SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) — Hal Buell, who led The Associated Press’ photo operations from the darkroom era into the age of digital photography over a four-decade career with the news organization that included 12 Pulitzer Prizes and running some of the defining images of the Vietnam War, has died. He was 92. Buell died Monday
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics has reported an annual 34% decline in operating profit for the last quarter as sluggish demands for its TVs and other consumer electronics products offset hard-won gains from a slowly recovering computer chip market. The South Korean technology giant said it expects its business to improve throughout 2024,
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Carlyle Group Inc. co-founder David Rubenstein has reached an agreement to buy the Baltimore Orioles for $1.725 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the agreement had not been announced. Rubenstein, a
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Influencer MrBeast said on Monday that he had made more than $250,000 from one video posted to X, in a sign of just how much major internet personalities stand to make from the social platform’s new ad revenue sharing program. “MY FIRST X VIDEO MADE OVER $250,000!”
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s governor is calling for strengthening the state’s yellow flag law, boosting background checks for private gun sales and bolstering mental health crisis care following the deadliest mass shooting in state history. An army reservist killed 18 people and wounded 13 others in Lewiston in October.
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By Emma Tucker and Andi Babineau CNN (CNN) — The man accused of firing shots and setting a fire inside the Colorado Supreme Court building earlier this month used drugs and was experiencing hallucinations before the incident, a police affidavit says. The shooting happened on January 2 after 1 a.m., when police say a suspect
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A Florida man convicted of stealing tuition in 2019 from hundreds of families who planned to send their children to sports camps and spending the money on plastic surgery, vacations and gambling was sentenced Tuesday to two and a half years in prison. Mehdi Belhassan, 53, of Tampa, was found guilty on
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to temporarily halt state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s scheduled testimony in a whistleblower lawsuit at the heart of impeachment charges brought against him in 2023. Tuesday’s move delays what could have been the Republican’s first sworn statements on corruption allegations.
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — When the Tropicana Las Vegas opened in 1957, Nevada’s lieutenant governor unlocked the door to what would become a Sin City landmark for more than a half-century. Then he threw away the key. “This was to signify that the Tropicana would always stay open,” said historian
Continue ReadingSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors filed murder charges Tuesday against five suspects in the fatal shootings of six men at a remote dirt crossroads in the Southern California desert after what investigators said was a dispute over marijuana. The suspects each face six felony counts of murder with a special circumstance allegation of multiple
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The first United Arab Emirates ambassador to Damascus in nearly 13 years has taken up his post as Syria is reintegrating into mainstream regional acceptance. Syrian state media said Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad received Ambassador Hassan Ahmad al-Shihi’s credentials Tuesday. The UAE embassy was reopened in
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macamilarincon (CNN) — Chita Rivera, una icónica actriz de teatro y cine con participaciones que incluyen “Chicago”, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” y “Sweet Charity”, falleció a los 91 años. Merle Frimark, publicista de Rivera desde hace mucho tiempo, confirmó la noticia a CNN este martes, informando que Rivera murió “en Nueva York después de
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Farmers have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and snarling Parisian traffic with barricades of tractors and hay bales. The farmers say their protests aren’t a moment too soon. Grievances have long been brewing in the European Union’s leading agricultural power. The war between
Continue ReadingSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors filed murder charges Tuesday against five suspects in the fatal shootings of six men at a remote dirt crossroads in the Southern California desert after what investigators said was a dispute over marijuana. The suspects each face six felony counts of murder with a special circumstance allegation of multiple
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Nearly 400 people have died of starvation in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions in recent months, the country’s ombudsman said Tuesday, a rare admission of hunger-related deaths by a federal body. Local officials have previously reported starvation deaths in their districts, but Ethiopia’s federal government has
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court says it won’t revisit a ruling that private groups can’t sue under a key section of the Voting Rights Act. The decision Tuesday by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sets the stage for a fight before the U.S. Supreme
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The Shadow Hills girls wrestling program has won four straight league titles and a lot of that success can be attributed to senior star Kaylin Montano. Shadow Hills senior wrestler Kaylin Montano is our student athlete of the week.🏅 2x league champ🏆 1 @CIFSS title (hopefully 2 soon)📚 Bookworm👩🔬 Plans to study chemistry or biology💊 Wants to
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A 23-year-old woman pleaded guilty today to her involvement in an armed robbery at a Palm Desert jewelry store more than one year ago and was immediately sentenced to 60 days in county jail and two years of formal probation. Tracy resident Karina Monique Ortega pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Four current members of the National Hockey League and a former NHL player have been charged with sexual assault. The allegations stem from their time on Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team. Attorneys for Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Dillon Dube
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Mudslides are a hazard caused by heavy rains. There are layers of soil under our feet. The further down a layer of soil is, the more compressed and stable it becomes. When the topsoil becomes saturated with rain, it becomes heavier. This, combined with the flowing water, can lead to that top layer of soil
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