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By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MORIAH BALINGIT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pushing proposals to help families pay for child care, preschool and elder care while he’s running for reelection this year. He sees an opportunity to promise lower costs for voters at a time when he’s facing political blowback for inflation
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A jury has been seated for the trial of a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of fatally shooting a professor in 2022 after he was banned from campus because of harassment complaints. Murad Dervish faces seven felony charges including first-degree murder in the death of Thomas Meixner, who was
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind verdict on whether Israel’s conduct of its war in Gaza complies with international and U.S. laws. The decision is due from the administration Wednesday. Officials say they won’t meet the deadline for the report to be delivered to
Continue ReadingBy Laura Dolan and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial called the former president’s defense attorney to the bench and ordered him to speak to his client about his “contemptuous” behavior during adult film actress Stormy Daniels’ testimony Tuesday, according to the trial transcript. “I understand that your client
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Dolan and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial called the former president’s defense attorney to the bench and ordered him to speak to his client about his “contemptuous” behavior during adult film actress Stormy Daniels’ testimony Tuesday, according to the trial transcript. “I understand that your
Continue ReadingBy JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Rookie Kyle Harrison pitched seven scoreless innings and the San Francisco Giants scored four runs in a decisive fourth inning despite getting only two balls out of the infield in a 5-0 victory over Colorado on Tuesday. Harrison (3-1) gave up four hits, all singles, and struck
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By Chris Lau and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN (CNN) — The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York City – as the east Asian country continues to struggle with its ever-declining population. Abandoned houses are known in Japan
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A woman who fell to her death during a graduation ceremony at Ohio State University last weekend has been identified as a woman whose daughter was receiving her diploma. The Franklin County Coroner’s Office says the 53-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene on Sunday, just below the stands, which the
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Social media influencer Kai Cenat will not be prosecuted on charges of inciting a riot and unlawful assembly connected to a chaotic giveaway he promoted in New York City’s Union Square last year, which resulted in dozens of arrests, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said. Cenat posted a public
Continue ReadingJIM GOMEZ AND AARON FAVILA LAOAG, Philippines (AP) — Military force from the United States, Australian and the Philippines launched a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes to sink a ship Wednesday as part of largescale war drills in waters facing the disputed South China Sea that have antagonized Beijing. Military officials and
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — Huddled on board the boat, the 12-year-old girl quaked with fear. The captain and crew who she says had tortured her and three other women and girls were not finished. And the punishment for disobedience, the men warned, would be death. It was
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota Senate ethics panel has deferred further action on a complaint against a lawmaker who’s charged with burglary until after her next court date. Prosecutors say Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell told police she broke into her estranged stepmother’s house last month because her stepmother
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling and Michael Nam, CNN (CNN) — IndyStar sports columnist Gregg Doyel “will not be covering the Indiana Fever,” an IndyStar spokesperson told CNN in a statement Tuesday. In April, Doyel had a cringeworthy exchange during Caitlin Clark’s introductory news conference as the newest member of the WNBA team. The IndyStar writer made
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Two people were rushed to the hospital after a shooting in an Indio neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. The shooting was reported at around 5:50 PM on the 82400 block of Requa Avenue. Ben Guitron of the Indio Police Dept. confirmed that the two victims, both adults, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. They were both taken to the hospital
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Busch led off the ninth inning with a game-ending home run, Cody Bellinger went deep in his return from broken ribs and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Tuesday night. Bellinger had three hits after missing two weeks. He gave the
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams searching for dozens of construction workers missing after a multi-story apartment complex collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa have brought out more survivors as the operation entered a second night of desperate work to find anyone alive in the mangled
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says Kim Ki Nam, the propaganda chief who helped build personality cults around the country’s three dynastic leaders, has died at 94. State media said leader Kim Jong Un visited the body of Kim Ki Nam at a funeral hall in Pyongyang early Wednesday and expressed condolences to
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By JILL LAWLESS and MARTIN MEISSNER Associated Press MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Competition in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday in Sweden. The war in Gaza is casting a shadow over the sequin-spangled pop extravaganza. The event began with the first of two semi-finals in the Swedish city of Malmo, with another on
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Los bomberos están trabajando para contener por completo un incendio de vegetación de 40 acres en el área de Cabazon. El incendio se informó inicialmente alrededor de las 6:27 p.m. cerca de Almond Street y Esperanza Avenue. CAL FIRE confirmó que aproximadamente 40 acres de vegetación se están quemando a un ritmo de propagación moderado.
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