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The number of arrests made during the second weekend of the 2024 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival were up 40% compared to last year, police said today. From Friday morning to Sunday night, the Indio Police Department made a total 112 arrests at the festival, according to department spokesman Ben Guitron. That compares to
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A former Connecticut city alderman has been sentenced to 10 days behind bars for joining a mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago, court records show. Chief Judge James Boasberg also ordered Gene DiGiovanni Jr. to perform 50 hours of community service for his role in the Jan. 6,
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia faces a runoff presidential ballot, which will coincide with May 8 parliamentary elections. That’s because no candidate secured enough votes to win outright in Wednesday’s first round. Near-full results in the country that is jockeying to join the European Union show a strong
Continue ReadingBy RICK CALLAHAN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The “rat hole” is gone. A Chicago sidewalk landmark some residents affectionately called the “rat hole” was removed Wednesday after city officials determined the section bearing the imprint of an animal was damaged and needed to be replaced, officials said. The imprint has been
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A form Pennsylvania voters must complete on the outside of the envelopes used to return mail-in ballots has been redesigned, but that didn’t prevent some voters from failing to complete it accurately for this week’s primary. Some votes from this week’s primary election won’t count as
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors urged jurors to convict a former Colorado sheriff’s deputy of murder and other charges in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man in distress. The 2022 death of Christian Glass in the small mountain community of Silver Plume drew national attention and prompted calls for police
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By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information about a juvenile bottlenose dolphin that was found shot multiple times on a Louisiana beach last month. The animal was discovered March 13 on West Mae’s Beach in Cameron Parish – about four
Continue Reading By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — More than a hundred thousand protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina Tuesday to demand President Javier Milei increase funding for public universities. The protests, organized by students, alumni, unions, and political parties, were among the biggest in a series of demonstrations that
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Tesla that may have been operating on the company’s Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road. After the crash
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En una audiencia en la Corte Suprema sobre la impugnación por parte del gobierno de Biden de algunos aspectos de la estricta prohibición del aborto en Idaho, la procuradora general de EE.UU., Elizabeth Prelogar, trató de apelar a los jueces conservadores que hace apenas dos años dictaminaron que los estados deben
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — “Yo aquí no estaré más allá de agosto del 2026, pero el mandato popular me lleva a no estar ni un día menos”, escribió este martes en su cuenta en la red social X Gustavo Petro, presidente de Colombia. La frase condensa el momento que atraviesa el mandatario luego de
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story DETROIT LAKES, Minnesota (WCCO) — A Minnesota state senator now faces charges in connection to a burglary at a Detroit Lakes home earlier this week. On Tuesday, the Becker County Attorney’s Office charged 49-year-old Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, with first-degree burglary. According to police, officers
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza — and in
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By JIM VERTUNO, ACACIA CORONADO and NICK PERRY Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted Wednesday at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders sought ways to defuse a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests. At the University of Texas at Austin, hundreds of
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO, ACACIA CORONADO and NICK PERRY Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted Wednesday at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders sought ways to defuse a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests. At the University of Texas at Austin, hundreds of
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent. The move is likely to face immediate legal challenges should Gov. Bill Lee sign the proposal into law. Tennessee’s GOP-dominant
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Republican attempt to expedite an ethics investigation of a Democratic Minnesota state senator who’s facing a felony burglary charge has failed on a tie vote. Sen. Nicole Mitchell was absent Wednesday as the Senate reconvened for the first time since her arrest early Monday
Continue ReadingBy J.D. Miles Click here for updates on this story FANNIN COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — An hour northeast of the DFW Metroplex is Bois D’Arc Lake. A new, manmade lake, the first new lake in Texas in nearly 30 years. People like Rusty Bass and his wife April have waited years to finally arrive. The
Continue ReadingBy Haley Talbot and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — US Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a New Jersey Democrat, has died, Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Wednesday. “We are saddened to be informed of the passing today of congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr.,” Johnson said in a post on X. New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Relatives of imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova say it’s been 434 days since they heard from her. Kolesnikova, who is serving 11 years in prison for helping organize anti-government protests in Belarus in 2020, and other imprisoned opposition figures have been held incommunicado for months
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