LOS ANGELES (AP) — The organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has hired retired Army Lt. Gen. Reynold Hoover as its CEO. In a news release announcing the move on Wednesday, the committee said, “Hoover’s appointment underscored LA28’s heightened focus on operations and delivery.” “Reynold is one of the few people in the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Florida and Kansas officials are accusing two petition circulators of forging voter signatures during campaigns to put an abortion rights measure to a vote in Florida and allow the No Labels party to put candidates on the Kansas ballot. Forty-seven-year-old Jamie Johnson
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza, CNN New York (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal corruption trial continued Wednesday with an FBI special agent reading text messages from a New Jersey businessman who is alleged to have made payments on a Mercedes-Benz convertible for the senator’s wife. FBI special agent Rachel Graves combed through countless text messages
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday appointed two far-right Republicans to the powerful House Intelligence Committee, positioning two close allies of Donald Trump who worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election on a panel that receives sensitive classified briefings and oversees the work of America’s spy agencies.
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Pryce 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Not so long ago many of us were willing to buy fancy new TVs, Peloton bikes and bottles of the good stuff. Because you only live once, right? Now the free-spending party is coming to an end. Nicole Goodkind analyzes why this could be. Here’s what
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 ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Most people who received money from Norfolk Southern in the wake of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio won’t have to pay taxes on millions of dollars in aid payments after all. The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that it had decided that most of the more
Continue ReadingCNN By Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray and Jason Morris CNN (CNN) — A Georgia appeals court has halted the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants – a massive victory for the former president seeking to push further legal issues until 2025 if he can’t beat them altogether. The new
Continue ReadingBy John Miller, Mark Morales, Brynn Gingras and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings, is expected to be indicted Thursday on new murder charges in the killings of two additional women, multiple law enforcement sources tell CNN. The former New York architect was taken into custody in
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day in 1944, he might be thinking about some of his uncles. That amphibious landing on the beaches of Normandy, France, during World War II is credited with helping Allied powers liberate France from Nazi Germany. Biden was
Continue ReadingKINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Two women wanted in connection with a double-homicide case in Colorado have been arrested in northwest Arizona, authorities said Wednesday. Mohave County Sheriff’s officials said 43-year-old Toni Gurule and 42-year-old Suzzette Salyer remain jailed without bond as they await extradition. They said the women were arrested by a SWAT team after
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has hired retired Army Lt. Gen. Reynold Hoover as its CEO. In a news release announcing the move on Wednesday, the committee said, “Hoover’s appointment underscored LA28’s heightened focus on operations and delivery.” “Reynold is one of the few people in the
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers safety Talanoa Hufanga aims to be ready to return to action in time for the season opener after tearing a ligament in his knee last November. Hufanga tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee last Nov. 19 in
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The Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its 2024 program lineup on Monday. ShortFest’s 30th-year anniversary, sponsored by the City of Palm Springs, will be presented at the Regal Palm Springs from June 18 through June 24, 2024. The festival will screen 52 programs, including 310 short films from 63 countries and territories, counting 49 world
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Cathedral City Fire has confirmed that the Arson investigation regarding the fire that destroyed the abandoned Elk’s Lodge on March 11, 2024, has been completed. The fire took place on the 67-000 block of East Palm Canyon Drive. T hree people were killed on scene in the fire: Josee Vanbuskirk, a 37-year-old resident of Wasilla,
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court has halted the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others while it reviews the lower court judge’s ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. The Georgia Court of Appeals’ order on Wednesday prevents Fulton
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation overhauling access to the state’s public records, likely making it harder for the public and media to access some documents, according to critics. The Democrat on Wednesday acknowledged the disappointment of social justice, labor and other groups that
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is appointing two far-right Republicans to the powerful House Intelligence Committee. He is positioning two close allies of Donald Trump who worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election on a panel that receives sensitive classified briefings and oversees the work of America’s spy
Continue ReadingBy John Miller, CNN (CNN) — The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke former President Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun, a senior police official told CNN. Trump’s New York concealed carry license was quietly suspended on April 1, 2023, following his indictment on criminal charges in New York, the official
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By Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray and Jason Morris CNN (CNN) — A Georgia appeals court has halted the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants – a massive victory for the former president seeking to push further legal issues until 2025 if he can’t beat them altogether. The new order
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