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Valeria Ordóñez (CNN en Español) — El paso de la tormenta tropical Max por costas del Pacífico mexicano causó este lunes la muerte de al menos dos personas y dejó herida a otra en Guerrero, en el sur del país, informó este martes la Secretaría de Gestión Integral de Riesgos y Protección Civil del gobierno
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s top election official has confirmed that Nebraska voters will decide next year whether public money can go to private school tuition. The Nebraska Secretary of State’s office confirmed Tuesday that the petition effort to get the question on the November 2024 ballot well exceeded
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Growing up in the Bay Area, UCLA coach Cori Close received one of the best lessons of her life. As a sophomore in high school, Close attended the Tara VanDerveer Basketball Camp. “It actually totally changed the trajectory of where I was going,” Close said Tuesday
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — An airport in London said all flights have been suspended after a fire broke out in one of its parking lots. Luton Airport, located north of central London, said that all flights were suspended as emergency services respond to the blaze. It said access to the airport was restricted and urged people
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Brendan Malone, a former NBA head coach and longtime assistant coach, died Tuesday at 81, per NBA.com. Malone coached in the NBA over nearly 30 years, most recently as an assistant with the Detroit Pistons in 2016. The former Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers head coach is also the
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Democratic members of Virginia’s congressional delegation have urged the U.S. Justice Department to investigate an apparent administrative error that led to at least 275 people being improperly removed from the state’s voter rolls. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration acknowledged last week that it was working
Continue ReadingBy Arit John and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — In the wake of Hamas’ deadly attacks on Israel, former President Donald Trump is turning to a strategy he employed during the 2016 campaign of using terror abroad – and fears of future attacks on American soil – to push for hard-line immigration policies in the
Continue ReadingBy AARON MORRISON The Associated Press Hughes Van Ellis, who was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and who spent his latter years pursuing justice for his family and other descendants of the attack on “Black Wall Street,” has died. He was 102. His family’s publicist, Mocha Ochoa, says the World War
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two veteran Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were seriously hurt Tuesday when a fire broke out inside a trailer serving as a mobile shooting range north of Los Angeles, authorities said. The deputies were listed in critical but stable condition after being burned in the approximately
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans have enacted vote-count restrictions and weakened the governor’s ability to oversee elections and other state regulatory bodies by overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes. Narrow GOP supermajorities in the General Assembly overturned five vetoes Tuesday. Two new laws address elections and voting
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama lawmaker has pleaded guilty to a voter fraud charge after he rented a closet-size space in a home to fraudulently run for office in a district where he did not live. Former state Rep. David Cole pleaded Tuesday to a charge of voting
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By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws Tuesday intended to compel California’s public university systems to make progress in their review and return of Native American remains and artifacts. Decades-old state and federal legislation, known as repatriation laws, require government entities to return these items
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor who has accused former President Donald Trump and others of trying to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state is seeking to call Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as witnesses in a trial for two of the
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new indictment charges U.S. Rep. George Santos with stealing the identities of donors to his campaign and then using their credit cards to ring up tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges. Prosecutors say some of that stolen money ended up in his own
Continue ReadingBy MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walgreens has named a new CEO as pharmacy staff walked off the job this week over concerns that working conditions are putting employees and patients at risk. Tim Wentworth, who formerly headed Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager, was named CEO as of Oct. 23.
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Jamaica say they have arrested a government official and charged him with abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl. Tyrone Guthrie, 45, is councilor of the Truro division in the parish of Westmoreland and was charged after turning himself into police. Authorities said Tuesday that the girl went
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Brendan Malone, father of Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone and a driving force behind the Detroit Pistons “Bad Boys” defenses in the late 1980s and early ’90s, has died at age 81. A Nuggets representative told The Associated Press on Tuesday that a family member confirmed his death. “It is with
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Former NHL player and coach Barry Melrose is stepping away from his career as one of hockey’s most recognized analysts after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, ESPN announced on Tuesday. The news of Melrose’s illness and retirement was made on ESPN’s SportsCenter on the same day the NHL 2023-24
Continue ReadingBy Pat Sangimino Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Beau Starkel is all about the consumer experience, the one missing ingredient from the convenience of online shopping. When he purchased the former Toys “R” Us location in north Lincoln in 2020 for $1.2 million, the plan was for
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