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By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s former White House adviser and his son-in-law, praised the “very valuable” potential of Gaza’s “waterfront property.” Kushner in an interview with a Harvard University professor last month suggested that Israel should remove civilians while it “cleans up” the area. Kushner also suggested
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By Nicole Chavez and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — The confirmation of Nicole Berner and Melissa DuBose to the federal judiciary in recent weeks marks a watershed moment for both LGBTQ representation and the Biden administration. Eleven federal judges who identify as LGBTQ, including Berner and DuBose, have been appointed and confirmed to lifetime positions since the
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN (CNN) — Just as spring is a time for rebirth, the Persian New Year is a time to celebrate new life. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox, which Tuesday, March 19. This celebration of spring is filled with symbolism around rebirth and renewal, because spring is a time when life
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Melania Trump made a rare public appearance Tuesday alongside her husband, Donald Trump, to cast her ballot in the Florida presidential primary and teased a potential return to the campaign trail. “Stay tuned,” Melania Trump said with a smile when asked by a reporter if she
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Former NHL enforcer Chris Simon has died. He was 52. Simon died Monday night in his hometown of Wawa, Ontario, a spokesperson for the NHL Players’ Association, who has been in touch with the late forward’s agent, said Tuesday. Paul Theofanous, who represented Simon, did not respond to a
Continue ReadingRENTON, Wash. (AP) — Fire officials say four people were killed and four others were hurt in a multiple vehicle crash in suburban Seattle. Puget Sound fire spokesperson Pat Pawlak said that at about 12:45 p.m. firefighters were sent to a crash involving four vehicles in Renton. He said four people died at the scene
Continue ReadingBy JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s parole board has rejected clemency for a man set to die Wednesday night in the state’s first execution in more than four years. Barring an 11th-hour court stay, William James Pye is to receive a lethal injection Wednesday night for the 1993 killing of his former
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Two murder suspects from Washington state were arrested in Blythe and are set to be extradited, police said today. Philip James Brewer, 32, and Christina Joel Hardy, 47, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of murder, according to the Blythe Police Department Officers responded at 1 a.m. that day to information about two possible murder
Continue ReadingBy John Kosich Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Ohio (WEWS) — For families all over the world, the diagnosis of autism in a child can be life-altering news. Parents find themselves going to any extent to make it possible for their child to reach their full potential. Count Melodie Reboira among them.
Continue Reading By Danny Freeman and Zoe Sottile, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Four people have been arrested in connection with a shooting earlier this month that left eight high school students wounded at a transit bus stop in Northeast Philadelphia, authorities say. The injured students, ages 15 to 17, were at the bus stop just before 3
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is “thinking in terms of” supporting a 15-week federal abortion ban, he said in an interview that aired Tuesday. “The number of weeks now, people are agreeing on 15, and I’m thinking in terms of that, and it’ll come out to something that’s very reasonable.
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden sought personally Tuesday to reengage voters in Nevada and Arizona who helped power his winning coalition in 2020 by drawing contrasts with Republican challenger Donald Trump on veterans, job creation, foreign policy and other issues. Biden told supporters at a campaign office in
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal agents were involved in a shootout early Tuesday as they tried to serve a search warrant at the Little Rock home of the person who leads Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. News outlets report the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said agents were trying to serve
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Stellantis, one of the largest automakers in the world, agreed Tuesday to comply with California’s vehicle emissions standards that are the toughest in the nation and require zero-emission and plug-in hybrid vehicles to make up 68% of new light-duty vehicle sales by 2030. The
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Stellantis, one of the largest automakers in the world, agreed Tuesday to comply with California’s vehicle emissions standards that are the toughest in the nation and require zero-emission and plug-in hybrid vehicles to make up 68% of new light-duty vehicle sales by 2030. The
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Don Cheadle was nominated for a best actor Oscar in 2005 for “Hotel Rwanda,” but he’s not really keen on hanging out at the Academy Awards. “You won’t ever see me at the Oscars unless I’m presenting or I’m nominated,” Cheadle told CNN in a recent interview. “And as
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT and JIM SALTER Associated Press ZEARING, Iowa (AP) — Four members of a rural Iowa family are accused of abducting and abusing another relative from their home, a teenager who suffered a brain bleed and other injuries and weighed just 70 pounds (32 kilograms) when he showed up at a hospital in
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As the low pressure system continues moving off to the east, we are seeing a slight drying of conditions here on the valley floor. Dew points today are in the 30s and 40s while relative humidity values are in the 20s. Looking at the weather pattern for tomorrow, we see a general area of high
Continue Reading CNN By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Two White former Mississippi law enforcement officers who were members of a self-styled “Goon Squad” were sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday to prison after admitting to torturing and abusing two Black men last year – and four other
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A judge on Tuesday released pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert from a Washington, DC, jail after she promised to immediately return to Michigan and surrender to authorities there, where there is a warrant related to her indictment on election-tampering charges. DC Superior Court Magistrate Judge Heide Herrmann released Lambert
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