Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug has pleaded guilty to gang, drug and gun charges and will be released from jail. He could be put back behind bars if he violates the terms of his sentence. Lead prosecutor Adriane Love says the 33-year-old Grammy winning artist entered his pleas without reaching a deal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A judge has handed down long sentences to two former police officers for the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco, an icon of Brazil’s political left whose killing sparked outrage. Ronnie Lessa and Élcio de Queiroz were sentenced to almost 79 years and almost
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics are scheduled to play 60 night games as they relocate from Oakland to Sacramento beginning next season. That would match the franchise record for most night games in a season with the 1968 club. Sacramento typically has far hotter temperatures than the Bay Area, and the schedule released Thursday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County is taking on Pepsi and Coke for their role in plastic pollution. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the county alleged PepsiCo and Coca-Cola companies have misled the public about the recyclability of their plastic bottles and downplayed the negative environmental and health impacts of plastic disposal.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County is taking on Pepsi and Coke for their role in plastic pollution. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the county alleged PepsiCo and Coca-Cola companies have misled the public about the recyclability of their plastic bottles and downplayed the negative environmental and health impacts of plastic disposal.
Continue ReadingThe amount of the powerful climate-changing gas methane spilling out of oil and gas equipment, coal mines and landfills globally is nowhere near fully documented and what is known is “only scratching the surface” according to the CEO of one the companies that tracks methane with its own satellites. Rather than improving, the methane emissions
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, anti-women and lending credence to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Rev. Mitchell Johnson’s resignation came at the request of Mayor Brandon Johnson. The mayor called
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs are trying to “hijack” the music mogul’s criminal case from them by asking a judge to force early disclosure of evidence, including his accusers’ identities. The prosecutors urged a judge in papers filed late Wednesday to reject the requests, saying the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A co-chair of Donald Trump’s transition team says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants access to federal health data so he can show vaccines are unsafe and lead to them being pulled from the market in a second Trump administration. Trump has talked often about how Kennedy, who suspended his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — A second person has pleaded guilty to helping run a high-end brothel network whose clients around Boston and Washington, D.C., included elected officials, military officers, professors and lawyers, prosecutors said Thursday. Junmyung Lee, 31, of Dedham, Massachusetts, served primarily as the booking agent for the prostitution network, prosecutors said.
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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A man is facing 14 felony charges after officials say he shot a man walking to a synagogue and then fired at responding officers during a weekend shootout in Chicago. The suspect fired several shots at a 39-year-old man Saturday morning on the city’s North Side before firing “at responding officers and paramedics
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The Palm Springs International Food and Wine Festival will feature dozens of acclaimed restaurants, wineries, and celebrity chef demonstrations. News Channel 3 is a proud sponsor of the event, which also raises money for several local non-profits. News Channel 3 anchor Peter Daut spoke today with the executive producer, Jeff Hocker. The Palm Springs Food
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Nine-inning games in the World Series averaged 3 hours, 19 minutes in the second year of the pitch clock, up from 3:01 in 2023. The Series average was 3:24 in 2022 and 3:38 in 2021, the last season before the PitchCom electronic pitch-calling device. The 2023 average was the fastest since
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury ordered Bell Helicopter Textron to pay $16 million to a California company that claims Bell gave proprietary information that the companies developed to a rival supplier of cockpit display systems. The jury in state court in Fort Worth this week decided that Bell engaged in unfair competition,
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NEW YORK (AP) — After 42 seasons, Bob Costas is retiring from baseball play-by-play. Costas had done games the past couple seasons for MLB Network and TBS Sports. His final games were the American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals. Costas’ contract with TBS expired at the end of
Continue ReadingAP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Never before in a presidential election cycle has there been so much discussion of the child tax credit — a tool many Democrats and Republicans have endorsed as a way to lift children and young families out of poverty. Just three years ago, child poverty rates fell significantly when
Continue ReadingReligion News Service (RNS) — An eight-man heavy metal band from Mongolia known as The Hu has done what few thought could happen in the 21st century: Create a new genre of folk-metal music. Decked out in black war regalia out of the 13th century, they sing invocations to a Mongolian sky deity and odes
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple snapped out of a recent iPhone sales slump during its summer quarter, an early sign that its recent efforts to revive demand for its marquee product with an infusion of artificial intelligence are paying off. Sales of the iPhone totaled $46.22 billion for the July-September period, a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff’s officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop. Le’Keian Woods alleged Thursday that the three officers used excessive force that resulted in permanent injuries to his head, an eye and a kidney. Woods is suing Jacksonville
Continue ReadingMiriam Ordonez SAN LUIS, Ariz. (KECY, KYMA) – To address rising traffic congestion during the busy agricultural season, the San Luis City Council has approved a $91,200 contract with Precision Protective Security Services to manage traffic control in high-traffic areas for the next three months. Starting November 4, PPSS officers will assist in directing traffic, allowing
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