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By JAMIE STENGLE and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A full day after a massive explosion at a historic Fort Worth hotel, fire inspectors are still working to determine what caused the blast. It shattered windows, littered the streets with debris and injured 21 people, leaving some hospitalized with concussions and
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a fourth child has died of injuries suffered in a fire at a home in St. Paul, Minnesta. The Star Tribune reports that police Sgt. Mike Ernster said 1-year-old Mauj CagTxuj Vaj died at Regions Hospital over the weekend. Ker Lor and her six children were found on
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By Joshua Berlinger and Dalal Mawad, CNN Paris (CNN) — Gabriel Attal, the 34-year-old French education minister, has been named the country’s new prime minister, a history-making appointment by President Emmanuel Macron as he looks to jumpstart his government’s flagging popularity. Attal will be France’s youngest-ever prime minister and the first openly gay man to
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says the notorious 2005 “Access Hollywood” video in which Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic speaking disparagingly about women over a decade before he became president can be shown to jurors deciding what he owes a columnist he defamed. Judge Lewis
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A Wind Advisory has been issued for the Coachella Valley. It will go into effect at 7 PM Wednesday evening and will last through 10 AM the next day. Winds will be out of the west at 20 to 30 mph with a gust of up to 50mph possible. We are monitoring possible impacts on
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Giff Smith, who served as the Los Angeles Chargers interim coach for the final three games, became the first candidate to interview for the position. The team announced Smith’s interview on Tuesday. Under the new interview process approved by owners in October, any internal candidates or someone not currently
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un panel federal de apelaciones expresó el martes su profundo escepticismo hacia el argumento de Donald Trump de que no puede ser procesado por intentar anular las elecciones de 2020, planteando las implicaciones potencialmente extremas de la inmunidad presidencial absoluta. Los abogados de Trump argumentaron que su acusación federal de
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to just over two years in federal prison for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to a Chinese intelligence officer. Wenheng Zhao, who is also known as Thomas Zhao, of Monterey Park, was sentenced Monday to 27 months by a
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to just over two years in federal prison for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to a Chinese intelligence officer. Wenheng Zhao, who is also known as Thomas Zhao, of Monterey Park, was sentenced Monday to 27 months by a
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump aims to deliver his own closing argument Thursday in his New York civil business fraud trial in addition to his legal team’s summations, according to two people familiar with the highly unusual plan. Trump is a defendant in the
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A county commissioner in suburban Atlanta says she will challenge U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath in the Democratic primary in May. Cobb County Commissioner Jerica Richardson affirmed her challenge Tuesday. The women will be running in a new 6th Congressional District in Fulton, Cobb, Douglas and Fayette counties that doesn’t have an incumbent.
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A sprawling storm hit the U.S. South, with tornado warnings and high winds that blew roofs off homes, flipped over campers and tossed about furniture in Florida on Tuesday, while another storm buried cities across the Midwest in more than a half
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, his doctors said Tuesday. The cancer revelation answers the main question about Austin’s hospitalization, which has
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that a post sent from the agency’s account on the social platform X announcing the approval of a long-awaited bitcoin exchange-traded fund was “unauthorized,” and that the agency’s account was hacked. The price of bitcoin briefly spiked more
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adan Canto, the Mexican singer and actor best known for his roles in “X-Men: Days of Future Past” and “Agent Game” as well as the TV series “The Cleaning Lady,” has died. He was 42. Publicist Jennifer Allen, told The Associated Press Canto died of
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO LAS VEGAS (AP) — Walmart has unveiled plans to dive further into the world of artificial intelligence — and drones — to improve its customers’ shopping experiences. In a Tuesday keynote at the CES trade show in Las Vegas, the nation’s largest retailer announced it will be expanding its
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A Riverside County man pleaded guilty to a nearly 20-year Ponzi scheme that scammed more than $24 million from at least 200 investors, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Paul Horton Smith Sr., 59, of Moreno Valley, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. He faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal
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First responders rescued a hiker at the Bear Creek Oasis Trail south of La Quinta. At around 3:00 PM, CAL FIRE was notified of a hiker with a medical emergency on the trail. There were no further details on the nature of the medical emergency. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Rescue 9 helicopter responded for
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — As winter storms track across the central and eastern United States, more than 40 million people are under a severe storm threat — with at least thousands of them having lost power. “When a storm hits and the power goes out for an extended period of time, people are
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Este es el camino de Lucasfilm: el Mandalorian llegará a la gran pantalla. La compañía anunció este martes que el director Jon Favreau producirá y dirigirá “The Mandalorian & Grogu”, un spinoff cinematográfico de la popular serie de Disney+, protagonizada por Pedro Pascal. “Me ha encantado contar historias ambientadas en el rico
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