Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The defense attorney for a deputy charged with fatally shooting a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman in Florida’s Panhandle is a well-known litigator with decades of experience. He’s also a former state lawmaker and prosecutor who unsuccessfully ran for governor. Attorney Rod Smith’s legal career includes the prosecution
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El Departamento del Sheriff sigue investigando para localizar y arrestar al sujeto que abusó sexualmente de una mujer y estuvo a punto de violar a otra. El primer incidente ocurrió el jueves de la semana pasada alrededor de las 3 de la madrugada por la calle Adams en Bermuda Dunes. Poco después una mujer reportó
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Tuesday to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the presidential ballot, despite his request to be removed, and also rejected a Democratic attempt to oust independent candidate Cornel West. A move by Democratic elections commissioners to keep Green Party candidate Jill Stein off the
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Palm Springs Police are searching for a suspect wanted in shooting a 17-year old Palm Springs resident Monday night. Police spokesperson Lt. Gus Araiza says just before 11:00 pm officers were called to the 400 block of Bon Air Drive in a response to reports of shots fired in the area. Police found evidence of
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Ayer regresaron a clases los estudiantes de Cal-State San Bernardino en el campus Palm Desert ubicada por la calle Cook cerca del freeway 10 y los administradores dijeron que se inscribieron 2,100 alumnos de los cuales 1,800 son de tiempo completo. En esta universidad los jóvenes pueden estudiar licenciaturas, maestrías, credenciales y certificados docentes y
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge has extended a temporary order for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while considering arguments for a longer-term order and a possible trial as the teen and another student challenge a New Hampshire ban. The families of Parker Tirrell and Iris
Continue ReadingMADISON, W.Va. (AP) — A 13-year-old football player in West Virginia has died after receiving a head injury in practice. Madison Middle School defensive lineman Cohen Craddock was hurt while making a tackle Friday. The eighth grader suffered from brain bleeding and swelling and was taken to a hospital. His father, Ryan Craddock, tells news
Continue ReadingPLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Karen Read and two bars where she and her police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, had been drinking the night he died. Read has pleaded not guilty and awaits a retrial on charges including second-degree murder in O’Keefe’s death. The civil suit filed by
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Watching Caitlin Clark make history is starting to become a familiar sight. The 2024 WNBA No. 1 overall pick recorded her 21st game of the season with at least 15 points and five assists in the Indiana Fever’s 84-79 win over the Atlanta Dream on Monday, the most by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Africa’s public health body is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases, with almost 4,000 reported on the continent in the last week. The Africa CDC is also repeating a plea for long-awaited vaccines whose arrival this week in the most affected country, Congo, has been delayed. The first
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has active investigations into alleged corruption totaling more than $7 billion at some of its top state-owned companies. The details are contained in a report submitted to a parliamentary committee Tuesday by the national anti-graft unit. Nearly 40 other investigations are ongoing into alleged corruption
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The federal government is leading a cleanup of the hazardous remains of a Detroit-area storage site for vaping supplies. In March, explosions destroyed the building, sent debris flying for miles and killed a man. Goo Smoke Shop in Macomb County was stuffed with vape pens, butane cannisters, nitrous
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — When billionaire Jared Isaacman self-funded a mission to orbit Earth in 2021, the project was billed as a childhood cancer fundraiser — and made for an eye-popping entrance into the private space tourism world. The four-person crew of people from various backgrounds with no prior spaceflight experience spent three
Continue ReadingAssociated Press More than 200 staffers for four previous Republican presidential nominees have endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris’ White House bid. They caution in an open letter that the notion of a second term for GOP nominee Donald Trump is “simply untenable” and “will hurt real, everyday people.” In a letter first published in USA Today,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As a second straight day of hot soupy temperatures approaching triple digits hung over much of the Midwest on Tuesday, residents looked for ways to stay cool and indoors. Darrell Taylor, 61, has no air-conditioning in his apartment in Chicago, where it reached a record-breaking 98 degrees Fahrenheit. He described
Continue ReadingAuthorities say police fatally shot a man who apparently threatened passersby in western Germany after he tried to attack officers with two knives. The incident took place Tuesday afternoon in Moers, near the larger cities of Duisburg and Duesseldorf. Police said a patrol was sent to look into reports of an unknown man having assaulted
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — John Alfred Tinniswood nació el mismo año en que se hundió el Titanic y en que Nuevo México y Arizona se convirtieron en estados de Estados Unidos. Ahora, el hombre vivo más longevo del mundo, nacido el 26 de agosto de 1912, celebra su 112 cumpleaños. Tinniswood celebra con amigos y
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who recently suspended his own presidential campaign as an Independent, have both been added to Donald Trump’s transition team. Both endorsed Trump in recent days. “As President Trump’s broad coalition of supporters and endorsers expands across
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge on Tuesday again rejected a request to free an ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader ahead of his murder trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur, saying she suspects a cover-up related to the source of the funds for his bond. The decision from
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Earlier this month, a massive diesel fuel spill of about 2,500 gallons closed two lanes of traffic on the I-10 in Banning, as a result of a collision between two commercial big rigs. Riverside County Environmental Health is overseeing the work to clean-up the contaminated dirt. A 25-foot hole has been dug up at the
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