SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bay FC and San Francisco announced plans on Tuesday for a dedicated training facility for the National Women’s Soccer League club on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. The complex on the island off the Bay Bridge will include three training fields as well as team offices and other facilities. It
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A woman in Minnesota has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her alleged role in the killing of a Minneapolis real estate agent. Prosecutors say a judge sentenced Elsa Segura on Tuesday for kidnapping to commit great bodily harm or terrorize. Segura pleaded guilty as part of an agreement with
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The ridge of high-pressure building from the west is now in place over the Western United States, bringing the hottest temperatures of the week today. Palm Springs recorded a high temperature of 112°, one degree shy of the record set in 1947. Fall-like temperatures are non-existent over the next seven days. It will still be
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — John Sterling returned to the New York Yankees’ radio broadcast booth, five months after announcing his retirement. Sterling had retired in April, a few weeks into his 36th season. He was back working with partner Suzyn Waldman on the WFAN broadcast for the start of the team’s final regular-season homestand. Sterling,
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, se refirió a la desigualdad económica durante su discurso este martes ante la Asamblea General de la ONU, donde calificó a Venezuela y Cuba como “países rebeldes que no encajan” en el dominio de la “oligarquía global”. Petro afirmó que el “1% más rico”
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An Oct. 29 trial date was confirmed today for a young man accused with a cohort of supplying a lethal dose of fentanyl to a 16-year-old French Valley girl. Jeremiah David Carlton, 21, of Canyon Lake is accused in the death of the teenager, identified in court documents only as “J.G.” Carlton is charged with
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Chile, Gabriel Boric, dijo este martes que su país sigue con atención “la crítica situación” que vive Venezuela y reiteró su llamado a una salida política de la crisis, que “reconozca el triunfo de la oposición”. Durante su intervención en la 79° Asamblea General de la Organización
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The City of Palm Desert hosted an Emergency Readiness Expo for Coachella Valley families Wednesday at the Palm Desert Library. According to FEMA, nearly half of Americans say they aren’t prepared for a disaster. The community event aimed to help residents prepare for emergencies and become knowledgeable of local resources and safety practices. The Expo
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Former AP correspondent in Chile, Eva Vergara, who covered stories including the first protests against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and revealed key information about abuses by members of the Catholic Church, died on Tuesday. She was 68. Her son said Vergara, who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer, died at home.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Toy maker MGA Entertainment must pay $71.5 million in damages for infringing on the name and likeliness of teen pop group OMG Girlz with one of its popular lines of dolls, a federal jury has decided. Monday’s verdict hands a win to OMG Girlz — as well as Xscape singer Tameka
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Toy maker MGA Entertainment must pay $71.5 million in damages for infringing on the name and likeliness of teen pop group OMG Girlz with one of its popular lines of dolls, a federal jury has decided. Monday’s verdict hands a win to OMG Girlz — as well as Xscape singer Tameka
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin quarterback Braedyn Locke has been through this before. One year after filling in as an injury replacement for 3 1/2 games, Locke must take over once again now that Tyler Van Dyke will miss the rest of the season with a torn right ACL. Locke will make
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los fiscales presentaron este martes el cargo de intento de magnicidio a un candidato presidencial contra Ryan Wesley Routh, el hombre que, según dicen, acampó durante horas afuera del campo de golf de Donald Trump en West Palm Beach, armado con un rifle que apuntó a través de una cerca de
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Around 2,000 hotel workers went on strike Tuesday at the world’s largest Hilton hotel and the biggest hotel in Hawaii. The workers at the Hilton Hawaiian Village are now among the more than 4,000 hotel workers striking at Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott hotels in Honolulu, San Diego and San Francisco.
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul is moving forward with his plan to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress on Tuesday for failing to appear at a hearing regarding the Biden administration’s handling of the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, even
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Curt Miller is leaving as coach of the Los Angeles Sparks after the WNBA franchise missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season and second under him. The team on Tuesday announced Miller’s dismissal, saying the sides had “mutually agreed to part ways.” The Sparks, who own three WNBA championships, will
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By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration has opened an investigation into the jolt on a United Airlines flight that injured two passengers when the pilots responded to an onboard midair collision system warning. United Airlines says as flight 2428 from Newark, New Jersey, was descending into San Francisco International Airport last Thursday,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s new president is signaling to world leaders that he wants to open what he’s calling a “constructive” chapter in his country’s international relations. But he’s making clear that everyone else, including the United States, needs to do their part. Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says legislators should ignore “myths” from opponents who want to block efforts by him and some other Republicans to phase out the state’s income tax. Reeves says Tuesday that erasing the tax will help the state reach its economic potential. Mississippi has long been one
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ‘ Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, under an order expected to be approved by a federal judge.
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