By DAVID KLEPPER and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Taiwan recently repelled a wave of disinformation seeking to undermine their democracy ahead of the election earlier this month. In doing so, the island can offer lessons to the U.S. and other nations holding their own elections amid the threat of foreign
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden doesn’t need to worry about his prospects in South Carolina’s Democratic primary next week. He’s got that locked up. He also knows he’s not likely to win the solidly red state come November. It hasn’t voted for a Democrat since 1976.
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff, Homero De La Fuente (CNN) — Doc Rivers has been officially named the next head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks, the franchise said Friday. “This is a great opportunity to come to a first-class organization with a team that has a talented roster of high-character players,” Rivers said in a statement. “It’s
Continue ReadingBy JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charisma Osborne scored 17 points and Londynn Jones added 13 to lead No. 2 UCLA to a 62-44 win over Washington on Friday night. UCLA (16-2, 5-2 Pac-12) had lost two of its last three games before beating the Huskies. With a 10-point lead in
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — JuJu Watkins scored 29 points with seven rebounds, three steals and three blocks and No. 11 USC held off Washington State 70-62 on Friday night. McKenzie Forbes added 22 points for the Trojans (14-3, 4-3 Pac-12 Conference), who ended a two-game losing streak. Watkins, a freshman who missed one game this
Continue ReadingBy CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI Associated Press OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. About 20 survivors from various camps set up by Nazi Germany around Europe laid wreaths
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — The world’s largest cruise ship is set to begin its maiden voyage Saturday as it gets underway from the Port of Miami. Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, which runs nearly 1,200 feet (365 meters) from bow to stern, is roughly as long as the Empire State Building is high: 1,250 feet
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects. The museum’s president told staff in a letter Friday about the weekend closures that the exhibits are “severely outdated” and contain culturally sensitive items. The Manhattan institution is the latest
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s defense ministry says China sent more than 30 warplanes and a group of navy ships toward the island in a 24-hour period. The military pressure reported Saturday by Taiwan comes on the heels of an announcement that United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan would meet with Chinese Foreign Minister
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Vivir con la nariz taponada no es divertido, pero James Nestor estaba preparado. Además, era por la ciencia. Mientras investigaba para su libro “Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art”, Nestor dejó que científicos de la Universidad de Stanford le taponaran las fosas nasales con silicona y cinta quirúrgica para medir
Continue ReadingBy CRAIG MEYER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Logan O’Connor scored two of Colorado’s three first-period goals helping the Avalanche to a 5-1 victory Friday night over the Los Angeles Kings in the team’s final game before the NHL All-Star break. In a matchup of the league’s top scoring offense and its third-stingiest scoring defense,
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A suspected DUI driver led police on a pursuit that started in Coachella before crashing in Thermal Friday evening. The incident started at around 7:20 p.m. when Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies located a possible DUI driver in the area of Avenue 52 and Cesar Chavez Street. A spokesperson for the agency said deputies attempted a
Continue ReadingBy JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz (AP) — Kiki Iriafen had 27 points and 14 rebounds, Cameron Brink had 20 points and 16 rebounds and No. 6 Stanford handled Arizona State 80-50 on Friday. Hannah Jump had 13 points as Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer won her 1,204th game, extending her NCAA career record for
Continue ReadingSTAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE’s parent company t he day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex. McMahon stepped down from the his position as executive chairman of
Continue ReadingSTAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE’s parent company t he day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex. McMahon stepped down from the his position as executive chairman of
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Colombia llamó este viernes a consultas a su embajador en Argentina, Camilo Romero, en protesta por declaraciones que el presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, hizo el jueves sobre su homólogo colombiano, Gustavo Petro, a quien llamó “comunista asesino”. La cancillería de Colombia dijo en un comunicado que
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s high court has blocked the U.N.-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country bring gang violence under control. Kenya’s parliament had passed a motion in November allowing the deployment of 1,000 officers to lead a multinational force in Haiti. But
Continue ReadingOpinion by Ana Marie Cox (CNN) — The $83.3 million verdict handed down in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against former President Donald Trump on Friday is far more than a judgment against Trump. Crucially, it’s a vindication of Carroll — and a statement in favor of every survivor who ever questioned whether what happened to them was “bad enough” to count as sexual
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“Cultivando Nuestro Liderazgo” es un programa que capacita a lideres de la comunidad y es gracias a la coordinación de la organización, Visión y Compromiso. El sábado, celebran la dedicación de 32 promotoras y líderes comunitarios del Valle de Coachella y alrededores, quienes cubrieron 74 horas de capacitación en desarrollo del liderazgo personal hacia el
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Alex Marquardt and Becky Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza and broker a prolonged pause in fighting are at an important juncture as President Joe Biden deploys his point person on hostage talks to Europe for multiparty talks on the contours of a possible
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