Editor’s note: The headline and content of this report were updated on November 15 to include a new response from the restaurant owner. Owner of Wang’s in the Desert Lonnie Landers tells News Channel 3 the restaurant does plan to reopen, in contradiction to several social media posts on the restaurant’s Facebook page that it
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press A South Dakota woman who said she would ban Native Americans from her hotel will step down for four years and apologize under an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department. The agency announced the consent decree with owners of Rapid City’s Grand Gateway Hotel last week. Co-owner Connie Uhre in
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Two humane societies are considering legal action against an Arizona breeding company after as many as 260 small animals that were supposed to be placed for adoption were instead frozen and fed to reptiles at a metro Phoenix farm. “I’m heartbroken for our organization whose mission it is to protect and
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Two humane societies are considering legal action against an Arizona breeding company after as many as 260 small animals that were supposed to be placed for adoption were instead frozen and fed to reptiles at a metro Phoenix farm. “I’m heartbroken for our organization whose mission it is to protect and
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and ABBY SEWELL WASHINGTON (AP) — A video broadcast on an Iraqi television station and circulated on pro-Iranian social media purports to show an Israeli-Russian researcher who was allegedly kidnapped in Iraq. The video is the first sign of life since Elizabeth Tsurkov disappeared nearly eight months ago. The Associated Press could
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Work on a $10 billion project that will funnel renewable energy across the West has come to a halt in southwestern Arizona, with Native American tribes saying the federal government has ignored concerns about effects that the SunZia transmission line will have on religious and cultural sites. Federal land
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials expressed hope Monday that this week’s highly anticipated face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will produce some concrete results, including the possible reestablishment of military communication between the two nations and a shared effort to combat illicit
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Steve Norton, who ran the first U.S. gambling facility outside Nevada — Resorts casino in Atlantic City — and gave advice around the world on how to set up and operate casinos, has died. He was 89. His son, Rob, president of Cordish Gaming, said
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be on the lookout for possible cases of lead poisoning in children after at least 22 toddlers in 14 states were sickened by lead linked to tainted pouches of cinnamon apple puree and applesauce. Children ages 1 to 3 were affected, and
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America RAYMOND, Miss. (AP) — The body of a Mississippi man who died after being hit by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer was exhumed Monday. The exhumation comes months after officials failed to notify his family of his death. Attorneys for the family of 37-year-old Dexter
Continue ReadingBy ARSENE KABORE Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Authorities in Burkina Faso say about 70 people were killed when assailants attacked a village in the country’s volatile north. The announcement from Prosecutor Simon B. Gnanou on Monday comes more than a week after the community was attacked and homes were burned. On Sunday,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. returned to court Monday as something of a character witness for his father’s real estate empire, waxing exuberantly about the former president’s “incredible vision” and portfolio of “great, iconic projects” at the New York civil fraud trial now threatening
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES, MEG KINNARD and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican Party’s once-crowded 2024 presidential primary field has suddenly shrunk to just a handful of viable candidates, but it’s unclear if the GOP is any closer to coalescing behind a clear alternative to former President Donald Trump. A day after
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Pink will give away 2,000 banned books at her South Florida shows this week in partnership with the literary and free expression advocacy group PEN America. Fans who attend the Miami and Sunrise, Florida, stops of the singer-songwriter’s “Trustfall Tour” Tuesday and Wednesday will receive a copy of some of the books that have
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged disagreements within the State Department over the Biden administration’s approach to the Israel-Hamas war in an email to staff Monday. His message to personnel, sent on the heels of his recent travels, comes amid growing anger and dissent not only from staff at the State Department but
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Indonesian President Joko Widodo have formalized closer ties between their countries at the White House. Biden described it as a “new era” in the relationship. Indonesia is the world’s third largest democracy and a heavyweight player in Southeast Asia. The
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers said his goal is to return from a torn Achilles tendon by mid-December, NBC’s Melissa Stark reported during the telecast of the Jets’ game at Las Vegas on Sunday night. Rodgers had hinted recently he hopes to return before
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A jury has begun deliberating at the federal trial of a former Louisville police officer accused of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights. Prosecutors say ex-officer Brett Hankison opened fire on the 26-year-old Black woman’s apartment the night she was killed during a botched
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Controlled burns are slated to begin before the end of the month throughout the San Bernardino National Forest, including near Mountain Center and Idyllwild, where federal fighters will be igniting piles of dead vegetation and burning off excess foliage from the ground and air. “The (U.S. Forest Service) plans to start prescribed fire operations on
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in Mexico has been found dead in their home in the central Mexican city of Aguascalientes. The Aguascalientes state prosecutor’s office confirmed Monday that Jesús Ociel Baena was found dead next to another person, who local
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