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By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities are casting their votes in a referendum on removing their ethnic Albanian mayors from office following last year’s mayoral elections, overwhelmingly boycotted by the Serb minority. The referendum — supported by the West — is an attempt to
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A tram accident at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles injured 15 people Saturday night, authorities and the company said. Los Angeles County Fire Department units were dispatched to the theme park on Lankershim Boulevard shortly after 9 p.m., the department said in a social media post. The victims taken to
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A tram accident at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles injured 15 people Saturday night, authorities and the company said. Los Angeles County Fire Department units were dispatched to the theme park on Lankershim Boulevard shortly after 9 p.m., the department said in a social media post. The victims taken to
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The city of Coachella presented Latin Grammy Award winning singer, Carin León with the key to the city. The ceremony has become an annual tradition of sorts during festival season. Our crews were there to capture the ceremony and a special performance by León for Coachella residents. Thousands of fans were in attendance at Coachella
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the San Diego Gulls 5-4 in overtime in the final road game of the season. Scoreless in the first, Tucker Robertson got the scoring started to make the game 3-1. The Firebirds heated up in the third period with three goals from Jani Nyman and Shane Wright. Marian Studenic sealed
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Más de una decena de personas sufrieron heridas no mortales este sábado por la noche durante una colisión de tranvías en Universal Studios en California, confirmó la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Los Ángeles a CNN. El conductor del tranvía indicó que se produjo una falla mecánica que provocó que
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — The order to kill came from inside a federal prison near Argentina’s capital. Unwitting authorities patched a call from drug traffickers tied to one of the country’s most notorious gangs to collaborators on the outside. Hiring a 15-year-old hit man, they sealed the
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As the sun sets, a burly man bellows into a megaphone while a curious crowd gathers around him. Next to him is a small cardboard box with several banknotes worth 10 Haitian gourdes — about 7 U.S. cents. “Everyone give whatever they have!” the man shouts
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish voters have chosen mayors in hundreds of cities and towns where no candidate won outright in the first round of local election voting two weeks ago. Mayors were chosen Sunday in a total of 748 places including in the cities of Krakow, Poznan, Rzeszow and Wroclaw. Those are places where
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Garcia’s behavior leading up to his bout against Devin Haney seemed so erratic that some people thought he shouldn’t be allowed to fight at all. Think of the performance they would have missed. Garcia knocked Haney down three times and handed the WBC super
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — An acute housing shortage hitting fire survivors on the Hawaiian island of Maui is squeezing out residents even as they try to overcome the loss of loved ones, their homes and their community. The situation is prompting state lawmakers to consider giving counties the authority to phase
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Michael Porter Jr. checked his thoughts at the bench as best he could and used the basketball court as his safe place. It wasn’t easy, he said, to keep his focus from drifting toward his younger brother, Jontay, who was banned by the NBA in a
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Uno de los tripulantes rescatados falleció, y otros siete están desaparecidos después de que dos helicópteros militares japoneses aparentemente se estrellaran durante un ejercicio, dijo este domingo el Ministro de Defensa de Japón, Minoru Kihara. “Es muy lamentable que la situación haya llegado a este punto”, dijo Kihara a los reporteros.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The high electricity consumption of a home, its cardboard-covered windows and odor of marijuana drew law enforcement’s attention to an illicit grow operation off the beaten path in rural Maine. The bust of the home with a hidden grow operation and seizure of nearly 40 pounds
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press Carpets of yellow, orange and gold flowers are beginning to cover Southern California’s vast deserts, the Bay Area’s dramatic bluffs and even near Los Angeles International Airport. But do they add up to a “superbloom”? There is no single definition of the event, but so far this year’s blooms haven’t
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press Carpets of yellow, orange and gold flowers are beginning to cover Southern California’s vast deserts, the Bay Area’s dramatic bluffs and even near Los Angeles International Airport. But do they add up to a “superbloom”? There is no single definition of the event, but so far this year’s blooms haven’t
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — The order to kill came from inside a federal prison near Argentina’s capital. Unwitting authorities patched a call from drug traffickers tied to one of the country’s most notorious gangs to collaborators on the outside. Hiring a 15-year-old hit man, they sealed the
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Seder means “order” in Hebrew, and that should be the first clue that this traditional Passover meal has very special significance. Passover (Pesach in Hebrew) is an annual holiday marking the story from the Book of Exodus when the Jews, led by Moses, fled captivity in Egypt. The holiday
Continue ReadingCNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Seder means “order” in Hebrew, and that should be the first clue that this traditional Passover meal has very special significance. Passover (Pesach in Hebrew) is an annual holiday marking the story from the Book of Exodus when the Jews, led by Moses, fled captivity in Egypt. The
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Bouanga scored two goals, his second multi-goal game this season, to help Los Angeles FC rally from an early deficit for a 2-2 tie with the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night. Bouanga ripped a right-footer from the left corner of the penalty area into the back of the
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