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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 23-year-old woman has been fatally wounded and three other people — including her 2-year-old son — also have been shot on the city’s South Side. Police say the toddler was hospitalized in good condition after being shot in a foot, as were his 29-year-old father, who also was
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Austin Adams will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a fractured right ankle in Tuesday’s loss to San Francisco. He was placed on the 60-day injured list Wednesday. Adams entered to start the eighth inning, but threw just two pitches when he took a comebacker by
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Polonia desplegará más tropas en la frontera con Belarús tras acusar a Minsk de violar su espacio aéreo, lo que eleva las tensiones entre este miembro de la OTAN y un aliado clave del Kremlin, en un panorama de seguridad cada vez más volátil en Europa. Varsovia dijo que dos helicópteros
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A fentanyl-related homicide trial is now underway in Riverside County. This is the first case of its kind to go to trial here where the defendant has been charged with murder in a fentanyl poisoning death. We have provided extensive coverage on the fentanyl crisis here at home — and around the state In this case, Vicente Romero, 34,
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El Departamento de Seguridad de Texas (DPS, por sus siglas en inglés) encontró un cuerpo atorado en la sección sur de las boyas que el estado ubicó en el río Grande, en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, informó la Cancillería de este país. “La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores informa
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously authorized the U.N. political mission in Colombia to help verify implementation of the recent peace agreement between the government and its largest remaining guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army. It expressed willingness Wednesday to do the same if a
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family members from Niger following last week’s military takeover. “On July 26, President Mohamed Bazoum was placed under house arrest amidst efforts to overthrow the democratically elected government of Niger. Subsequent events have severely limited flight
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Residents who were displaced from mobile homes that burned in the Country Squire RV and Mobile Home Park in Desert Hot Springs will be accommodated in temporary housing, officials announced today. During the July 18 fire, nine mobile homes were destroyed and several families were displaced, according to a joint statement from county Supervisor V.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government says a dead body has been spotted along the floating barriers that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed recently in the Rio Grande river, across from Eagle Pass. Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department said authorities are trying to recover the body. The department said Wednesday that Mexico had warned about
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — After recording the warmest monthly average temperature for any U.S. city ever in July, Phoenix climbed back up to dangerously high temperatures Wednesday. That could mean trouble not just for people but for some plants, too. Residents across the sprawling metro are finding the extended extreme heat
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Bidarian, CNN (CNN) — E-cigarette company Juul Labs is seeking US authorization to sell a “next-generation” vape with age verification capabilities in the United States. To verify a user’s age, the proposed vape pairs with a phone app, requiring a customer to either upload their government ID and a real-time selfie or input
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By Sabrina Souza, Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers and wounded six others at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 in the deadliest-ever attack on Jewish people in the United States, was unanimously sentenced to death by a federal jury on Wednesday. It’s the first federal
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police shot and killed a gunman on a community college campus Wednesday after he fatally wounded a police dog, authorities said. The man was pronounced dead at a hospital after the confrontation at San Diego Mesa College, police said. His name wasn’t immediately released. Police were investigating a report
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police shot and killed a gunman on a community college campus Wednesday after he fatally wounded a police dog, authorities said. The man was pronounced dead at a hospital after the confrontation at San Diego Mesa College, police said. His name wasn’t immediately released. Police were investigating a report
Continue ReadingBy Giri Viswanathan, CNN (CNN) — When a 54-year-old landscaper came into an Orlando dermatology clinic with a splotchy, painful rash, Dr. Rajiv Nathoo took five or six biopsies. The rash was spreading from the man’s limbs to his face, but previous doctors had been stumped by what was causing it. The biopsy results confirmed
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In a story published August 1, 2023, The Associated Press reported that some adult websites were experimenting with age-verification services to comply with a new law in Utah. The story should have made clear that an age estimation program offered by the company Yoti uses facial scanning to estimate a
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International has accused Sudan’s warring factions of committing “extensive war crimes” including mass killing of civilians and rape and sexual slavery of women in their monthslong fighting to control the eastern African nation. The group said on Thursday in a 56-page report that civilians were deliberately
Continue ReadingVANDALIA, Ohio (AP) — A police pursuit in Ohio eventually led to the kidnapping of a tractor-trailer driver, spurring another pursuit and a lengthy standoff that culminated in a shootout between two suspects and Ohio state troopers, leaving both suspects dead. The initial pursuit began around 1 a.m. Wednesday in London, when a police officer
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Coachella Youth Golf finished another strong summer season here in the desert, capped off by their championship at Andalusia in La Quinta. CYG is a local, non-profit, volunteer-based organization developed to provide kids an affordable opportunity to play competitive golf on local courses. SEASON RECAP:262 players participated in 8 tournaments (two days each) at local
Continue ReadingBy Macie Goldfarb and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — In the ongoing battle between Walt Disney World and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Disney’s governing district – whose current board was hand-picked by DeSantis and took control of the district in February – abolished all of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the district said in
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