AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack Flaherty will start Game 1 of this weekend’s National League Division Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers, with rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto set for Game 2. Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes said Wednesday that the team hasn’t finalized plans for Games 3 and potentially 4, but Walker Buehler
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Wednesday, Oct. 2 is the start of Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year. Middle Eastern conflicts, most recently Tuesday’s Iranian missile attack on Israel, is impacting celebrations across the country, including here in the Coachella Valley. Most notably, increased security. Temple Isaiah in Palm Springs is having a service at 7:30pm. Stay with News Channel 3
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped their case against the last of three men accused of killing an off-duty Chicago police officer in 2011. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that prosecutors dropped charges against Alexander Villa during a court hearing Wednesday. Villa, Tyrone Clay and Edgardo Colon were all charged in the shooting death of Officer
Continue ReadingAP Soccer Writer Prince William has watched his beloved Aston Villa seal another famous win against Bayern Munich. Villa won 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday with heroics from Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez. The Prince of Wales and future King of England is a lifelong fan of the Premier League team and was part
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Sandra Iveth Santos HOLLISTER, Calif., (KMUV-TV)— El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional emitió una alerta de bandera roja para regiones en la Costa Central. CalFire advierte sobre el peligro de las condiciones secas y calurosas, para áreas de los condados de Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Bárbara y Los Ángeles. Además, unidades se preparan en toda la
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A gambler has pleaded guilty in a sports betting scandal that got NBA player Jontay Porter kicked out of the league earlier this year. Prosecutors and a court document say Long Phi Pham pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to commit wire fraud. Pham — who also goes by the
Continue ReadingSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic says it will start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country and expel up to 10,000 of them a week. Government spokesman Homero Figueroa said Wednesday that the government took the decision after noticing an “excess” of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic, which
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Juju Watkins starred with Joel Embiid in an AT&T commercial and threw out a first pitch at a Dodgers game. Another big opportunity is at hand. Southern California’s sensational sophomore has a chance to grab the torch that Caitlin Clark carried the past few years as the standard
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Wednesday. The share of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 3.3%, up from 3% the year before. Meanwhile, 92.7% of kindergartners got their
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Respiratory virus season has arrived in the US, and experts say October is a prime time to get vaccinated.
Continue ReadingWPTA, CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Respiratory virus season has arrived in the US, and experts say October is a prime time to
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Fernando Valenzuela is stepping away from his broadcast duties with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the rest of the season so the former major league pitcher can focus on his health. Valenzuela, who turns 64 on Nov. 1, is a Spanish language broadcaster for LA. The team said Wednesday he is
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers have signed guard Terance Mann to a contract extension. The team announced the deal Wednesday. Mann averaged 8.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists while shooting 51% from the field in 75 games last season. He was drafted by the Clippers with the 48th overall pick in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has taken action to immediately implement a sweeping new gun law in her state. The law cracks down on privately made, unserialized “ghost guns,” criminalizes possession of bump stocks and trigger cranks and requires applicants for a gun license complete live-fire training. The new law was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A civil rights group is suing the city of Albuquerque, its police department and top officials on behalf of a man who was among those arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and later forced to pay bribes to get the charges dropped. The DWI scandal has spurred a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi gets to stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches in Massachusetts has ended up in court — and caused such an uproar that even the governor has weighed in. “To literally see
Continue ReadingCalMatters California health workers this month will finally get a long-promised minimum wage increase. It’ll kick in this month, according to a letter state health officials sent to the Legislature Tuesday, describing a process that should trigger the pay boost. “The health care minimum wage increases shall be effective 15 days after the date of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has called Israel’s ban on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres entering the country a political statement by its foreign minister and stressed that the world body’s contacts with Israel will continue “because they have to.” A U.N. spokesman told reporters Wednesday that Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz deeming
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — U.S. authorities have charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks. It comes more than a year after they were confronted in the dark near a remote Michigan military site where thousands of people had gathered for drills. The five were University of Michigan students at
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Four men are dead and two others are recovering from wounds after gunmen burst into a Mexican drug rehab center and opened fire. Officials in the north-central state of Guanajuato said Wednesday that the killings occurred late Tuesday in the city of Salamanca. There was no immediate information on the conditions
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