Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say someone made off with a knife from a crime scene in the chaotic aftermath of a police shooting. The NYPD says Monday it’s requesting the public’s help to track down a man who took the knife out of a subway station Sunday. Police had
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The Coachella Valley Water District will pay a penalty of nearly $237,000 for its role in a 2020 sewage spill that discharged 128,000 gallons of raw wastewater into a Riverside County stormwater channel. The penalty was announced by the State Water Control Board on Monday. According to the agency, an investigation by the Colorado River Basin
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers offense was dealt another blow with star receiver Deebo Samuel getting sidelined by a strained calf. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday that Samuel got hurt in the closing minutes of Sunday’s 23-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings and will likely miss “a
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Cal State San Bernardino, including the Palm Desert campus, has extended their undergraduate applications for first-year, transfer and returning students. The original deadline was Sept. 15. On Monday, the school announced a five-day extension bringing the deadline to Friday, Sept 20. Classes start in January and students can apply to any non-impacted major, including psychology,
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, failed to convince a judge that his criminal case related to the 2020 election in Arizona should be moved to federal court, which could have made it easier to have the charges dismissed. Meadows similarly failed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has rejected a bid by Mark Meadows, former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, to move his charges in Arizona’s fake elector case to federal court, marking the second time he has failed in trying to get his charges out of state court. In a decision Monday,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower ruling that rejected a bid to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on the battleground state’s ballot for the November election. The courts sided Monday with the secretary of state’s office in rejecting West’s candidacy paperwork. The decision sets in motion the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico rose slightly in August. The figures released Monday end a stretch of five straight months of declines and signal that flows may be leveling off after sharp drops this year. The Border Patrol made slightly more than 58,000 arrests on the Mexican
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A Virginia grand jury has indicted Brendan Banfield on four counts of aggravated murder in the 2023 killings of his wife, Christine Banfield, and Joseph Ryan. The news came in the form of a bench warrant filed in Fairfax Circuit Court. Banfield’s arrest comes nearly a year
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Delaware judge has set several trial parameters in a defamation lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump against a conservative news outlet that aired accusations of vote manipulation in the 2020 election. The judge on Monday also told attorneys for Smartmatic and cable network
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Deputies are investigating a homicide after a 71-year-old man was found dead in a home in Yucca Valley over the weekend. The investigation started when deputies responded to a medical assistance call Friday at around 7:00 p.m. on the 55000 block of 29 Palms Highway. Deputies arrived and found the man dead inside the home.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court has reinstated an Arkansas rule prohibiting election officials from accepting voter registration forms signed with an electronic signature. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an administrative stay on Friday afternoon of a preliminary injunction against the rule. An appeal of the preliminary
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Egypt on Tuesday for his 10th trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began nearly a year ago, this one aimed partly at refining a proposal to present to Israel and Hamas for a cease-fire deal and release of hostages.
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — American gymnast Jordan Chiles is asking Switzerland’s Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that stripped Chiles of a bronze medal in floor exercise at the 2024 Olympics. Chiles, with the support of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and USA Gymnastics, filed the
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden worked to shore up support among key constituencies during separate events Monday, an example of their strategic attempt to divide and conquer the campaign trail with the race to November heating up. In battleground Pennsylvania, a must-win
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer has testified in the trial of three former colleagues charged with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols. Emmitt Martin III said Monday that Nichols posed no threat to police when he was snatched out of his car during a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff fed up with a spate of false school shooting threats is taking a new tactic to try get through to students and their parents: he’s posting the mugshot of any offender on social media. Law enforcement officials in Florida and across the country have
Continue ReadingIvonne Valdés, CNN en Español (CNN) — A mayoral debate in the Brazilian city of São Paulo turned ugly when one of the candidates attacked a rival with a chair. Video from the debate, broadcast live on Sunday by TV Cultura, shows a tense exchange between José Luiz Datena and Pablo Marçal before Datena swings
Continue ReadingCNN Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español (CNN) — A mayoral debate in the Brazilian city of São Paulo turned ugly when one of the candidates attacked a rival with a chair. Video from the debate, broadcast live on Sunday by TV Cultura, shows a tense exchange between José Luiz Datena and Pablo Marçal before Datena
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Pryce, 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! A problematic airline passenger has been hit with an unusual punishment: He has to pay back more than $5,000
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