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By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians are set to vote Tuesday on a statewide ballot measure that is touted by the governor as a major step to tackle homelessness and would be the first major update to the state’s mental health system in 20 years. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says Proposition
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will set matchups for some of the country’s most competitive U.S. House races, which could help determine which party controls the chamber next year. All of California’s 52 congressional seats have primary elections Tuesday, with the top two vote-getters in each race advancing to the general election — regardless
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will set matchups for some of the country’s most competitive U.S. House races, which could help determine which party controls the chamber next year. All of California’s 52 congressional seats have primary elections Tuesday, with the top two vote-getters in each race advancing to the general election — regardless
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Coby White had a career-high 37 points and DeMar DeRozan scored 19 of his 33 in the fourth quarter as the Chicago Bulls rallied from 22 points down to beat the Sacramento Kings 113-109 on Monday night. “At this point in the season, however you can
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Several people aboard a single-engine plane died Monday when the aircraft crashed near an interstate highway in Nashville, Tennessee, authorities said. The pilot made an emergency call to John C. Tune Airport around 7:40 p.m., reported engine trouble and was given clearance to make an emergency landing, Metro Nashville Police Department
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — D’Angelo Russell hit five 3-pointers while scoring 26 points, and Anthony Davis added 24 points and 12 rebounds in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 116-104 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. LeBron James had 19 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in the
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea are facing proceedings to suspend their medical licenses. Meanwhile, authorities are pushing for police investigations into leaders of the walkouts that have disrupted hospital operations. Nearly 9,000 of South Korea’s 13,000 medical interns and
Continue ReadingCLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police were warning people to stay away as an industrial fire with multiple explosions shook a northern Detroit suburb on Monday night. The Clinton Township Police Department said on Facebook that an industrial fire was burning near 15 Mile Road and Groesbeck Highway and that debris was being projected into
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers, who face public pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted, are nearing approval of immunity legislation to shield providers from the fall out of a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Committees in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama
Continue ReadingKINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — A judge in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent has ordered the deportation of three men from Grenada suspected in the disappearance of a U.S. couple whose catamaran was hijacked. The men, Trevon Robertson, a 19-year-old unemployed man; Abita Stanislaus, a 25-year-old farmer; and Ron Mitchell, a 30-year-old sailor;
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — While artificial intelligence made headlines with ChatGPT, behind the scenes, the technology has quietly pervaded everyday life — screening job resumes, rental apartment applications, and even determining medical care in some cases. While a number of AI systems have been found to discriminate, tipping the
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — While artificial intelligence made headlines with ChatGPT, behind the scenes, the technology has quietly pervaded everyday life — screening job resumes, rental apartment applications, and even determining medical care in some cases. While a number of AI systems have been found to discriminate, tipping the
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leader Mitch McConnell is the highest-ranking Republican in Congress who has yet to endorse Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House — having once called the defeated president “morally responsible” for the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack. But that’s potentially about to change.
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Highway signs welcome drivers entering North Carolina to “the nation’s most military friendly state,” and veterans here know they’re being courted. But in a state where camouflage-colored appeals have become commonplace, recent efforts by progressive groups to cut into what has long been a
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Highway signs welcome drivers entering North Carolina to “the nation’s most military friendly state,” and veterans here know they’re being courted. But in a state where camouflage-colored appeals have become commonplace, recent efforts by progressive groups to cut into what has long been a
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas voters could make history in two races for the state Supreme Court in Tuesday’s election. The race for chief justice could give the court its first woman elected to the post, and the court could see its first Black elected justice in another race.
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) — Panama’s Electoral Tribunal has disqualified former president Ricardo Martinelli’s candidacy in the country’s May 5 presidential election because of a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering he received last year. Martinelli, a supermarket tycoon who was president of Panama from 2009 to 2014, was convicted last July of money laundering
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Gusty conditions made quite a mess for areas like Thermal, Palm Desert and Palm Springs, causing issues for homeowners and drivers all weekend long. Some of those issues included downed tress, road closures, and power outages. Since then, crews all over the valley have been picking up the pieces. In Palm Springs, dust and gusty
Continue ReadingCLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police are warning people to stay away as an industrial fire with multiple explosions has shaken a northern Detroit suburb. The Clinton Township Police Department said on Facebook that an industrial fire was burning Monday night near 15 Mile Road and Groesbeck Highway and that debris was being projected into
Continue ReadingBy MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN JOSÉ LAS FLORES, El Salvador (AP) — San José Las Flores, a town nestled in the mountains of northern El Salvador, near the Honduras border, has been a bastion of leftist resistance for decades. Now its residents, many veterans of the country’s civil war, fret over the seemingly imminent
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