By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers hoping to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri are narrowing their proposal for encouraging the Super Bowl champions to build a new stadium and linking the proposal to a plan for broad tax cuts. Those moves are designed to win over skeptical colleagues.
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Zach Plesac pitched six innings of four-hit ball in his Angels debut and his first major league start in nearly 14 months, and Zach Neto hit a two-run homer in Los Angeles’ 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night. Luis Guillorme had an
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. It’s one of three cases in Colorado that have pitted LGBTQ+ civil rights against First Amendment rights. Two of those cases have involved Jack Phillips,
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By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States government has suspended inspections of avocados and mangoes in the Mexican state of Michoacan due to security concerns, an official said Monday. A U.S. government spokesperson, whose name could not be used under agency policy, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and
Continue ReadingGLENNVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A prison official says the inmate who shot and killed a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison before fatally shooting himself had a personal relationship with the woman. Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lori Benoit said the shooting a day earlier at Smith State Prison was an isolated incident and the
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A sentencing hearing has begun for the person who killed five people and wounded over a dozen others during a mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs. Anderson Lee Aldrich is set to plead guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday. Prosecutors are expected to show that
Continue ReadingBy TED ANTHONY AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Last week in Parkland, Florida, wrecking equipment began demolishing the building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where a gunman’s rampage in 2018 ended with 17 people dead. As the rumble of destruction echoed, people in the community set to explaining exactly why ripping the building
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it’s a grinning Joe Biden as “Dark Brandon” or Donald Trump’s face superimposed onto a scene from HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” both presidential campaigns this year have embraced digital memes, the lingua franca of social media. The campaigns of the Democratic president
Continue ReadingBy CORA LEWIS and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Janille Williams wants to buy a house someday — but first, he has to pay down tens of thousands of dollars in medical debt. “I was hospitalized for a blood infection for three months more than ten years ago, and the bill was
Continue ReadingBy CRAIG MEYER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had three hits, James Paxton pitched seven smooth innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Colorado Rockies 9-5 on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series between the top and bottom teams in the NL West. Miguel Rojas and Jason Heyward also
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One of two La Quinta residents accused of stealing property from multiple vehicles in the Indian Wells area pleaded not guilty today to various charges. Francisco Ferratt, 20, was charged with to three felony counts of burglary, two felony counts of vandalism and one felony count of obtaining personal identifying information for an unlawful purpose,
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota shareholders have voted in support of all of the company’s proposals at their annual meeting, including keeping Akio Toyoda, the grandson of the Japanese automaker’s founder, as chairman of the board. Details on the vote tallies weren’t immediately available. The annual meeting, held at company
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By Jack Forrest and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — A US Secret Service member fired their gun while being robbed at gunpoint Saturday night during President Joe Biden’s trip to California for a Hollywood fundraiser. The Secret Service member was returning from a work assignment in Tustin, California, and “discharged their service weapon during
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Thairo Estrada hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 victory over the Cubs on a steamy Monday night. Heliot Ramos and Patrick Bailey also homered for the Giants, who won their second straight after erasing a 6-3 deficit in the final two
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A man and his dog reunited last week at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus after a recent rescue in Joshua Tree National Park. 28-year-old Chino Hills resident Christian Corona was camping at the Jumbo Rocks campground on June 9 when his 10-month-old Doberman, Onyx, seemingly got spooked and ran away. There were several attempts throughout
Continue ReadingSTEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A twin-engine airplane has crashed in a residential area in north-central Colorado, starting a fire that burned two mobile homes. Officials don’t know how many people were aboard the up to seven-seat aircraft when it crashed Monday afternoon, but Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue says there were no survivors. Police say
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum put his hands behind his head, with TD Garden fans standing on their feet cheering around him, and took it all in. Walking to the bench, he wrapped both arms around Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla. The journey was complete. The Boston Celtics again stand
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean soldiers fired warning shots to repel North Korean soldiers who temporarily crossed the rivals’ land border Tuesday for the second time this month, South Korea’s military said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said around 20 to 30 North Korean soldiers, while engaging
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States government has suspended inspections of avocados and mangoes in the Mexican state of Michoacan due to security concerns. A U.S. government spokesperson says the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has paused inspections in Michoacan until the security conditions
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A judge paused in two Southern states a new federal mandate that employers give workers seeking elective abortions time off to obtain and recover from the procedure. US District Judge David C. Joseph in a Monday order partially halted the new rule being implemented by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
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