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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — A man shot his 6-month-old baby multiple times Friday at a home northwest of Phoenix after taking the infant and its mother captive, but the mother escaped with minor injuries and the child was expected to survive, authorities said. They said the status of the suspect remained unknown after a fire
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu’s former top prosecutor has been found not guilty in a bribery case that alleged employees of an engineering and architectural firm bribed him with campaign donations in exchange for his prosecution of a former company employee. A U.S. grand jury indicted former Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro and five others in
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The last time Ron Washington and Bruce Bochy had managed against each other in Texas was during the 2010 World Series. Baseball’s oldest two managers are facing each other in a three-game series this weekend, with the 72-year-old Washington back in Texas as a visiting
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — James Outman, who finished third in last year’s NL Rookie of the Year voting, was demoted to the minors as part of multiple roster moves by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. The 27-year-old center fielder was hitting .148 with three home runs and 10 RBI in 36 games this season.
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — His body shaking, Scottie Scheffler sat in a jail cell watching the story of his own arrest unfold on a nearby TV. Once his heart rate had settled, the world’s top-ranked golfer began his warm-up routine for the second round of the PGA Championship in Kentucky. Yet having begun
Continue ReadingBy FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Sexual diversity activists have protested in Peru’s capital in front of the health ministry to demand that the government repeal a decree that characterizes seven gender identities, including transgenderism, as “mental illnesses.” Protesters also gathered Friday outside the Peruvian Embassy in Ecuador’s capital, Quito. The demonstrations
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump used a day off from his hush money trial Friday to headline a Republican fundraiser in Minnesota, a traditionally Democratic state that he boasts he can carry in November. Trump took the stage late as he headlined
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Perspective was even harder to come by than birdies through all the raindrops, bourbon and cigar smoke that streamed across golf’s biggest stage during one of the sport’s most bizarre mornings ever. By the time the world’s best player, Scottie Scheffler, had been booked into
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Boeing whistleblower John Barnett died by suicide, according to a police report released on Friday, bringing to end an investigation of the shocking death of a longtime employee who raised concerns about the airplane manufacturer’s safety and production standards – and who sued the company, claiming Boeing illegally retaliated
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — El Mirage Hotel and Casino en el Strip de Las Vegas —y su inconfundible volcán— pronto cerrará después de más de tres décadas en el negocio. El complejo de 3.000 habitaciones dejará de operar el 17 de julio ya que se someterá a una renovación de tres años que borrará cualquier
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Japan has stressed the importance of increased deterrence and his country’s commitment to its key ally as he visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of Tokyo’s tension with Beijing. Rahm Emanuel on Friday visited Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost island just east of
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 900,000 tea bags from the organic tea brand Yogi are being recalled due to a detectable amount of pesticide on the product, according to an enforcement report posted on the US Food and Drug Administration’s website. The pesticides were discovered during “routine audit procedures,” Yogi said in a statement Friday. “While Yogi does not
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who has been under investigation in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found scattered across northwest Oregon last year has been indicted in two of those killings — as well as in the death of a woman whose body
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La muerte de la candidata a alcaldesa Lucero López Maza en el municipio de La Concordia, en Chiapas, en un ataque que dejó otros cinco fallecidos, volvió a manchar de sangre la campaña electoral en el estado mexicano, donde operan grupos criminales de tráfico de drogas y de migrantes. La
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By Dalia Faheid, Paradise Afshar, Caitlin Kaiser, Joe Sutton, Mary Gilbert and Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — At least seven people were killed in the Houston area on Thursday as a destructive complex of storms with winds up to 100 mph tore through the area, triggering power outages that could stretch on for weeks amid
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Just about every region of the country sees some form of wildfire, with some seeing far more than others. In Particular, areas in the west tend to see the highest number of days with fire weather conditions. Over the last 50 years, many areas have also seen an increase in the number of fire weather
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police in Japan who were busy tracking thousands of yakuza members just a few years ago have set their eyes on a new threat: unorganized and loosely connected groups they believe are behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza. Police call them “tokuryu,” anonymous gangsters
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de Chiapas informó este jueves a través de un comunicado que se reportaron seis personas muertas y dos heridos por hechos violentos durante un acto político en el municipio de La Concordia, Chiapas, en México. Las autoridades informaron que la Policía Estatal confirmó la muerte de tres
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A felon who killed his 27-year-old girlfriend and her unborn child during an argument at their San Jacinto home was sentenced today to 11 years in state prison. A Banning jury in March found Angel Martine McIntire, 29, of Beaumont guilty of voluntary manslaughter, rather than two counts of first-degree murder. Jurors also found untrue
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu’s former top prosecutor has been found not guilty in a bribery case that alleged employees of an engineering and architectural firm bribed him with campaign donations in exchange for his prosecution of a former company employee. A U.S. grand jury indicted former Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro and five others in
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