By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is looking to follow in the footsteps of Kentucky in implementing a program that covers the costs of child care for child care workers. The benefit aims to draw more workers into the child care industry since it’s experiencing dire shortages across the county.
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El exconcejal de Los Ángeles José Huizar fue sentenciado a 13 años de prisión, durante una audiencia realizada este viernes en una corte federal. Huizar se había declarado culpable en enero del año pasado de cargos federales, incluido uno de conspiración bajo la Ley de organizaciones corruptas influenciadas por mafiosos
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Dakin Andone, Holly Yan and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Now Alabama’s attorney general wants to help other states interested in using the new form of capital punishment. Smith, 58,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it’s used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the firm and statewide complaints alleging substandard care. Pittsburgh-based Wexford Health Sources was one of two companies responding to a
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A jury said that Donald Trump should pay $83.3 million in damages Friday, an eye-popping sum that marks the sharpest legal setback for a former president now entangled in multiple criminal and civil cases while he campaigns for the White House. The verdict
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A jury said that Donald Trump should pay $83.3 million in damages Friday, an eye-popping sum that marks the sharpest legal setback for a former president now entangled in multiple criminal and civil cases while he campaigns for the White House. The
Continue ReadingWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947. Surveillance video was released of two people hauling the sculpture
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday pressed Congress to embrace a bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures with Ukraine aid, but House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested the compromise on border and immigration policy could be “dead on arrival” in his chamber. The Democratic president said in
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel has been cleared to play in the the NFC championship game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday after leaving last week’s game with a shoulder injury. Samuel was a full participant in practice Friday and had
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Update 1/31/24 The Riverside County Coroner’s Office positively identified the skeletal remains found in Joshua Tree National Park as that of Trammell Evans. The cause of death remains undetermined, as the Coroner Bureau’s investigation is ongoing, the agency announced on Thursday. Evans’ family shared a post on Facebook which stated that it appears Evans died
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Of course Brad Pitt is at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the most prestigious endurance race in the United States. The actor is not at Daytona International Speedway as a fan though. He’s actually on track filming scenes for his yet-to-be-titled Formula One
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ, LARRY NEUMEISTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury awarded $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll on Friday in a stinging and expensive rebuke to former President Donald Trump for his continued social media attacks against the longtime advice columnist over her claims that he sexually assaulted her
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A Wind Advisory will take effect for local mountains and the San Gorgonio Pass at 1:00 a.m. Saturday. Wind within the advised area could gust upwards of 55 MPH. Use caution if traveling through the pass this weekend. A breezy start to Saturday morning will quickly transition to a focus on areas west of the
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Riverside County agencies completed a “sheltered only” homeless survey in lieu of a comprehensive count, and the results are due out in April, officials said today. The Board of Supervisors decided last May to shift to biennial Point-In-Time Surveys, which involve canvassing all possible locations where homeless people may be trying to live, outdoors and
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to return to the Pentagon Monday after nearly a month away and host NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, according to a defense official. Austin was admitted to the hospital on New Year’s Day due to complications from surgery to treat prostate cancer in late-December. He
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN Hunter Biden business associate John Robinson Walker said in a closed-door interview on Friday that President Joe Biden “was never involved” in any of his business dealings with the president’s son, according to Walker’s opening statement provided first to CNN. Walker is among a growing list of Biden family business associates
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket is guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft, a federal jury found Friday. Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 4 via Scandinavian Airlines flight 931
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket is guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft, a federal jury found Friday. Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 4 via Scandinavian Airlines flight 931
Continue ReadingLOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy is starting to enlist individuals who didn’t graduate from high school or get a GED, marking the second time in about a year that the service has opened the door to lower-performing recruits as it struggles to meet enlistment goals. The decision follows a
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department concluded former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed more than a dozen state employees, according to a settlement announced Friday that confirmed allegations from the damaging misconduct probe that led to the Democrat’s resignation. The settlement between New York and the
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