By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Chiney Ogwumike has always been passionate about her Nigerian heritage. Now she’s getting a chance to help all of Africa as a member of the inaugural President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States, the White House announced Tuesday. “Best way to describe it, it feels
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s most powerful body is being asked to support governments seeking to legally declare the crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid.” Sima Bahouse is the head of the U.N. agency promoting gender equality. She has told the U.N. Security
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons resigned Tuesday for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to Parliament to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the House of
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Teens get as many as 237 or more notifications each day on their smartphones, according to a new report. “Smartphones have become an always-on, sometimes disruptive force in the lives of young people,” said Dr. Jenny Radesky, a coauthor of the report published Tuesday by Common Sense Media —
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Las autoridades dieron más detalles de la persecución de un trailer el domingo pasado el cual inicio a las 5:30 de la tarde en el freeway 60 cuando agentes del CHP vieron el trailer cuyo conductor parecía estar ebrio por lo que le ordenaron detenerse pero el sujeto acelero e inicio la persecución, el hombre
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge dismissed murder and other charges Tuesday against a Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver through a rolled-up window — a confrontation police initially described as the officer shooting the driver after he lunged at him with a knife outside the car. Municipal
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Hello Adele, are you married? The singer is making people believe she may have secretly married her boyfriend, sports agent Rich Paul. In a video shared on social media from one of her Las Vegas shows, Adele talked about not understanding American football. She said she worried about
Continue ReadingHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former federal prosecutor who helped investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe in 2020 before abruptly leaving the Justice Department is a step closer to being confirmed for Connecticut’s State Supreme Court. Nora Dannehy cleared the state Senate by a vote of 31-2 on Tuesday. Her nomination now moves to
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El Concilio de Coachella planea proponer una iniciativa que rija las reglas para los vendedores ambulantes. Actualmente se rigen por una ley estatal implementada en el 2018 que despenaliza la venta para proteger a los vendedores, pero los condados y las ciudades pueden crear sus propias reglas. Durante los próximos dos meses el concilio se
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Siguen saliendo detalles de la detención de un exagente del sheriff que traía 104 libras de fentanilo en su auto que fue detenido en el freeway 10 el pasado 17 de septiembre. Se trata de Jorge Oceguera Rocha de 25 años quien trabajaba en la cárcel de Banning y según la investigación era el intermediario
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM, TOM KRISHER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden joined United Auto Workers strikers on a picket line Tuesday as their work stoppage against major carmakers hit day 12, a demonstration of support for organized labor apparently unparalleled in presidential history. “Stick with it,”
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Después de perder una demanda de 25 condados de California se le ordenó al gigante minorista Macy’s pagar $1.6 millones por violaciones ambientales en sus 98 tiendas de California, incluidas tres en el condado de Riverside, que son la sucursal de Moreno Valley, la ciudad de Riverside y la del mall de Palm Desert. La
Continue Reading Hoy a las 12 del mediodía se realizará una ceremonia para dar a las nuevas vans del equipo de respuesta del Condado de Riverside, los nuevos vehículos se enviarán por todo el condado para brindar atención de salud en casas, escuelas, eventos, campamentos de indigentes y donde haya congregaciones. La medida se toma ya que
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer It’s highly unlikely any player other than Lionel Messi could have brought Prince Harry, Selena Gomez and Leonardo DiCaprio out to a regular-season Major League Soccer match. But there they were — very noticeable in fact — in the crowd when Messi’s Inter Miami squad took on LAFC
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer It’s highly unlikely any player other than Lionel Messi could have brought Prince Harry, Selena Gomez and Leonardo DiCaprio out to a regular-season Major League Soccer match. But there they were — very noticeable in fact — in the crowd when Messi’s Inter Miami squad took on LAFC
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By Sam Ryan Click here for updates on this story COPIAGUE, Long Island (WABC) — It is a long way from Venice Beach, California to Virginia Beach, Virginia – 3,162 miles to be exact. It is a long drive, but time-wise, it is an even longer skate. Long Island’s Chad Caruso completed the 57-day journey
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CNN By David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico (CNN) — There’s a bustling trade in people and goods across the Guatemala-Mexico river border this week. But almost the entire flow of people skirts the route across the road bridge and tries to avoid official eyes by floating across the water.
Continue ReadingBy WABC News Staff Click here for updates on this story BAYVILLE, Ocean County, New Jersey (WABC) — A school district in New Jersey is taking action after a student died by suicide last year after she was bullied by her peers. The Central Regional School District in Ocean County says it will allow officials
Continue ReadingBy Toni Yates and WABC News Staff Click here for updates on this story WEST MILFORD, New Jersey (WABC) — A house explosion in West Milford, New Jersey injured five people and completely flattened a house Friday night. Officials are now investigating the possibility that a propane leak was the cause of the explosion. “Propane
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will ban people from carrying firearms in most public places while doubling the taxes on guns and ammunition sold in the state under two new laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday that will test the limits of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new standard for interpreting
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