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For the past six months, we’ve been pressing San Bernardino County officials about their handling of a powerful blizzard earlier this year. Some residents in the county’s mountain communities were left stranded for several days. “We felt really abandoned by the county,” Ellah Ronen, a Crestline resident. After declining our invitations for interviews, a county
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina on Tuesday enacted major changes to the state’s election laws, triggering immediate legal challenges from Democrats and voting rights groups. Two new laws – passed in a state that could prove consequential in next year’s presidential election – will change the
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Eyewitness testimony in the continuance of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged with the death of Manuel Ellis has starkly contradicted the picture the officers’ lawyers have painted about how their fatal struggle with the Black man began. Witness Keyon Lowery in Pierce County Superior Court on Tuesday described his reaction
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The Palm Springs Police Department today announced it received a $135,000 grant to support ongoing enforcement and education programs aimed at increasing safety on the city’s roads. “This funding will strengthen our commitment to public safety in our community,” Sgt. Kevin Lu said in a statement. “We will be able to increase our efforts in
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CNN By Abbas Al Lawati and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has declared war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas after it carried out an unprecedented attack by air, sea and land on Saturday. The large-scale surprise assault has left more than 1200 dead in Israel, according to public broadcaster Kan. It prompted a
Continue ReadingBy SAM McNEIL Associated Press KFAR AZZA, Israel (AP) — An Israeli village that was attacked by militants lies in ruin, not far from the border with Gaza. On the streets of Kfar Azza, the bodies of militants lie scattered between the shells of burned-out cars. Walls and doors of what used to be neatly
Continue Reading CNN By Abbas Al Lawati and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has declared war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas after it carried out an unprecedented attack by air, sea and land on Saturday. The large-scale surprise assault has left more than 1200 dead in Israel, according to public broadcaster Kan. It prompted a
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The execution of a Texas inmate condemned for fatally shooting an 80-year-old woman was set to proceed after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s stay. Jedidiah Murphy’s execution is set to take place Tuesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was sentenced
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are calling for social media platforms to adopt better content-moderation policies and other fixes. The couple says modifications need to be made to addictive apps that can harm young people’s mental health. They spoke Tuesday at a panel discussion coordinated
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Come on, Barbie, let’s go party… in Monte Carlo? Following the staggering success of the “Barbie” movie, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are gearing up to return to the big screen for their next joint endeavor as the stars of the upcoming “Ocean’s Eleven” prequel. The new film’s producer
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A former Haitian senator has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges related to the 2021 assassination of former President Jovenel Moïse. John Joel Joseph made his appearance at a Miami federal court and changed his plea after reaching an agreement with the government. Federal judge Jose Martinez set his sentencing
Continue Reading CNN By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The brazen attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel that began on Saturday will be seen as a turning point in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with far-reaching repercussions, analysts say. The multi-pronged attack saw as many as 1,000 assailants infiltrate Israeli territory, kill hundreds of soldiers and civilians,
Continue Reading CNN By Abbas Al Lawati and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has declared war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas after it carried out an unprecedented attack by air, sea and land on Saturday. The large-scale surprise assault has left more than 1200 dead in Israel, according to public broadcaster Kan. It prompted a
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En sus más de tres décadas en política, Benjamin Netanyahu ha acumulado casi tantos apodos como victorias electorales. “El mago”, por su asombrosa habilidad para arrancar la victoria de las fauces de la derrota. “El Rey Bibi” por permanecer en la cima de la política israelí más tiempo que nadie. Y,
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Lidia has become an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph as it takes aim at Mexico’s Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta. The hurricane is expected to make landfall around Cabo Corrientes and then move inland, just to the south of Puerto Vallarta, which could cushion the
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez (CNN) — El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, dijo este sábado que el país está en guerra después de que militantes palestinos en Gaza dispararan una andanada mortal de cohetes y enviaran hombres armados al territorio israelí en una importante escalada del conflicto de larga data entre ambas partes. Israel lanzó ataques
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — New public records have widened questions over when the Arkansas governor’s office planned to use Republican Party funds to reimburse the state for a $19,000 lectern. It was bought in June using a government credit card. The Arkansas GOP paid for the lectern in September.
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Bo Lillis, Alex Marquardt and Oren Liebermann, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US intelligence community is digging through its stores of data and tasking the nation’s spy agencies to hunt for fresh clues to determine whether Iran played a direct role in Saturday’s deadly attack on Israel by Hamas, a senior Biden
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Jerusalén (CNN) — “¡Agáchense!”, exclamó el médico del asiento delantero cuando nuestra ambulancia llegaba al puesto de control israelí. A través de la ventana delantera pude ver tanques al lado de la carretera y soldados israelíes nerviosos que levantaban sus armas mientras nos acercábamos. Última hora del conflicto en Israel y Gaza en
Continue ReadingBirkenstock has set a price for its initial public offering of stock that values the 249-year-old German maker of upmarket sandals at $8.64 billion. The company said Tuesday that it had priced its IPO at $46 a share, in the middle of its expected price range of $44 to $49 per share. It is due
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