By STEVE KARNOWSKI and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has ended a second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the trial of seven Minnesotans accused of exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to steal more than $40 million meant to feed children. Attention has focused on the case after someone tried
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On July 1, 2024, a new law, Assembly Bill No. 1013 (Lowenthal, Chapter 353, Statutes of 2023) will take effect, mandating Type 48 license holders make drug testing kits available on premise, either for sale or at no cost to patrons. Type 48 licenses are issued by the ABC to bars and night clubs. The
Continue ReadingBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a New York judge who was censured after being seen on video shoving a police officer during a brawl with neighbors will be replaced on the bench. Judge Mark Grisanti’s term on the Court of Claims expired last year and he has been an acting state Supreme Court justice
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer Former NBA player Chase Budinger is going to the Olympics — for beach volleyball. The 6-foot-7 Californian, who helped Arizona reach the Sweet 16 in 2009 before playing seven seasons with the Rockets, Timberwolves, Pacers and Suns, earned a berth with Miles Evans as the No. 2 U.S. men’s
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Three people have been shot and killed at a small grocery store in Montgomery. City officials say they are investigating if Tuesday night’s shooting is connected to a string of robberies targeting Latino-owned businesses in Alabama’s capital city. The shooting at Tienda Los Hermanos, a grocery store on the south side
Continue ReadingBy JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Wilmer Flores’ grand slam highlighted a six-run outburst in the third inning and the San Francisco Giants snapped a six-game losing streak with a 9-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Heliot Ramos added a two-run homer in the third off Jordan Montgomery (3-4), whose ERA
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators have advanced a proposed constitutional amendment to make it clear that only U.S. citizens can vote in the state. It would retool language on the books that already limits balloting to U.S.-born and naturalized citizens 18 and older. A House election-law
Continue ReadingBy Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — Baseball legend Willie Mays never expected to get 10 more career hits five decades after his last game. But that’s exactly what happened last week when Major League Baseball integrated Negro League statistics into its record books. “So that’s a very good thing,” Mays told CNN in a statement Wednesday. “It must be
Continue ReadingBy ARSENE EVARISTE and MONIKA PRONCZUK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister has pledged more support to Burkina Faso in fighting militant groups as he presses his whirlwind tour of West Africa in an attempt to fill a vacuum left by the region’s traditional Western partners. Sergey Lavrov told reporters on
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Month after month, global temperatures are setting new records. Meanwhile, scientists and climate policymakers warn of the growing likelihood that the planet will soon exceed the warming target set at the landmark Paris 2015 climate talks. Making sense of the run of climate extremes may be challenging
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made 20 false reports of bombs and shootings around the U.S. and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses, has been sentenced to three years in prison, U.S. authorities said. Ashton Connor Garcia, 21, of Bremerton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Tuesday, according
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made 20 false reports of bombs and shootings around the U.S. and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses, has been sentenced to three years in prison, U.S. authorities said. Ashton Connor Garcia, 21, of Bremerton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Tuesday, according
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Sahar Akbarzai and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — At least four people were killed and more than 20 others injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train in the Czech Republic on Wednesday night, authorities said. Rescue operations have ended and authorities will investigate what caused the crash in the city of Pardubice, police said Thursday.
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Update 6/5/24 N Indian Canyon Drive is back open at the Whitewater Wash in Palm Springs. It’s the first time the road has been open since issues with low visibility and sand build up caused by strong winds. Have you downloaded the ‘KESQ First Alert’ app yet? It’s FREE! Click here You’ll stay up-to-date with the
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has begun requesting information from his potential vice presidential candidates, sending vetting paperwork to a list of top contenders in recent weeks. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance were among those who received
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A defense lawyer is declining to comment on the case against a New York man charged in a sports betting scandal that cost former NBA player Jontay Porter his career. Attorney Michael Soshnick also wouldn’t Wednesday say whether his client, Long Phi Pham, knows the former
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors who will decide whether President Joe Biden’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges are hearing deeply personal testimony about a dark period for Hunter Biden. The case stems from a gun the younger Biden bought in October 2018.
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Government advisers Wednesday said it’s time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall — targeting a version of the ever-evolving coronavirus called JN.1. While COVID-19 cases currently are low, more surges are inevitable and manufacturers need time to brew
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The third day of the Hunter Biden trial saw his ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend testify in vivid detail about his drug addiction. Also introduced as evidence Wednesday was the gun Biden bought in October 2018 that’s at the center of the charges against him. The salesman who
Continue ReadingVIGO PARK, Texas (AP) — Storm trackers in the Texas Panhandle have recovered a massive hail stone that’s about the size of a pineapple. It could be a new state record. The giant hail was found along the side of the road near Vigo Park on Sunday by veteran storm chasers Val and Amy Castor
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