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By BOB THOMAS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor David McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” in the 1960s and was the eccentric medical examiner in the popular “NCIS” 40 years later, has died. He was 90. McCallum died Monday of natural causes surrounded by family
Continue ReadingBy BOB THOMAS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor David McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” in the 1960s and was the eccentric medical examiner in the popular “NCIS” 40 years later, has died. He was 90. McCallum died Monday of natural causes surrounded by family
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Desert Healthcare District (DHCD) announced Monday morning that Dr. Conrado Bárzaga will no longer serve as their CEO. Local elected leaders quickly came to Dr. Bárzaga’s defense. Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D, CA-25) issued a statement saying he was “shocked and dismayed” over the dismissal, calling the change “sudden.” Dr. Ruiz is asking the Board to reconsider.
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A third person has been charged in the death of a toddler apparently poisoned by fentanyl inside a New York City day care center. Federal prosecutors say Renny Antonio Parra Paredes had an instrumental role in selling fentanyl that was packaged and stored at the Bronx
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The trial in a lawsuit brought by Kari Lake, the defeated Arizona Republican nominee for governor, to get access to 1.3 million voters’ signed ballot envelopes is now in the hands of a judge after wrapping up midday Monday. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah said he would issue a ruling
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former aide in Donald Trump’s White House says chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers so often after the 2020 election his wife complained his suits smelled “like a bonfire.” Cassidy Hutchinson describes the burning papers in a book being released Tuesday. The Associated
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say two people killed three teenagers and wounded a fourth in South Carolina’s capital city in an escalation of an old quibble over a burglary. Sunday afternoon’s shooting happened at an abandoned house where the four teenagers were hanging out. Two 17-year-old Eau Claire High School students were arrested on
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer Mel Tucker’s attorney says Michigan State does not have cause to fire its suspended football coach after Tucker acknowledged having phone sex with an activist and rape survivor because he did not “engage in unprofessional or unethical behavior” or violate his contract. Attorney Jennifer Belveal denied in a statement
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — After successfully delivering NASA’s first asteroid sample collected in space, the OSIRIS-REx mission, now renamed OSIRIS-APEX, is embarking on a new journey — this time to study an asteroid that will closely approach Earth in just a few years. Apophis, a space rock roughly 1,200 feet (366 meters) across, will
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Ford says it’s pausing construction of a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan until it is confident it can run the factory competitively. The move announced Monday comes as the company is in the midst of contract talks with the United Auto Workers union.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says nuclear fusion is a pioneering technology and the Biden administration wants to harness it as part of the transition to clean energy. Biden wants to create a commercial nuclear fusion facility within 10 years, Granholm said in a
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — The United States’ credit rating could come under pressure if the government shuts down, Moody’s Investors Service cautioned Monday. A shutdown would be “credit negative” for the US sovereign, according to a Moody’s note. “While government debt service payments would not be impacted and a short-lived shutdown would
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A small group of Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks ago. Some families who came back stopped for a moment of reflection and others looked for mementos they
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors filed additional criminal charges Monday against two teenagers being held as adults in the video-recorded killing of a retired former Southern California police chief as he rode his bicycle on a Las Vegas road. The teens, ages 18 and 16, are due in court on
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors filed additional criminal charges Monday against two teenagers being held as adults in the video-recorded killing of a retired former Southern California police chief as he rode his bicycle on a Las Vegas road. The teens, ages 18 and 16, are due in court on
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Venezuela calificó de “insólitas”, “falsas” y “sin fundamento” las denuncias de violaciones de derechos humanos presentadas por la Misión de Determinación de los Hechos sobre Venezuela del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas, ONU. Además de rechazar el cuarto informe de la Misión presentado el miércoles,
Continue ReadingBy JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Opposition parties in Canada have called on the speaker of the House of Commons to resign for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president. Peter Julian, the New Democratic Party
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Screenwriters waited Monday to learn what their five-month strike won and prepared for a possible return to work after their union reached an agreement with studio executives that could help end the walkouts that brought Hollywood to a standstill. The historic shutdown will go on
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Screenwriters waited Monday to learn what their five-month strike won and prepared for a possible return to work after their union reached an agreement with studio executives that could help end the walkouts that brought Hollywood to a standstill. The historic shutdown will go on
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The ninth-largest lottery jackpot will be on the line Monday night when numbers are drawn for a $785 million Powerball prize. The payout has grown so large because it has been building for more than two months, since a player in California matched all six numbers on July 19 and
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