Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing the delicate task of calibrating her policy pitch to American voters, a standard task for any White House hopeful but one that comes with additional challenges this year. First, Harris is running for president while serving under President Joe Biden, meaning she’s linked to
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Dubbed the “Godfather of Boxing,” Lee Espinoza has been around the sport for more than 40 years. The 76-year-old was inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005 and the West Coast Boxing Hall of Fame in 2021. He opened his boxing gym in 1985, which is now named the Lee Espinoza Coachella
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan has raised its key interest rate to 0.25% from a range of zero to about 0.1%, acting to curb the yen’s slide against the U.S. dollar. The move was widely expected, and the yen gained sharply against the dollar after Wednesday’s decision, trading at about
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kamala Harris has put a charge in Wisconsin’s most powerful Democratic stronghold, Dane County, where enthusiasm and volunteer support for President Joe Biden had been slipping. Voters in Madison, the county’s famously liberal heart, point to what they described in interviews as Harris’ more vocal attention to specific Democratic
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Nataly Gutierrez SALINAS, Calif. (KMUV-TV): Autoridades de Salinas han identificado al sospechoso del atropello mortal del viernes 26 de Julio. Durante la investigacion, los Oficiales y Detectives de la Policia de Salinas identificaron a Ricardo Archundia Cruz (20) como el sospechoso principal. La Policia de Salinas ha obtenido una orden de arresto contra Archundia Cruz
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — An attorney representing victims’ families says the parents of a former Texas high school student accused of killing 10 people during a 2018 shooting on his campus bear responsibility for the attack. The attorney alleges they failed to help their son amid a mental health crisis and let him
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feelings extending across multiple groups, including some key Democratic constituencies that had been especially tepid about President Joe Biden, a new poll shows. About 8 in 10 Democrats say
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LYNDON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s governor says the latest storms to hit the state have undone much of the cleanup and recovery work done since its last major bout of flooding only weeks ago, and he is calling on residents to “stick together” as more heavy rains hit northeastern and central Vermont on
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday set the stage for the central bank’s first rate cut in four years, citing greater progress toward lower inflation as well as a cooler job market that no longer threatens to overheat the economy. Still, the Fed kept its key interest rate
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Kara Mihm, CNN (CNN) — Emergency responders sprang into action early Tuesday to rescue residents in flooded areas of northeast Vermont after a 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event created a surge of dangerous floodwaters for the second time in a matter of weeks. Ten swift-water rescue teams completed about two dozen rescues in
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — A series of viral posts on social media this week promoted claims that NFL quarterbacks Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals, Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions and Daniel Jones of the New York Giants had joined a public “White Dudes for Harris” online fundraising call Monday night in
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — R. Kelly – who is currently serving a more than a 30-year prison sentence in North Carolina – is asking the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his federal sex crimes convictions. The disgraced R&B singer’s defense attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, has filed a petition to the US Supreme Court, requesting to throw out his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas’ top political leader was killed Wednesday by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risked escalating into an all-out regional war. Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge against Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel “will
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chen Yulu never thought her home province of Hunan had any culture that she would be proud of, much less become an ambassador of. But these days, the 23-year-old is a self-proclaimed ambassador of nüshu, a script once known only to a small number of women in the south China.
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A fire was reported at 6:19 P.M. tonight on the 1200 block of S. Gene Autry Trail in Palm Springs. Upon arrivals, Palm Springs firefighters located a car in a service bay that had caught fire inside of Exotic Car Service, Palm Springs. According to the Palm Springs Fire Chief, units quickly extinguished the flames
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A closely watched measure of Chinese manufacturing activity remained negative in July as concern persists about the state of the world’s second largest economy. The National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday that the Purchasing Managers’ Index slipped 0.1 points to 49.4, It was the third straight monthly reading below 50, a level
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By Rob Picheta and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift has said she is “completely in shock” after a stabbing attack at a dance class celebrating the US singer’s music in Southport, England left three children dead and others injured. The singer wrote on Instagram that “the horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The full 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals handed Texas a major win Tuesday in its ongoing legal dispute with the Biden administration over the state’s construction of a floating barrier in the Rio Grande. In a split ruling, the very conservative appeals court wiped away a judge’s preliminary ruling – put on pause
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian forces are inching toward the strategically important city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, threatening a vital Ukrainian supply line as Moscow continues its slow, grinding offensive. Russia has been stretching Ukrainian defenses across the entire eastern front line for months, trying to capture as much territory as possible
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, Jeff Zeleny, Kayla Tausche and Pamela Brown, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris is in the thick of choosing a vice presidential running mate, with her campaign eying an announcement in the coming days that would be immediately followed by a joint tour of a series of battleground states beginning next Tuesday. Harris,
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