitas un empujón en tu camino hacia una “vida bella y optimizada”? Aquí tienes la oportunidad de vivir el estilo de vida Goop que promueve la marca de belleza, moda, alimentación y bienestar de Gwyneth Paltrow. La actriz ganadora del Oscar y fundadora y CEO de Goop pone en Airbnb
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street sank for a third day following a British interest rate hike. Shanghai and Hong Kong advanced. Tokyo retreated. Oil prices were mixed. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index fell 0.3% after the Bank of England on Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Amazon (AMZN)’s sales boomed on strong demand in the second quarter for its wide range of products, from fast delivery for Prime deals to ads, fueling a massive jump in profit from a year ago. Sales grew 11% to $134.4 billion. That’s an increase from $121.2 billion
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi received a pass and in an instant, the shot was off her fingertips. It was a 3-pointer that splashed through the net, just like it has so many other times during her career. Taurasi became the first WNBA player to score 10,000 points, hitting
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi received a pass and in an instant, the shot was off her fingertips. It was a 3-pointer that splashed through the net, just like it has so many other times during her career. Taurasi became the first WNBA player to score 10,000 points, hitting
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL and TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writers Arizona is in talks to join the Big 12, a person with direct knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press, and a board of regents meeting Thursday night could determine whether Arizona State is ready to leave the Pac-12, too, and join the Wildcats. The
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was pulled from the mound by the Los Angeles Angels after only four innings Thursday night due to cramping in his pitching hand and fingers. The two-way superstar pitched scoreless three-hit ball with four strikeouts against the Seattle Mariners, and he had thrown
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 career points.
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Two US Navy sailors have been indicted and arrested for allegedly sending sensitive US military information to Chinese intelligence officers. One of the sailors, Jinchao Wei, was arrested Wednesday as he arrived for work at Naval Base San Diego, according to a statement released Thursday by the US Attorney
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — ¿Hay algún alimento más universalmente apreciado que la pizza? La comida reconfortante por excelencia, cuyas raíces se remontan a Nápoles, Italia, ha sido adaptada por culturas de todo el mundo. Los italianos han elaborado incluso una serie de listas de las mejores pizzas fuera de Italia. Y es precisamente la versatilidad
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By Sara Smart, Emma Tucker and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — After a woman escaped from a makeshift “dungeon” made of cinder blocks in a man’s Oregon home, the FBI says it is looking for additional victims in other states. The man, 29-year-old Negasi Zuberi, was taken into federal custody on suspicion of kidnapping across
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