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Month: December 2023

3 suspected in theft of high-value tools from Rancho Mirage business arrested

Three men were arrested for allegedly stealing high-valued tools from a business in Rancho Mirage and committing similar crimes throughout California for several months, authorities said today. The suspects, a 40-year-old from Perris, a 35-year-old Colton resident, and a 41-year-old from San Bernardino, were arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of commercial burglary, conspiracy, grand theft,

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The GOP’s slim House majority is getting even tighter with Kevin McCarthy’s retirement

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson’s margin for error in getting Republican priorities through the House is getting slimmer. The expulsion of Rep. George Santos of New York and the end-of-year retirement of Rep. Kevin McCarthy is shrinking the GOP’s vote cushion. That’s complicating future votes and magnifying the

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Advocates say a Mexican startup is illegally selling a health drink from an endangered fish

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Environmental watchdogs have accused a Mexico-based startup of violating international trade law that protects the endangered totoaba fish. A health company called The Blue Formula sells a powder containing collagen taken from the fish online to countries including the U.S. and China. The powder is designed

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

La nube de polvo “the Brick” está en el centro de nuestra galaxia y un nuevo hallazgo puede ayudar a desbloquear sus misterios

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Una nube de polvo opaco que se encuentra en el centro de nuestra galaxia ha dejado perplejos a los científicos durante mucho tiempo, y las observaciones que revelan nuevos detalles sobre su composición profundizan el misterio, posiblemente alterando lo que se sabe sobre cómo se forman las estrellas. Anteriormente

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New details on a mysterious Milky Way region called ‘The Brick’ reveal it’s even stranger than scientists thought

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A box-shaped cloud of opaque dust that lies at the center of our galaxy has long perplexed scientists, and observations that reveal a new detail about its composition are deepening the mystery — possibly upending what’s known about how stars form. The cloud, nicknamed “the Brick” for its visual

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Ex-Philadelphia labor leader convicted of embezzling from union to pay for home renovations, meals

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Longtime former Philadelphia labor leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty and a codefendant have been convicted of using more than $650,000 in union funds for their personal use. It’s the second conviction that federal prosecutors have secured against the long-powerful figure since a sweeping 2019 indictment. Dougherty led Local 98 of the International

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Solicitan aprehensión de 14 opositores venezolanos, incluidos 3 del partido de la candidata Machado

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, anunció este miércoles que solicitaron órdenes de aprehensión contra 14 dirigentes opositores, entre ellos tres integrantes del equipo de la ganadora de las primarias de la oposición, María Corina Machado, por supuestos delitos de traición a la patria, en relación

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A Jan. 6 rioter praised Vivek Ramaswamy at his sentencing for suggesting riot was an ‘inside job’

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former California police chief convicted of a conspiracy charge in the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in prison after giving a speech that praised Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s suggestion the Jan. 6, 2021, attack could have been an “inside

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A Jan. 6 rioter praised Vivek Ramaswamy at his sentencing for suggesting riot was an ‘inside job’

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former California police chief convicted of a conspiracy charge in the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in prison after giving a speech that praised Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s suggestion the Jan. 6, 2021, attack could have been an “inside

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