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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Gruenberg, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, will step down from his post once a successor is appointed, the White House said Monday. Gruenberg’s announced departure comes after damning report about the agency’s toxic workplace culture was released earlier this month and
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The Board of Supervisors is slated Tuesday to authorize Riverside County Fire Department Chief Bill Weiser to close access to multiple outdoor recreational locations for the duration of the Southern California Wildfire Season to minimize public safety risks. Since 2007, the department has sought and received authorization to close designated grounds — located mainly
Continue ReadingSARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, lost more than $300 million last quarter. That’s according to its first earnings report as a publicly traded company filed on Monday. The company posted a loss of $327.6 million for the first quarter, which it said included
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Ivonne Valdés (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Quintana Roo y la Guardia Nacional halló a 17 mujeres mientras cumplía con una orden de allanamiento de un local ubicado en la vía Cancún-Tulum, de acuerdo con un comunicado de las autoridades estatales publicado este lunes. Las autoridades creen que las 17 personas -quince argentinas y
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee community college says one of its professors who was swept away by an ocean wave during a study-abroad trip in Brazil has died. Columbia State Community College said Monday associate professor of art Clifford Gordon was walking with three students along an oceanside road and a wave struck them
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By Tara John, Marlon Sorto and Maija-Liisa Ehlinger, CNN (CNN) — Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader declared himself the winner of the weekend’s presidential election in a race where crime and safety were among voters’ biggest concerns. Official results are still pending, but the election website shows the former businessman leading by a wide margin
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Guide Dogs of the Desert is one of just 13 schools in the nation certified to prepare dogs for the blind and visually impaired. The canine companions are provided to people across the country at no charge. Saturday, a graduation ceremony was held for the newly-trained dogs who will go home with a companion. During
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — By accusing the heads of Israel and Hamas of war crimes, the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor placed them among world leaders infamous for heinous acts against humanity. The chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, announced arrest warrants Monday against two Israeli leaders — including Prime
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stock indexes edged higher after a quiet day of mixed trading Monday following their latest winning week. The S&P 500 rose 4.86 points, or 0.1%, to 5,308.13 and pulled within 0.02 of its record set last week. The Nasdaq composite gained 108.91, or
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge will reopen the sentencing hearing for the man who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer after the judge failed to allow him to speak during his court appearance last week. On Friday, District Judge
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge will reopen the sentencing hearing for the man who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer after the judge failed to allow him to speak during his court appearance last week. On Friday, District Judge
Continue ReadingMATT O’BRIEN REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you’re doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next. The software giant on Monday revealed an upgraded version of Copilot, its AI assistant, as it
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The prosecution in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has rested its case after star witness Michael Cohen concluded his testimony. Cohen spent nearly four full days on the stand before ending his testimony Monday afternoon. He placed Trump directly at the center of the alleged scheme to stifle negative stories to
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press One person has been killed and nearly 300 arrested during a weekend event on Texas’ Gulf Coast that local officials say has gotten out of control. The Galveston County sheriff’s office says an estimated 100,000 people crammed into a six-mile stretch of Crystal Beach on Saturday for the annual “Jeep
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Auburn running back Brian Battie has been hospitalized following a weekend shooting in Sarasota, Florida, where his brother was killed and three others injured. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s office said Tommie Battie IV was pronounced dead at the scene. Four others, who weren’t named, were taken to hospitals in Manatee and
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s Supreme Court has ruled that two Republican candidates for the state legislature should not have been fined thousands of dollars for criticizing the governor in their 2014 campaign ads. The court overturned the fines on Monday, saying they violated the constitutional free speech rights of
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials say a hiker died after falling from a trail in the Columbia River Gorge. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says 22-year-old Elisha Angelic Macias was hiking with friends near Horsetail Falls on Sunday. After separating from the group and going off trail, she fell about 50 to 60 feet.
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs se disculpó este domingo por agredir físicamente a su entonces novia Cassie Ventura, dos días después de que CNN publicara en exclusiva un video de vigilancia de un hotel de 2016 en el que Combs aparece agarrándola, empujándola, arrastrándola y dándole patadas. “Mi comportamiento en ese video es
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Este domingo 19 de mayo se realizó el tercer y último debate presidencial en México entre los tres candidatos que en la contienda. Se lleva a cabo en el Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco, en la alcaldía Cuauhtémoc, de la Ciudad de México. En el debate participaron Claudia Sheinbaum, candidata
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — One may think young people are the main group enjoying the freedom of legalized weed, but in Canada, the greatest increase in users after legalization was among older adults — and sometimes it’s sending them to the hospital, according to new research. The rate of emergency department visits for
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