LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former premier Nawaz Sharif has been reelected president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N party. He last held the position in 2017, when he was ousted from power amid corruption allegations. The PML-N came into power with the Feb. 8 elections that Sharif’s key rival, former premier Imran Khan, alleged
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — DJ LeMahieu made his season debut for the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. Albeit in a spot in the batting order he hasn’t seen in awhile. LeMahieu batted ninth and went 0 for 3 with a walk in the Yankees’ 4-3 loss to the
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Los bomberos están trabajando para contener un incendio forestal que ha quemado 10 acres a lo largo de la autopista 62 y Pierson Boulevard en la zona no incorporada de Desert Hot Springs. El incendio se informó por primera vez alrededor de las 3:20 p.m. Según CAL FIRE, actualmente no hay estructuras en amenaza. Unidades
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump is agreeing to a ban from practicing in Colorado for three years. The ban comes after Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty to a felony charge for trying to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia. Ellis had already been censured by
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CNN, POOL, MAXMAR, DOD, PLANET LABS, IDF, USAF By Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The temporary pier constructed by the US military to transport aid into Gaza broke apart and sustained damage in heavy seas on Tuesday in a major blow to the American-led effort to create a maritime corridor for humanitarian supplies into the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians won’t be voting this November on a policy that would have required schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification. Proponents of a ballot measure to create such a statewide policy announced Tuesday they failed to collect enough signatures to put the measure
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians won’t be voting this November on a policy that would have required schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification. Proponents of a ballot measure to create such a statewide policy announced Tuesday they failed to collect enough signatures to put the measure
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El Consejo Presidencial de Transición de Haití eligió al ex primer ministro Garry Conille para que regrese al cargo durante el período de transición del gobierno, dijo este martes el presidente del consejo, Edgard Leblanc Fils. Conille fue elegido por consenso después de que el consejo realizara audiencias de
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A 25-year-old man was arrested after more than 500 pounds of methamphetamine was found hidden within a flatbed trailer at the Calexico Commercial Facility. The discovery was made on May 20. The 25-year-old was driving a commercial tractor hauling an empty flatbed trailer applying for entry from Mexico at the Calexico East Commercial Facility. The
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Wayne State University in Detroit suspended in-person classes Tuesday and encouraged staff to work remotely to avoid any problems with a pro-Palestinian encampment that sprouted last week. “All on-campus events are canceled until further notice. Critical infrastructure workers are expected to report to campus,”
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s electoral authorities have revoked an invitation to a European Union mission to observe the upcoming presidential election in July. Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National Electoral Council, on Tuesday cited economic sanctions imposed by the bloc as the reason for withdrawing the invitation.
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Algeria is circulating a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution that would demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and order Israel to halt its military offensive in the southern city of Rafah immediately. The draft resolution, obtained Tuesday evening by The Associated Press, also demands that
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Seventeen artworks have been gifted to the Palm Springs Art Museum from Los Angeles-based scholar and collector Gordon W. Bailey, according to a statement from the museum. This is the first gift of Bailey’s to bring more representation to the museum’s “commitment to diversifying its collection.” The collection includes paintings, mixed media, sculptures and ceramics
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors told jurors on Tuesday they’ve seen a “mountain of evidence” to prove that Donald Trump falsified business records in order to cover up a damaging story about an alleged affair at the end of the 2016 election. Trump’s attorneys told the jury
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump, who built a mystique as the brash epitome of power, has never been more powerless to dictate his own fate. His reputation, future, and even perhaps the White House’s destiny, will on Wednesday be placed in the hands of 12 citizens of his native New
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors told jurors on Tuesday they’ve seen a “mountain of evidence” to prove that Donald Trump falsified business records in order to cover up a damaging story about an alleged affair at the end of the 2016 election. Trump’s attorneys told the
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors told jurors on Tuesday they’ve seen a “mountain of evidence” to prove that Donald Trump falsified business records in order to cover up a damaging story about an alleged affair at the end of the 2016 election. Trump’s attorneys told the
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project. Gibson’s .466 average for the 1943 Homestead Grays became the season
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have finished their closing arguments after a marathon day in court. A prosecutor told jurors that Trump engaged in a conspiracy “to hoodwink voters” in 2016. Meanwhile, a defense lawyer branded
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By Michael Rios and Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN (CNN) — Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council has tapped former Prime Minister Garry Conille to return to the position during the government’s transition period, council president Edgard Leblanc Fils said Tuesday. Conille was chosen by consensus after the council conducted hearings of candidates, Leblanc Fils said. Conille briefly
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