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AP Sports Writer BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Charlie Woods shot a 12-over 82 on Monday in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills. The 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods birdied both of the par 5s on the Oakland Hills North Course and struggled on the par 3s and 4s, carding five double bogeys and
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Local political groups, like the Democratic Headquarters of the Desert, based in Cathedral City, have seen a surge in activity – including phone calls from folks inquiring on how to donate to the Harris campaign, sign up as volunteers, or how to change their voter registration. Elle Kurpiewski, the Political Director of the Democratic Headquarters
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company’s role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services around the world. CrowdStrike said this week a “significant number” of the millions of computers
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A restaurant was evacuated after a kitchen fire Monday morning in Rancho Mirage. The fire was reported at around 11:00 a.m. at Francesco’s Cafe near the corner of Dinah Shore and Bob Hope. According to CAL FIRE, firefighters arrived at the scene and located heavy smoke from a single-story commercial strip mall. Firefighters located a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Mohamed Ziane, a Moroccan former government minister, has been sentenced to five years in prison in a corruption case that his attorney described as retribution for outspokenness and work defending political prisoners. Ziane, who is 81 and served as Morocco’s human rights minister from 1996 to 1997, was long
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Devan Cole and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced off Monday with angry lawmakers from both parties, who grilled her over the stunning security failures that led to the recent assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Cheatle acknowledged that there were “significant” problems at Trump’s
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Commissioner Jim Phillips firmly believes in the future of the Atlantic Coast Conference amid the uncertainty of realignment and the wholesale changes to the model of college athletics itself. He was ready to tell everyone why, too, as the league opened its preseason football media days Monday. Trading
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Commissioner Jim Phillips firmly believes in the future of the Atlantic Coast Conference amid the uncertainty of realignment and the wholesale changes to the model of college athletics itself. He was ready to tell everyone why, too, as the league opened its preseason football media days Monday. Trading
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — While the Swifties and Bey Hive dream of a world where Taylor Swift and Beyoncé come together to jointly endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, one singer is already getting the party started. British pop singer Charli XCX has entered the virtual chat,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before President Joe Biden’s long-speculated withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, allies of former President Donald Trump floated the possibility of suing to block Democrats from having anyone other than Biden on the ballot in November. But election administration and legal experts said the timing of Biden’s exit on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from his reelection bid and his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to take on Republican Donald Trump in November has scrambled what had once been a settled and suspense-free Democratic presidential nomination contest. Biden had secured enough delegates by March 12 from his primary and
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Devan Cole and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced off Monday with angry lawmakers from both parties, who grilled her over the stunning security failures that led to the recent assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Cheatle acknowledged that there were “significant” problems at
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Devan Cole and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced off Monday with angry lawmakers from both parties, who grilled her over the stunning security failures that led to the recent assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Cheatle acknowledged that there were “significant” problems at
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — One little note from Steven Spielberg changed “Twisters.” Stars Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones were asked in a recent interview with Collider why their characters don’t kiss in the movie, despite their apparent romantic attraction. Edgar-Jones said that was the result of a note from famed director Spielberg.
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By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Messages of gratitude and support for US President Joe Biden poured in following his stunning announcement Sunday that he is exiting the 2024 presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the next Democratic nominee. It was the second seismic moment in US politics in just over a
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris has spent much more of her life as a prosecutor than as a senator or vice president – and that is exactly how she is now going to run against Donald Trump. In sessions that were quietly underway at the Naval Observatory even before Joe Biden’s disastrous debate, Harris and
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar’s military-government, has also taken the position of acting president to replace the holder of that post, who was unable to perform his duties due to health problems. State media’s announcement of the declaration naming Min Aung Hlaing to replace Myint Swe came four
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s new home secretary says a scrapped plan by former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda was the “most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen.” Yvette Cooper says the plan had cost 700 million pounds ($904 million)
Continue ReadingA defamation suit against Fox News by a government official who served on a short-lived U.S. government media disinformation board was dismissed Monday by a federal judge. The lawsuit from Nina Jankowicz alleged that Fox News had defamed her on numerous occasions, leading to waves of online attacks and threats of violence after the formation
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man who boasted that he was the “Wolf of Airbnb” was sentenced Monday to over four years in prison for defrauding New York City landlords and a federal pandemic-relief government program. Konrad Bicher, 32, of Hialeah, Florida, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Lorna G.
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