Firefly Aerospace is set for their Noise of Summer mission taking place tonight, launching the Alpha FLTA005 out of the Vandenberg Space Force Base, located near Lompoc, California. Liftoff is tonight at 9:03 P.M. PDT. The livestream will begin T-30 minutes to liftoff. https://youtu.be/F6nYZEVsMc0 This mission supports Firefly’s Venture-Class Launch Services Demo 2 contract with
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writers DALLAS (AP) — Klay Thompson has taken off his Golden State jersey for the last time. And the Warriors say they’re going to retire it to commemorate his time with them. Thompson is moving on from the Warriors, with the four-time league champion agreeing to join the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Weather forecasters in New Mexico are warning that much of the state faces two more days of elevated threats of dangerous flooding. Flood waters over the weekend caused severe property damage in several areas, forced the rescues of 100 people and left parts of one town recently ravaged by wildfires covered
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s territorial status will be on the ballot in the U.S. territory’s general elections this November, marking the first time that the island’s current status as a U.S. territory will not be an option in the plebiscite. Gov. Pedro Pierluisi on Monday announced that voters on
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat whose seat is crucial to maintaining his party’s slim Senate majority in November, faced a new attack ad Sunday from GOP challenger Dave McCormick’s campaign — one that Republicans across the country could emulate. Casey, the McCormick ad claims, knew
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Donald Trump has repeatedly said he can settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if he’s elected president again. When asked Monday to respond to the claim from the presumptive Republican nominee, Russia’s United Nations Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told reporters that “the Ukrainian crisis cannot be
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Progressive groups in Arkansas have decided to not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a lower court’s ruling that civil rights groups say erodes the Voting Rights Act. The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State Conference NAACP did not ask the Supreme Court
Continue ReadingBy Scott McLean and Isil Sariyuce, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Allegations of sexual abuse against a child by a Syrian man in Kayseri, Turkey, have sparked overnight riots that targeted Syrian businesses and cars in the city. According to Turkish state news agency Anadolu, a Syrian man was arrested on allegations that he sexually abused
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former TV host Carlos Watson told a jury Monday he never schemed to con backers of his Ozy Media, a once high-flying startup that crashed in a storm of doubt about its business tactics and claims of success. “Mr. Watson, did you conspire to commit securities fraud?” asked his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Four former Missouri guards have pleaded not guilty to murder in the December death of a Black man in prison, and a fifth has pleaded not guilty to accessory to involuntary manslaughter. Thirty-eight-year-old Othel Moore Jr. died on Dec. 8 in the Jefferson City Correctional Center. A criminal
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a story published Jul. 1, 2024, about reparations proposals in California, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire said the budget included $12 billion for reparations legislation. He said $12 million.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California plans to spend up to $12 million on reparations legislation under a budget signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, marking a milestone in the state’s efforts to atone for a legacy of racism and discrimination against Black Californians. The reparations funding in the $297.9 billion budget
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is going to pay for flights and offer other help to Panama to remove migrants. The agreement was signed Monday during an official visit to Panama by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the inauguration of the Central American country’s new president. José Raúl Mulino has vowed
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump boasted about their record of support for historically Black colleges and universities at CNN’s presidential debate last week. During the debate, Trump said he “got (HBCUs) all funded.” CNN determined that this claim was exaggerated. Biden also touted his investments for HBCUs,
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz was charged on Friday with a weapons violation at Washington Dulles International Airport, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Airports Authority told CNN. Spartz, a Republican from Indiana, was charged with violating a section of Virginia law that prohibits carrying any gun, explosive
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian police have arrested one of the founders of Tren de Aragua, a transnational gang that was founded in a Venezuelan prison and is now involved in multiple criminal enterprises throughout Latin America. Larry Álvarez was arrested near the town of Circasia in central Colombia, according to a statement released Monday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta City Council has approved the payment of a settlement of $2 million to two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car while they were stuck in downtown traffic caused by protests over George Floyd’s killing. The young lady and young man were students
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Subway riders in Boston are playing their own game of “Where’s Waldo?” But instead of searching for a cartoon character with a red and white striped top, they’re on the lookout for subway trains with googly eyes decals. The head of transit service said the whimsical decals are attached to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey says President Joe Biden is able to run a strong race and serve a second term in the Oval Office. Casey on Monday stood by his close ally in the critical battleground state following a disastrous debate performance. Casey has stayed quiet about Biden’s performance
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