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By ADAM BEAM, SOPHIE AUSTIN and TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Legislative workers at the California Capitol are close to forming their first labor union after state lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that allows them to organize. The Democrats in charge of California’s Legislature have historically been friendly with labor unions. This
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s new Prime Minister Hun Manet is heading to Beijing on his first official trip abroad since taking office last month. He is scheduled to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a three-day trip that demonstrates Cambodia’s warm relations with China, its closest political
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Police arrested a church faculty member in Banning after accusations of sexually assaulting a child. The crime was reported on Tuesday at around 3:45 p.m. Police said officers were called to the Mountain Avenue Baptist Church in Banning. Authorities said a church employee reported criminal acts against a child that occurred on the church property.
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Ryan Noda grounded a single off Ryan Pressly with one out in the ninth inning for the Oakland Athletics’ first hit against the Houston Astros on Wednesday night. Hunter Brown pitched five innings, and Rafael Montero, Héctor Neris and Bryan Abreu followed with a perfect inning each. Brown struck out seven, walked
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sister of a Russian-Israeli academic at Princeton University who went missing in Iraq nearly six months ago says the United States should use its influence to help win her freedom. Elizabeth Tsurkov is a doctoral student at Princeton University whose work focuses on the Middle East.
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A tower crane has collapsed at a bridge construction project in southwest China, killing six people and injuring five others. authorities say the collapse happened Wednesday in Jianyang city during work to build an expressway bridge over the Tuo River, the city’s transportation bureau said in a statement posted on its social
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El centro de comida Find Food Bank sigue proveyendo alivio a las familias afectadas por la tormenta tropical Hilary.
Continue ReadingBy FOSTER KLUG and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The world is largely relying on North Korean and Russian media for information about the meeting between the nations’ leaders Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin at a space facility in Russia’s Far East. Although news gathering is constrained by both authoritarian governments to
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Una migrante venezolana en México dio a luz tras iniciar el trabajo de parto en el techo de un tren, al cual se había subido rumbo hacia Estados Unidos, informó este sábado el Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM). En un comunicado, la entidad añadió que, junto a su esposo y dos
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — The top Air Force commander for Europe and Africa says the U.S. military has resumed counterterrorism missions in Niger, flying drones and other aircraft out of Niger air bases more than a month after a coup temporarily halted all those activities there. Since the July
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A bill introduced by Sen. Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, which aims to increase oversight and accountability in connection with in- custody deaths, was approved by state Senate today and is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. Senate Bill 519, which passed 31-4, was written in response to rising death rates among the incarcerated in
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros pitchers Hunter Brown, Rafael Montero and Héctor Neris have held the Oakland Athletics hitless through seven innings on Wednesday night. Brown pitched five innings, struck out seven, walked two and hit a batter, throwing 78 pitches. He retired his first 11 batters, then walked Ryan Noda. Montero and Neris followed
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler said Wednesday he shut down his comeback from Tommy John surgery this season because he wasn’t recovering well after a rehab start. The right-hander tossed two scoreless innings in a rehab appearance on Sept. 3 for Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The father of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is calling on world leaders meeting at the United Nations next week to stand up for freedom of the press and urge Russia to release him. Mikhail Gershkovich came to U.N. headquarters with his wife
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Por Alexandra Ferguson13 SEP 23 20:51 ET (CNN)– Un juez federal de Texas dictaminó este miércoles que una regulación destinada a preservar el programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés), es ilegal, en lo que representa un duro golpe para el Gobierno de Biden. El año
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Power bills for about 16 million people in Northern California will likely increase after state regulators released two rate proposals for one of the nation’s largest utilities Wednesday. The California Public Utilities Commission is finishing up its once-every-four-years review of Pacific Gas & Electric, the Oakland-based
Continue ReadingBy ERALDO PERES and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous women in Brazil’s capital Brasilia showcased their creations during a fashion event as part of the Third March of Indigenous Women to claim women’s rights and the demarcation of Indigenous lands. Under a huge white marquee, models adorned with headdresses, necklaces and
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, WILL WEISSERT, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is brushing off the House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry. Biden says the way he sees it, they opened the probe against him because they want to shut down the federal government. The president says he is instead “focused
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