By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to records Monday as gains for technology companies keep pushing the market higher. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% to top its all-time high set on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 188 points, or 0.5%, while the Nasdaq composite added 1%
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, who has promised to conduct mass deportations if he is elected to a second term in November, continued his angry rhetoric about illegal immigration at a campaign rally in Nevada in early June. “Virtually 100% of the new jobs under Biden have also gone to
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who twice brought guns to the Wisconsin state Capitol building looking for Gov. Tony Evers has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Prosecutors accused Joshua Pleasnick of showing up at the Capitol on Oct. 4 and demanding to see the governor while armed with a
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts went on the injured list Monday for the first time this season with a broken left hand. The 2018 AL MVP is expected to miss roughly six to eight weeks, manager Dave Roberts told reporters before Monday night’s game against Colorado. The 31-year-old shortstop was hit
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press An anti-abortion group in South Dakota has filed a lawsuit to block an abortion rights measure from the November ballot. The Life Defense Fund filed its lawsuit on Thursday. The group seeks to disqualify or invalidate the initiative. In May, Secretary of State Monae Johnson validated the measure by Dakotans
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A flashy Brooklyn preacher who played up connections to New York City’s mayor has been sentenced to nine years in prison for multiple frauds. Lamor Miller-Whitehead was sentenced Monday in Manhattan federal court. Judge Lorna G. Schofield said she didn’t see remorse from the Rolls Royce-driving
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is preparing to announce sweeping executive action Tuesday that would shield select undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation and allow them to work legally in the country as they seek citizenship, according to people familiar with the plans. The policy would
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — It’s been creative director musical chairs at some of Italy’s top fashion houses, and the pressure is showing, at least on social media. Gucci’s Sabato De Sarno presented his third collection in Milan on Monday, still the most highly anticipated runway show of the week as
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies activated shortstop Trea Turner from the injured list and slotted him to bat second Monday night against the San Diego Padres. Turner missed 38 games after straining his left hamstring in Philadelphia’s 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on May 3. The four-time All-Star was hurt running the
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration’s effort to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students hit another roadblock Monday, when a federal judge in Kentucky temporarily blocked the new Title IX rule in six additional states. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves referred to the regulation as “arbitrary in the truest
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered BNSF Railway to pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across its reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled last year that the the
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS and JIM SALTER Associated Press FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — It’s hot and getting hotter for workers and everyone else outdoors as the first significant heat wave of the year makes its way eastward across the United States. More than 70 million people were under extreme heat alerts Monday. What’s more, the
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES, SEUNG MIN KIM and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is planning to announce a sweeping new policy Tuesday that would lift the threat of deportation for hundreds of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens, an aggressive election-year action on immigration that had been sought by many
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general has charged Democratic power broker George Norcross with racketeering and other crimes in connection with government issued tax credits. An indictment was unsealed Monday and Attorney General Matt Platkin announced the charges at a news conference in Trenton. Norcross has been an
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rallying toward more records Monday as gains for technology companies keep pushing the market higher. The S&P 500 was up 0.9% in late trading and on track to close above its all-time high set on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was
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Coming out can present a multitude of emotions for individuals in the LGBTQ+ community. While it can be an exciting time in a person’s life, it can also be filled with uncertainty. Dr. Jill Hingston, Director of Behavioral Health Services at the LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert in Palm Springs, has for many years
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Earlier Friday, the Department of the Interior (DOI) held a meeting to hear community feedback, including Tribal leaders and elected officials who called on President Biden to designate the Chuckwalla National Monument. Representatives from the department and the Bureau of Land Management attended to hear from Tribal leaders, elected officials and community members. The proposed
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press Communities across the country are grappling with a rash of violence in the final days of spring that included at least four mass shootings in one weekend. A lone gunman opened fire at a splash pad in suburban Detroit. Seven people were shot at a “pop-up” party organized via social
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The Desert Hot Springs Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a man wounded on the morning of Sunday, June 16. The incident began at Indian Canyon and 20th Avenue at 10:59 A.M. Officers spotted a wanted vehicle related to a kidnapping and firearm brandishing report last week. When police attempted to pull
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau climbed back into the most famous bunker at Pinehurst No. 2, this time with the U.S. Open trophy instead of his 55-degree sand wedge, filling the silver prize with grains of sand to commemorate the best shot of his life. Rory McIlroy wanted
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