By Alejandra Briones Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — A quick Google search and very little can be found on Latina coaches in professional sports. Oklahoma City Spark’s head coach Amber Flores is the only Hispanic woman to coach one of the professional softball teams. Flores described her experience as
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A 19-year-old man who died when he was ejected from a vehicle that crashed into a Cathedral City electrical pole was identified today. He was identified by the Riverside County coroner’s office as Rodolfo Arellano of Cathedral City. Officers responded at 6:23 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a single-vehicle collision on the shoulder of
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Loved ones are remembering a slain Baltimore tech entrepreneur for her compassion and dedication to helping others. They pledged to honor her legacy at a vigil Wednesday night. Baltimore police found 26-year-old Pava LaPere dead from blunt force trauma in her apartment complex after she was reported
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Lifelong residents of a tiny Georgia island who are descended from slaves are pushing to give voters a chance to override local zoning changes that they say threaten one of the last Gullah-Geechee communities in the U.S. South. Elected commissioners in coastal McIntosh County voted two
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British police say that a 15-year-old girl has been stabbed to death while on her way to school and a 17-year-old male suspect has been arrested in connection with her death. The Metropolitan Police said that officers were at the scene at around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday around two minutes after receiving reports
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The number of spots reserved for conference champions when the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams next year remains up in the air. Administrators who manage the sport wrapped up a day-and-a-half of meetings outside of Chicago that mostly focused on hearing from potential television partners.
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 said during a mental health evaluation that he bought firearms to carry out a mass shooting and wanted police to kill him. That’s according to a psychologist who testified Wednesday during
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A man who was rescued by the crew of a commercial fishing boat after he fell overboard from a tanker has died, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday. The crew of America pulled the man from the water Tuesday morning, and Boston Fire Department and Coast Guard personnel came aboard
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is apologizing for Parliament’s recognition of a man who fought alongside the Nazis during last week’s address by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trudeau says the Speaker of the House of Commons is “solely responsible” for the invitation and recognition of the man
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — National Women’s Soccer League expansion franchise Bay FC has named Albertin Montoya as its head coach. Montoya, a long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area with experience in both youth and professional soccer, most recently served as interim coach of the NWSL’s Washington Spirit last year. Bay FC will begin
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Does a judge’s fraud finding spell the end of Donald Trump’s real estate empire? The former president certainly seems to think so. He decried Tuesday’s ruling, shifting control of some of his companies to a court-appointed receiver, as the “KILL TRUMP” decision. But the judge
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s National Crime Agency says officers have arrested a man as part of an investigation into the death of a woman thought to have died attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat. The 21-year-old Sudanese man was detained on suspicion of illegal entry and facilitating illegal immigration in the
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding firmer Wednesday, but only after swinging through the day as pressure from the oil and bond markets cranked even higher. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in late trading following several U-turns from the morning into the afternoon. It’s coming off
Continue ReadingBy FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The winner of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot in August — the third-largest in U.S. history — has come forward to claim the prize, officials said Wednesday. In all, Mega Millions has had five prizes of more than a billion dollars. Under a new
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer MENLO PARK, California (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the tech giant’s Connect developer conference on Wednesday with a focus on virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence The company, which renamed itself Meta two years ago, unveiled the next version of its virtual reality headset, the
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston officials have approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases. Residents and local leaders have long blamed the high number
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say three people died when a sports car chased by police in Indianapolis collided with another vehicle shortly after officers called off their pursuit. An Indiana state trooper began the pursuit Tuesday night when the driver of a Dodge Challenger fled attempts to pull it over for reckless driving. The pursuit
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is making “game-changing” modifications to the foster care system that will enable family members to care for children in foster care more easily. The administration is also proposing new rules to protect LGBTQ+ youth and expand legal services to those at risk of entering the child
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann, Betsy Klein, Rob Picheta, Gawon Bae, Alex Marquardt and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — US Army Private Travis King is on a flight back to the United States after being returned to American custody weeks after he crossed into North Korea, according to State Department Spokesperson Matthew
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Detroit (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union is preparing to announce a possible expansion of its strike against General Motors, Stellantis and maybe Ford this Friday if there isn’t more progress in talks, a union source familiar with plans said Wednesday. UAW President Shawn Fain is set
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