WASHINGTON (AP) — Brittney Sykes scored a season-high 28 points and Shakira Austin added 14 points and 11 rebounds — her first double-double of the season — to help the Washington Mystics beat the Los Angeles Sparks 80-74 on Friday night and snap a five-game losing streak. Ariel Atkins scored 15 points and Stefanie Dolson
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fires broke out Friday on a Greek-flagged oil tanker previously attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels this week, with the vessel now appearing to be adrift in the Red Sea, authorities said. It wasn’t immediately clear what had happened to the oil tanker Sounion, which had been abandoned
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres star right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. took batting practice on the field Friday and said he expects to return in September from a stress reaction in his right thighbone that has sidelined him for two months. “It felt really good just being outside with the
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman has lost seeing his best friend every day and the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse is without a respected presence who mentored the younger players. Veteran outfielder Jason Heyward was cut loose Thursday, two days after his pinch-hit, go-ahead three-run homer gave the Dodgers a 6-3 win
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News Channel 3 had the opportunity to speak exclusively with a California delegate attending the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. California District Level Delegate and Democratic strategist, Steven Maviglio, says this is his third time he’s attended a Democratic national convention. He describes a larger sense of unity among delegates and a level of energy
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The same Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns have tried to go after the WhatsApp accounts of staffers in the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. That’s according to a statement Friday from Meta Platforms, which said it
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Family members are searching for an Idyllwild man who disappeared on his way home after visiting his sister at a hospital in Palm Desert. The family of Delfino Guadalupe Lopez Fajardo, 47, said his truck was found abandoned and ransacked. Lopez Fajardo was last seen at around 6:30 p.m. last week on Thursday, Aug. 15
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has disheartened LGBTQ+ activists after issuing a slew of new policies this week that would significantly restrict the role of its transgender members. The guidelines were released Monday as part of updates to the General Handbook of the denomination known widely as the Mormon
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — The largest broadcaster of regional sports networks across the country will continue to televise games for more than a dozen NBA teams and nine NHL teams through the 2024-2025 season even as it moves through bankruptcy proceedings, according to court filings on Friday. Diamond Sports Group, which broadcasts the Bally-branded regional sports
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — The largest broadcaster of regional sports networks across the country will continue to televise games for more than a dozen NBA teams and nine NHL teams through the 2024-2025 season even as it moves through bankruptcy proceedings, according to court filings on Friday. Diamond Sports Group, which broadcasts the Bally-branded regional sports
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s electoral institute has voted to give the governing Morena party and its allies about 73% of seats in the lower house of Congress, even though the coalition won only about 60% of the votes in the June 2 elections. The ruling Friday would give the governing party the two-thirds majority
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — King County prosecutors have filed charges against a man they say forced his way into a vehicle occupied by a beloved 80-year-old Seattle dog walker, pushed her out and ran over her before going to a park and stabbing her dog to death. Forty-eight-year-old Jahmed Kamal Haynes was charged Friday
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Okla.; Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa., and Pat Ryan, D-N.Y.; retired Lt. Gen.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has decided it won’t fast-track appeals of results in two lawsuits initiated by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper challenging new laws that eroded his power to choose members of several boards and commissions. The state Supreme Court denied on Friday the requests from Republican legislative leaders
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom has withdrawn from the race for Alaska’s lone seat in the U.S. House after finishing third in this week’s primary. The Republican backed by former President Donald Trump announced her decision Friday. The move leaves second-place finisher Republican Nick Begich as the main challenger
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has set a Sept. 20 date to put inmate Freddie Eugene Owens to death in what would be the state’s first execution in more than 13 years. South Carolina was once one of the busiest states for executions, but for years had had trouble obtaining lethal injection
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Months of feverish negotiations, in different cities and at multiple levels, have gotten Israel and Hamas closer to striking a ceasefire deal. But even if an agreement is reached – still far from certain – it could end up lasting only weeks before it collapses and the war in Gaza resumes. As senior negotiators
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Hear from Palm Desert Mayor Karina Quintanilla below (Swipe right in the video player on the app): Several dozen Palm Desert residents are raising concerns about a recent Facebook post from the city’s Mayor, Karina Quintanilla. Many of them turned out at Thursday night’s city council meeting to share their frustrations. In the post, Quintanilla called out
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The head of the Las Vegas police union said Friday that officers will not abide by the NFL’s new access policy for certain areas of Allegiant Stadium and that the league lacked the power to enforce those rules. Steve Grammas, president of the Las Vegas Police Protective Association,
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, Zoe Sottile, Shawn Nottingham and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — A second former Memphis police officer facing federal civil rights charges in the violent arrest and beating death of Tyre Nichols changed his plea to guilty on Friday in federal court. Emmitt Martin III joined his former colleague Desmond Mills, who also
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