Associated Press/Report for America PHOENIX (AP) — The race for the Democratic nomination in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District narrowed further Monday, making it too close to call and ensuring an automatic recount. The district lies in Maricopa County, which finished counting ballots Monday. Former Phoenix City Council member Yassamin Ansari led former state lawmaker Raquel
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s attorney general says another nitrogen gas execution will go forward in September. The state on Monday reached a settlement agreement to end litigation filed by death row inmate Alan Miller who is slated to be the second person put to death with nitrogen gas. Alabama Attorney General Steve
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has not spoken to President Joe Biden since he dropped out of the presidential race last month. Asked by CNN’s Dana Bash on Monday whether she would like to speak with him in the future, Pelosi said, “Yes.” “Is everything OK with
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On Monday, Greater Palm Springs Pride announced the recipients of the annual Pride Honor Awards. The awards will honor contributions to the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. Honorees will be recognized at the Hilton Palm Springs on Wednesday, October 2. The Pride Honor Awards are presented by Silvercrest and co-chaired by the Coachella Valley Firebirds,
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Riverside County reported its first human case of West Nile virus of the year last week. The case is in western Riverside County; there are no reports in the Coachella Valley yet, according to the county. This comes after the Coachella Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District detected the virus in mosquitoes in Indian Wells
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Chapman homered in his third straight game, Logan Webb pitched into the sixth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 4-1 on Monday night. The Giants have won nine of their past 12 games and at 57-57 have reached the .500 mark for the first time
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 share index has soared as much as 10.7% a day after it plunged a near record 12.4%. The index gave up some of those gains as it wavered throughout the day but closed 10.2% higher at 34,675.46. The gains followed sharp losses on Wall Street that were not
Continue ReadingCNN By Isaac Yee and Tanbirul Miraj Ripon, CNN Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) — The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned and fled to neighboring India on Monday after protesters stormed her official residence after weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations in the South Asian nation. Scenes of jubilation erupted on the streets as protesters celebrated
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman singled and got a hug from Phillies star Bryce Harper in his return to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup on Monday night after missing eight games to be with his ailing 3-year-old son, who is out of danger after a serious medical diagnosis. “I’m back,” he
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Results of a recount in the Republican primary for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District show incumbent U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy still narrowly leads her opponent. The recount was completed Monday. The Associated Press is not calling the race until the resolution of a pending legal challenge from Colby Jenkins. The challenge
Continue ReadingBy Marlon Sorto and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela’s Public Ministry has opened a criminal investigation into presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and opposition leader María Corina Machado, the country’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a statement on Monday. The Public Ministry said the investigation was sparked by the two opposition figures’
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended search efforts for four people who were missing after the boat they were on capsized near Homer in south-central Alaska on Saturday. The Anchorage Daily News reports that the missing were identified by a relative as a family of four from Troy, Texas. Travis Magee,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural Nevada sheriff is investigating a potential hate crime after a Black man who was collecting signatures for a ballot measure recorded a confrontation with another man he said directed a racial slur at him and said “they have a hanging tree” for people like him. “I’m still
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San Bernardino County Fire Department has released updated information about a hillside brush fire spreading quickly in San Bernardino. As of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, firefighters have reached 100% containment and up finished cleaning the interior areas. The final size of the fire remains at 54 acres, the fire department tweeted. #EdgehillFire(Final): Firefighters have achieved
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Department of Public Safety has reinstated a state trooper who was suspended after the botched law enforcement response to the shooting at a Uvalde elementary school in 2022. Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell was notified by agency head Col. Steve McCraw by letter on Aug. 2 that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Virginia man has been arrested and charged with threatening online to kill Vice President Kamala Harris and harm other public officials. Frank L. Carillo, 66, of Winchester, made an initial appearance Monday in federal court and is being held pending a detention hearing scheduled for Thursday, according to court records and the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The deputy sheriff who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her Illinois home last month says he thought that when she unexpectedly said, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus,” she intended to kill him. That’s what Sean Grayson wrote in his field report on July 9, three days
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Bishop and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell has been reinstated to his position after being removed from duty amid inquiries into the botched response to the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde, according to a letter from Col. Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A judge ruled that the Colorado funeral home who allegedly stored 190 decaying bodies and sent must pay $950 million to the victims’ families. The civil case’s attorney said Monday that the judgment is unlikely to be paid out, making it largely symbolic. Funeral home owners Jon and
Continue ReadingWEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — The body of a man believed to have drowned in Glacier National Park was recovered over the weekend. Rangers believe they recovered the body of 26-year-old Siddhant Vitthal Patil of India on Saturday. Patil fell into Avalanche Creek on July 6. Clothing and gear similar to what Patil was wearing
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