A News Channel 3 exclusive: A naval journey up the California coast, with hundreds of sailors and marines, many of them stationed at Twentynine Palms. Peter Daut was given rare permission to spend several days at sea with them, and saw firsthand how they train and what life is like on a warship. The naval
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Multiple gangs are attacking several communities in Haiti’s capital. They set fire to homes and a church as bullets whizzed through the area on Friday. At least one woman was killed as gangs attacked Solino, St. Michel, Tabarre 27 and other neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, with panicked residents calling radio stations since
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is opening a new review of safety at Boeing. The FAA said Friday it will conduct a three-month review of Boeing’s compliance with safety regulations and other matters. The FAA says it’s a continuation of the agency’s closer oversight since a panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Judges seeking appointments to the federal bench, wealthy Republicans hoping for ambassadorships and criminals who wanted pardons were among the big spenders at Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., hotel while he was president. And many got what they wanted. That’s according to a report Friday from the Democratic minority in
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The mother of Wisconsin toddler Elijah Vue and her boyfriend face charges in the death of the boy who had gone missing for nearly seven months before his remains were discovered in early September, court records show. The toddler’s remains were found on private property just over 3 miles
Continue ReadingYahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader who was killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, was the mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war. He rose to the top position in August after the killing of the previous leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in an explosion in Iran that was blamed on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Assailants have fired a dozen gunshots at a building housing the newspaper El Debate in the embattled northern state of Sinaloa. The newspaper is based in the state capital, Culiacan, where rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel have been staging bloody battles. The newspaper said Friday that it found
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency is proposing an expansion of the Okefenokee Swamp’s vast wildlife refuge. That could lead to a buyout offer for property that would otherwise be used for mining project conservationists have fought for years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday that it’s considering a potential
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — A top US official indicated that the Biden administration was unaware of reported conversations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Donald Trump since Trump left office – but suggested that such calls would “raise red flags.” Veteran journalist Bob Woodward reported in a new book that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — A court in Italy has ruled against the right-wing government’s move to detain 12 migrants at newly opened centers in Albania. The ruling highlights a key hurdle in the administration’s plan to outsource some of its migrant processing to the Balkan country. The 12 migrants were part of the first
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ top leader and a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the longest, deadliest and most destructive war in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. He was 61. In Gaza, no figure loomed larger in determining the war’s trajectory than Sinwar.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The investigation into a deadly shooting at a small-town Iowa high school in January reveals new details, including that the teenage shooter sought fame and attempted to livestream his actions. The town of Perry was rocked when 17-year-old Perry High School student Dylan Butler opened fire on students
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Updated Thursday night post: Investigators confirmed a fight between individuals, who appeared to be juveniles, broke out at Graffiti Park in Downtown Palm Springs; one person reportedly pulled out a gun and started shooting. Investigators confirmed at least two people were hit. Palm Springs Police officers were working the scene late Thursday night. Investigators said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fast-moving fire fed by strong winds burned two homes Friday and damaged several others in a hillside neighborhood in the city of Oakland, where hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate before more than 100 firefighters stopped the progress of the flames, authorities said. Some evacuation orders remained
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fast-moving fire fed by strong winds burned two homes Friday and damaged several others in a hillside neighborhood in the city of Oakland, where hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate before more than 100 firefighters stopped the progress of the flames, authorities said. Some evacuation orders remained
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday released nearly 2,000 heavily redacted pages of documents in his 2020 election subversion criminal case against former President Donald Trump, revealing snippets of the evidence Smith relied on to charge the former president. Most of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers in what appears to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Ukrainian authorities said law enforcement agencies and forensic experts will identify the victims, who will then be handed to family members
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The onetime husband and wife team who designed Princess Diana’s wedding dress have settled their dispute over the sale of the drawings for the gown. David Emanuel had filed a lawsuit in the U.K. courts against his ex-wife Elizabeth Emanuel, claiming that she had infringed his copyright by reproducing drawings of the
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN Brussels (CNN) — The imminent US presidential election hung over a meeting of NATO defense chiefs this week, as NATO allies braced for US support for Ukraine to shrink over the next year if Donald Trump wins even as Iran, North Korea and China step up their military aid to Russia.
Continue ReadingCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its unofficial embassy out of the administrative capital, Pretoria, in a move that’s seen as appeasing ally China. The foreign ministry said Friday that it had given Taiwan six months to relocate the “liaison office” to the commercial hub of Johannesburg. The
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