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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with taking three people hostage while robbing a Southern California bank last month had been released from prison a day earlier, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The 53-year-old was indicted on robbery charges after investigators said he claimed to have a gun, jumped over the teller counter and
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A woman armed with a handgun has been taken into custody after an hourlong standoff at the FBI building in Seattle. That’s according to FBI spokesperson Steve Bernd. The woman walked into a publicly accessible area on Wednesday where people have to wait to be buzzed into the lobby. Seattle police say
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Colin Prater feels a little like Kevin Costner’s character in “Tin Cup” this week — a relative unknown who suddenly finds himself on one of golf’s biggest stages at the U.S. Open. So you can’t blame him for being a little nervous. After all, his
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say they have found the remains of some of the 63 miners who were trapped 18 years ago in a coal mine in northern Mexico. The accident at Pasta de Conchos mine is considered one of the biggest mining tragedies in the country. The 2006 accident occurred with 73
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since 1969, Jerry West has been the faceless face of the NBA. For those 5 1/2 decades, the NBA’s logo has been a blank white silhouette of a player flanked by panels of blue and red. The player is dynamically dribbling a ball upcourt, seemingly
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — A forbidden relationship between a teacher and her student started with an affair and ended in the 1990 killing of the teacher’s husband. Pamela Smart, then 22, was a high school media director when she began an affair with 15-year-old Billy Flynn. In her trial, prosecutors said Smart then
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIFLE, Colo. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ex-husband pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Wednesday after separate altercations with his ex-wife at a local restaurant and their son at a home earlier this year. Jayson Boebert allegedly got into the physical fight with his son on Jan. 9, leading to the reckless endangerment
Continue ReadingABINGDON, Va. (AP) — A South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the shooting death of a police officer in southwest Virginia in 2021. Thirty-six-year-old Michael Donivan White of Cross, South Carolina, had already pleaded guilty to first-degree murder charges in state court. On Wednesday he pleaded guilty to federal counts including
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — A Native American community in the heart of New Mexico has officially doubled in size as more than 93 square miles of ancestral land was taken into trust by the U.S. government for Santa Ana Pueblo. Tribal leaders and federal land managers gathered
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La inflación en Estados Unidos se desaceleró más de lo esperado en mayo, según los nuevos datos publicados este miércoles, lo que supone una buena noticia a pocas horas de que la Reserva Federal haga su último anuncio sobre las tasas de interés. Los precios al consumo subieron un 3,3% con respecto
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For the second straight season, the Coachella Valley Firebirds and Hershey Bears will meet in the Calder Cup Finals. Hershey beat Cleveland 3-2 in overtime of Game 7 to win the Eastern Conference Championship. Game 1 of the Calder Cup Finals will be played Friday in Hershey, PA. Puck drop is at 4:00 p.m. PT.
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Jackson Merrill’s second homer of the day was a game-ending drive off Mason Miller with one out in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Wednesday as Fernando Tatis Jr.’s career-high 17-game hitting streak ended. Merrill drove
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor says Sen. Bob Menendez sought to discuss the prosecution of a New Jersey real estate developer with him before recommending him to be nominated as U.S. attorney after Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger’s revelation
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins, Zachary Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Former special prosecutor Nathan Wade says he believes Donald Trump will “absolutely” be put on trial in Georgia in the 2020 election subversion case – even if he wins a second term and he’s in the White House at the time. Wade resigned
Continue ReadingBy ‘A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story WAILUKU, Hawai’i (KITV) — After a vandal repeatedly removed a rainbow flag flying at the Maui County building, officials and LGBTQ+ advocates are pushing back against the move they deem hateful. “It’s a common thing happening across the country today, people are making a choice
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer The Chicago Red Stars are looking for an alternative venue for their Sept. 21 home game against the San Diego Wave because of a just-announced music festival at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois. Organizers of Riot Fest announced Wednesday that the festival was relocating from its longtime venue
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Shipwreck hunters have found the vessel Quest — once captained by renowned Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton — largely intact on the ocean floor, 15 nautical miles off the coast of Canada, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has announced. Shackleton was aboard the famed exploration ship when he died of a
Continue ReadingCTV NETWORK, ROYAL CANADIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, CNN By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Shipwreck hunters have found the vessel Quest — once captained by renowned Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton — largely intact on the ocean floor, 15 nautical miles off the coast of Canada, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has announced. Shackleton was aboard the famed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Union flight attendants are getting help from some members of Congress as they try to negotiate new labor contracts. A group of 31 Senate Democrats and independent Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that federal mediators should speed up those negotiations, and even give workers permission to strike “as necessary.” The lawmakers say airlines feel
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — People purporting to be pro-Palestinian activists have hurled red paint at the homes of top leaders at the Brooklyn Museum, including its Jewish director. Activists also splashed paint across the front of diplomatic buildings for Germany and the Palestinian Authority. The paint attacks early Wednesday have
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