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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — UConn beats Southern California 80-73 to reach women’s Final Four, joining Iowa, South Carolina and N.C. State.
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, calling it a “terror channel” that spreads incitement, after parliament passed a law clearing the way for the closure. Netanyahu’s pledge escalates Israel’s long-running feud against Al Jazeera. But it also threatens to
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Desert Arc is hosting its 14th annual Charity Golf Classic Fundraiser. The organization is celebrating its 65th anniversary of providing services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The funds raised today will help to support that mission. “The funds will go to our various programs, to our kitchen program, to our recycling program to
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Hope Hicks, once considered one of Donald Trump’s closest confidantes and most trusted aides, is expected to be called to testify at his criminal trial related to hush money payments, according to a source familiar with the case. While nothing is final until the trial, which is scheduled to begin
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Hope Hicks, once considered one of Donald Trump’s closest confidantes and most trusted aides, is expected to be called to testify at his criminal trial related to hush money payments, according to a source familiar with the case. While nothing is final until the trial, which is scheduled to
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A new person is at the helm of the Riverside County Office of the Agricultural Commissioner, where she has spent her entire career. Last month, the Board of Supervisors confirmed the appointment of Delia Jimenez Cioc, who assumed her new duties this week — the agency’s first female commissioner, according to county officials. “With
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CNN By Abeer Salman, Caitlin Stephen Hu, Muhammad Darwish, Eyad Kourdi and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Seven aid workers, including foreign nationals, from the non-profit World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli military strike as they were delivering food to starving civilians in Gaza. World Central Kitchen said its aid workers were traveling
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Motorists in Palm Springs were reminded today to stay hands-free while using their mobile phones, or face penalties. “In today’s fast-paced life, it is common to lose focus while driving,” Palm Springs police Sgt. Kevin Lu said. “Distracted Driving Awareness Month is a crucial reminder that even a moment of inattention or a quick
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The numbers were drawn Monday night for an estimated $1 billion Powerball jackpot that has lottery players dreaming of hitting it rich after three months without a big winner. The numbers drawn were: 19, 24, 40, 42, 56 and the Powerball 23. No one has won Powerball’s jackpot since New
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Palm Springs police are taking a closer look at how the community may be able to help in ongoing investigations. News Channel 3 previously reported on a deadly stabbing that took place on March 24 in the Tiki Drive area in Palm Springs. One man is now in custody, and Palm Springs police continue investigating
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and DANIEL COLE Associated Press MENTON, France (AP) — When the French Riviera town of Menton prepares to host its lemon festival each year, it needs more than 140 tons of citrus for the showy floats and park displays that attract thousands of spectators. But they won’t use the actual Menton lemon,
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics are dropping and throwing away the ball at a staggering rate. The A’s committed five errors in the first three innings of a 9-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Monday night to become the first team in 29 years with
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — It continued to be a celebration of all things Bey on Monday at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles, where Beyoncé was awarded the prestigious Innovator Award. Legendary artist Stevie Wonder took the stage to present the “Texas Hold ‘Em” hitmaker with the accolade, giving a summary of
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — Planks are one of the most effective exercises for strengthening your midsection, as they target all of your major core muscles: the transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis, external obliques and internal obliques. Yet despite the popularity of various 10-minute plank challenges, planking is actually one of the most dreaded
Continue ReadingCNN By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to cardiovascular fitness, you may tend to focus on activities that move you forward, such as walking, running and cycling. Likewise, in weight training, most traditional exercises center on forward and backward motion, occurring in what’s known as the sagittal plane. But there is another plane of
Continue ReadingBy Nic Anderson and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Actor Michael Stuhlbarg, known for the movie “Call Me by Your Name” and TV’s “Boardwalk Empire,” was hit in the back of the neck with a rock Sunday night while in New York, according to police. Police responded around 7:45 p.m. ET Sunday to a “call of an assault
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A candidate for mayor of a violence-wracked city in Mexico has been killed just as she began campaigning. Authorities in the north-central state of Guanajuato said candidate Bertha Gaytán was shot to death on a street in a town just outside the city of Celaya. Mayorships
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Mike Trout hit two solo homers and the Los Angeles Angels rallied from an early four-run deficit and beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 on Monday. Trout’s second shot — a 473-foot blast in the sixth — landed in the walkway high above the wall in left-centerfield. It was Trout’s 26th multihomer game.
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Chen, CNN (CNN) — As of Monday, about half a million fast food workers in California are making at least $20 per hour, $4 higher than the overall state minimum wage. The new rate applies to restaurant chains with more than 60 nationwide locations and is a result of a years-long fight by
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NCAA Division I all-time scoring leader Caitlin Clark will enter the Final Four with 3,900 career points and in sixth place on college basketball’s all-division, all-time scoring list. The Iowa star scored 41 points in a win over LSU in the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Clark’s nine 3-pointers
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