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By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Fears are rising that time is running out for hostages in Gaza that are still alive. Israel announced Tuesday that four more hostages have died in Hamas captivity. The hostage crisis began on Oct. 7 when Hamas kidnapped about 250 hostages back to Gaza. Nearly eight months
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Andy Kim won New Jersey’s Senate primary Tuesday, putting him in strong position for the general election in the blue-leaning state, though the win comes a day after Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez filed to run as an independent amid his federal corruption trial. Kim,
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden has won the Democratic primaries in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., among some of the last contests on the 2024 primary calendar. Biden’s wins come as a handful of states are holding presidential primary contests for both parties, marking the first time
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A new Washington state parental rights law derided by critics as a “forced outing” measure will be allowed to take effect this week. A court commissioner on Tuesday declined to issue an emergency order temporarily blocking it. King County Superior Court Commissioner Mark Hillman said during a
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Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — Claudia Sheinbaum, candidata por la coalición “Sigamos Haciendo Historia”, conformada por Morena, el Partido del Trabajo (PT) y el Partido Verde Ecologista de México, logró una victoria histórica en los comicios de este domingo 2 de junio. No solo porque se convertirá en la primera mujer presidenta de México y
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Earlier Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced new executive actions temporarily limiting the number of migrants crossing the southern U.S. border illegally, effective at midnight. The action allows officials to remove migrants entering the border unlawfully without processing asylum requests. The U.S. will start accepting migrants who are claiming asylum, but only within 14 days of
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — AT&T says it has resolved an outage that left some customers in the dark on Tuesday. Earlier, the company said a problem prevented many AT&T customers from completing calls between carriers. “The interoperability issue between carriers has been resolved,” an AT&T spokesperson said. “We collaborated with the other
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A new agreement between Alaska’s capital city and major cruise lines seeks to cap the daily number of cruise ship passengers arriving in Juneau starting in 2026. But a critic of the cruise industry says the planned limits do not do enough to address residents’ concerns
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University has agreed to take additional steps to make its students feel secure on campus. It is part of a settlement reached Tuesday with a Jewish student who had sought a court order requiring the Ivy League school provide safe access to the campus. Called a “first-of-its-kind agreement to protect
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man was charged Tuesday in a sports betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban Jontay Porter for life, with the charges marking the first known criminal fallout from the matter. Porter is not named in the court complaint, but its specifics about
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An investigator has provided a New York jury a riveting account of an evening in Washington, D.C., in 2019 when an FBI surveillance team came across Sen. Bob Menendez and his girlfriend at a fancy Washington restaurant. Investigator Terrie Williams-Thompson told the jury on Tuesday at
Continue ReadingSAGINAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Animal control officers in Michigan are struggling to capture an elusive peacock that has been on the loose for at least two days. Mlive.com reports that a student discovered the peacock on Monday as he was driving to Valley Lutheran High School in Saginaw County. The bird fled into the
Continue ReadingCAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) — A young black bear took a dive from a tree Tuesday, landing in a giant tarp held aloft by a group of wildlife, public safety and rescue officials who tranquilized it after it roamed into a suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood. The bruin showed up around lunchtime in a residential area of
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden está inspirándose en el manual de inmigración del expresidente Donald Trump para intentar detener el flujo de solicitantes de asilo procedentes de todo el mundo que cruzan la frontera de Estados Unidos con México. El nuevo plan de Biden, presentado el martes en la Casa Blanca, que
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year’s surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. The group of 57 scientists from around the world used United Nations-approved methods to examine what’s behind last year’s deadly burst of heat. They
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) — Según un nuevo estudio, los antiguos grabados rupestres en lo que hoy es Sudamérica, que se cree que están entre los más grandes del mundo, estaban destinados a marcar los límites de los territorios habitados por sus creadores. Aves, ciempiés amazónicos, figuras humanas y formas geométricas se encuentran entre los diseños,
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An oversight commission has fired Connecticut’s top public defender after having accused her of a range of misconduct. The state Public Defender Services Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to fire TaShun Bowden-Lewis, the first Black person to serve as the state’s chief public defender. Bowden-Lewis and
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Fantasy Springs Resort Casino is currently looking to hire On-Call Ushers for concerts and special events. They are seeking out energetic and enthusiastic individuals who love live entertainment and enjoy working in a fun, dynamic environment. Fantasy Springs is conducting interviews for this position on June 12, 2024, from 3 PM to 6 PM. Interviews
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The nephew of the late San Diego Chargers legend Junior Seau pleaded not guilty to a murder charge today for allegedly taking part in a fentanyl sale that led to a man’s fatal overdose. Micah Rodgers Seau, 31, is accused of providing fentanyl pills to 31-year-old Connor Gerhart, leading to the victim’s death on
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a proposal asking voters to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry, sending the measure to the Nov. 5 ballot.
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