LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA’s retired Space Shuttle Endeavour was carefully hoisted late Monday to be mated to a huge external fuel tank and its two solid rocket boosters at a Los Angeles museum where it will be uniquely displayed as if it is about to blast off. A massive crane delicately began lifting the
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA’s retired Space Shuttle Endeavour was carefully hoisted late Monday to be mated to a huge external fuel tank and its two solid rocket boosters at a Los Angeles museum where it will be uniquely displayed as if it is about to blast off. A massive crane delicately began lifting the
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s National Assembly is considering a bill meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution. The vote scheduled for Tuesday is a key step in a legislative process that also requires a Senate’s vote. The measure has been promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback of
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By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — Azurity Pharmaceuticals has recalled some of its ADHD and narcolepsy medication, Zenzedi, after incorrect pills were found in a package of the drug. The recall notice, issued Wednesday, says that one lot of Zenzedi 30 milligram tablets is being recalled after an incident in which a pharmacist found tablets
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A Desert Hot Springs Police Department vehicle was involved in a crash Monday evening. The crash happened along Palm Drive just south of Ironwood Drive. Palm Drive was shut down for between Ironwood Drive and Two Bunch Trail was closed but was back open by around 7:20 PM. DHSPD announced on social media that there
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Multiple propane tanks exploded Monday after fire broke out at the site of the largest Sikh temple in California’s capital city and flames damaged an outlying building that holds religious classes, authorities said. Emergency crews were called around 3:30 p.m. to Gurdwara Sacramento Sikh Society, a temple southeast of downtown Sacramento,
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Sofía Barruti (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) informó este lunes que apelará la decisión de un juez que hace 20 días desestimó una orden de aprehensión solicitada contra un exintegrante de la entonces agencia de inteligencia de México, que es señalado como segundo atacante en el asesinato del entonces candidato
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By Michelle Watson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A pair of brothers in New York City has been charged with 130 counts related to the illegal possession, handling and sale of weapons after an “arsenal” of ghost guns, assault rifles and improvised explosive devices were discovered in a raid of their Queens apartment, prosecutors
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The organizers of the Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival are inviting local businesses to contribute to the Date Festival Scholarship Program to help students. According to Pickering Events, more than 200 students from Riverside County applied for the Date Festival Scholarship Program, up nearly 900% from last year. Check Out: 14 students awarded
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday is scheduled to consider whether to keep Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot after a recommendation that he be removed over the Constitution’s insurrection provision. The meeting of the Illinois State Board of Elections, which is split evenly between Democrats and
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will spend Tuesday raising money in Florida, a onetime swing state that has since become a Republican stronghold and the home turf of Republican front-runner Donald Trump. One fundraiser is scheduled to take place in Jupiter, about a half hour north
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — As the U.S. presidential campaign moves closer to a Donald Trump-Joe Biden rematch, China is watching uneasily. First, there are concerns about the campaign itself, where candidates are likely to talk tough on China. That could threaten the fragile improvements in U.S.-China relations seen
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press The Republican National Committee is meeting behind closed doors this week as some allies of Donald Trump had hoped to put the group’s stamp on the former president early in the 2024 GOP presidential nominating campaign. But a proposed resolution to declare Trump the presumptive nominee has been removed from
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Even by Alaska standards, there is a lot of snow this winter. So much snow has fallen — so far, more than 8.7 feet (2.65 meters) — that roofs on commercial buildings are collapsing around Anchorage and officials are urging residents to break out their shovels
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top law enforcer appears ready to open discussions about how to jump start executions that have been on hold in the state for years. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday. On Monday, he posted on the social media
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two Michigan House districts will hold special election primaries to fill seats that were held by Democrats whose departures have left the legislative chamber in an even split since November. Six candidates are running in each of the Detroit-area districts on Tuesday. Both the 13th and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The wail of air raid sirens is commonplace in Belgorod, a Russian border city whose residents are on edge following a Ukrainian missile attack on a New Year’s holiday weekend that left dozens of people dead and injured. A spectacular explosion rocked a huge fuel export terminal on the Baltic Sea
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has begun a public consultation on a local National Security Law, more than three years after Beijing imposed a similar law that has all but wiped out dissent in the semi-autonomous city. Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law, calls for the
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state bank took the microphone before roughly 150 people at a forum on slavery’s legacy in his country, which kidnapped more Africans for forced labor than any other nation. “Today’s Bank of Brazil asks Black people
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stressed he was determined to make a clear break from money politics as he renewed an apology for the latest major corruption scandal in the governing party, which has eclipsed his key policies such as strengthening the military and Japan’s alliance with
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