By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The leader of the California Senate said Monday she will step down from her leadership post, ending an historic run as the first woman and first openly gay person to lead the upper legislative chamber of the nation’s most populous state. Toni Atkins, a Democrat from
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has asked China to urge its citizens to halt acts of harassment, including crank calls and stone throwing at Japanese diplomatic facilities and schools, in response to Japan’s release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. The discharge
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — News organizations are in a cold war with OpenAI. While a shot has yet to be fired, some of the nation’s largest newsrooms are actively taking defensive measures to safeguard their content from ChatGPT, the groundbreaking artificial intelligence chatbot that is seen as a potential aggressor to an already
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Camp Pendleton-based Marines were aboard the Osprey aircraft that crashed in Australia, killing three service members and injuring 20 others, it was announced today. Sunday’s MV-22B Osprey crash occurred during a “routine training exercise” on Melville Island, north of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, according to a statement from Marine Rotational Force-Darwin. The three Marines
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of protesters on cars and motorbikes took to the streets of Colombia’s main cities on Monday to reject recent hikes in gasoline prices that have drastically increased the price of fuel in the South American country. Protesters say that the monthly price hikes set by
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer Georgia attorney Sonny Seiler has died at the age of 90. He was owner of the University of Georgia’s famed line of “Uga” bulldog mascots. He also served as lead defense counsel in a notorious case chronicled in the book “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.” The
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The leader of the California Senate said Monday she will step down from her leadership post, ending an historic run as the first woman and first openly gay person to lead the upper legislative chamber of the nation’s most populous state. Toni Atkins, a Democrat from
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By Oren Liebermann, Heather Chen, Brad Lendon, Angus Watson and Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — Three US Marines who died when their Osprey aircraft crashed during a military exercise in Australia have been identified by their unit. Corporal Spencer R. Collart, 21, Captain Eleanor V. LeBeau, 29, and Major Tobin J. Lewis, 37, were among
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By Sara Smart and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A suspect is in custody after a shooting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday afternoon left a faculty member dead and prompted students and others to shelter in place for hours as police looked for the gunman, school officials said. Shots
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Es la pesadilla de cualquier persona que tenga una mascota: llevártela de viaje y que se pierda. Eso es justamente lo que Paula Rodríguez está viviendo, luego de que el personal del aeropuerto de Atlanta —el más transitado del mundo— perdiera a su perra Maia cuando ella debía tomar un vuelo
Continue ReadingWHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Newspaper publisher G. Ogden Nutting has died. He was 87. The newspaper in Wheeling, West Virginia, where Nutting’s family business was based says he died Friday. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register published Nutting’s obituary and a separate story on his death Monday. Nutting once held a stake in the Pirates before
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Mientras la limpieza continuaba en la zona de Panorama Park de Cathedral City, algunos residentes de la calle Horizon se enfrentaron a la alcaldesa para expresarle sus frustraciones. Expresando su enfado por lo que dicen es una falta de ayuda y atención a los problemas tras la tormenta tropical Hilary. No sólo quieren que se
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KESQ’s Chief Meteorologist Haley Clawson and First Alert Meteorologist Kelley Moody sat down to discuss the tropical development of Hilary and how the forecast evolved in the days before landfall.
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training exercise in Australia were from Illinois, Virginia and Colorado. The V-22B Osprey with 23 Marines on board crashed Sunday in tropical forest on Melville Island while taking part in a drill that includes
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner keeps hitting homers — all the Phillies have of late, really — with his seven this month for a team that has socked 52 in August. Turner wants the NL champions to keep going deep, all the way back to the World Series. “These
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By Nicki Brown and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Yale University agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging the prestigious university discriminated against students with mental health disabilities, according to a joint statement from the university and plaintiffs. The lawsuit, filed in Connecticut federal court last November by current students and the non-profit Elis for Rachael,
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As the cleanup continued in the Panorama Park area of Cathedral City, some Horizon residents confronted the mayor with their frustrations. Expressing their anger over what they say is a lack of help and attention to the problems in the aftermath of tropical storm Hilary. They not only want the streets to be cleared of
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has called for his military to be constantly ready for combat to thwart plots to invade his country, as he accused the U.S. of conducting “more frantic” naval drills off the Korean Peninsula. The U.S. and South Korean
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By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Mark Meadows testified in court Monday that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment that accuses him of participating in an illegal conspiracy to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss were all part of his job as White House chief of staff. The extraordinary testimony — from
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