Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La muerte de un estudiante de la Universidad de Carolina del Sur que intentaba entrar a una casa que no era la suya en su propia calle fue considerada un homicidio justificado y no se presentarán cargos, dijo la policía. “La determinación se basa en varios factores que incluyen
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A small, private university in West Virginia has declared bankruptcy. The move to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy by Alderson Broaddus University comes a month after it announced plans to cease operating. According to Thursday’s filing, the university listed between $1 million and $10 million in
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Temperatures today in the Coachella Valley are just around average to round out the month August. The average temperature for this time of year in Palm Springs is 107°. Some big changes are on the way with our atmospheric patterns. The ridge of high pressure is starting to be pushed off toward our east thanks
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A 911 recording indicates police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, quickly received the name and description of the accused shooter just after a professor was fatally shot this week. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill released a recording of Monday’s call. Police say
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Originally Published: 31 AUG 23 09:18 ET By Jessica Xing and Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — The Canadian government is warning its LGBTQ citizens of risks they could face when traveling to the US, citing new laws in several states. “Some states have enacted laws and policies that may affect 2SLGBTQI+ persons. Check relevant state
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Trump-era rule allowing railroads to haul highly flammable liquefied natural gas will now be formally put on hold to allow more time to study the safety concerns related to transporting that fuel and other substances like hydrogen that must be kept at extremely low
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Originally Published: 31 AUG 23 18:09 ET By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Department of Energy said Thursday it plans to fuel the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles with $12 billion in loans and grants. Hard on the heels of President Joe Biden’s goal to spur the sale ofEVs in
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction requested by NetChoice, a tech industry trade group
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Activists are declaring a victory this week as they fight a Republican-backed law allowing Nebraska taxpayer money to be used for private school tuition. But both sides acknowledge that the battle is just beginning. Opponents said Wednesday that they’d gathered nearly twice the roughly 60,000
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The White homeowner accused of wounding a Black teen who went to the wrong Kansas City address in April will stand trial for the shooting, a Missouri judge ruled Thursday. The ruling came after a preliminary hearing in which a dozen witnesses testified and multiple exhibits were admitted into
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Department of Energy said Thursday it plans to fuel the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles with $12 billion in loans and grants. Hard on the heels of President Joe Biden’s goal to spur the sale of EVs in the United States, the Energy Department
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press First a shooting, then a storm. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a one-two punch testing his leadership at a critical moment for his presidential campaign, with the Republican moving to cast aside the culture warrior and show the country that he can govern through crises. The
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man newly transferred to Oregon’s psychiatric hospital managed to escape while fully shackled and drove off in a stolen van, the Oregon State Police said Thursday. Christopher Pray, who was previously charged with attempted murder and other crimes, was last seen driving south on Interstate
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man newly transferred to Oregon’s psychiatric hospital managed to escape while fully shackled and drove off in a stolen van, the Oregon State Police said Thursday. Christopher Pray, who was previously charged with attempted murder and other crimes, was last seen driving south on Interstate
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says it has upgraded its entire fleet to protect the planes against radio interference from wireless signals. The airline said Thursday that it completed upgrading about 190 planes over the summer. Some aviation experts worry that interference from new 5G wireless signals could interfere with critical equipment on planes. Other
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group were sentenced to more than a decade each in prison Thursday for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada has updated its travel advisory to the U.S., warning members of the LGBTQ+ community that some American states have enacted laws that may affect them. The country’s Global Affairs department did not specify which states, but is advising travelers to check the local laws for their
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Over a span of four days, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy made two different false claims about what he wrote in his own 2022 book. At the first Republican presidential debate last Wednesday, Ramaswamy claimed rival candidate Chris Christie was not telling the truth when Christie said Ramaswamy
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BLACKWELL and LAURA BARGFELD Associated Press HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idalia’s path of destruction on Thursday picked through piles of rubble where homes once stood, threw tarps over ripped-apart roofs and gingerly navigated streets left underwater or clogged with fallen trees and dangerous electric wires.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s broad opposition coalition announced it has chosen Senator Xóchitl Gálvez as its candidate in the June 2, 2024 presidential elections. The de-facto nomination — which will be formalized later — suggests that Mexico’s next president will quite likely be a woman, as former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum leads most
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