By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voters will decide whether two key players in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump will keep their jobs. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee are both on the ballot for Tuesday’s election. Willis is the prosecutor who
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hours after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Ohio’s then-Republican senator, Rob Portman, voted to accept President Joe Biden’s win over the defeated former president, Donald Trump, despite Trump’s false allegations that Biden only won because of fraud.
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, Mick Krever, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN Near the Russian border, Kharkiv region, Ukraine (CNN) — Dusk brings an urgent race to hide before dark. The “Code 9.2” drone unit, from the 92nd assault brigade, are moving into a new launch position from where they are about to conduct a rare and potent mission:
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Mick Krever, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN Near the Russian border, Kharkiv region, Ukraine (CNN) — Dusk brings an urgent race to hide before dark. The “Code 9.2” drone unit, from the 92nd assault brigade, are moving into a new launch position from where they are about to conduct a rare
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Police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured Monday night in Cabazon. The shooting was reported at around 8:15 PM in the area of Adele Avenue and Lemon Street. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, the reporting party told dispatch that his friend was walking and had been shot. There was no
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares retreated Tuesday, even as most U.S. stock indexes finished higher, especially technology issues like Nvidia. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.2% to 38,980.60. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.2% to 7,848.00. South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.8% to 2,720.90. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dove 2.1% to
Continue ReadingQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Five rescue dogs were honored by Ecuador’s Fire Department on Monday at a ceremony formally retiring them after seven years of service and turning them over to new adoptive owners. Lt. Col. Esteban Cardenas said the dogs — Ares, Kratos, Zeus, Titan and Gaia — were part of the first class
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A person was airlifted to the hospital with major injuries after a crash involving three vehicles Monday morning in Coachella. The crash was reported at around 8:15 AM in the area of Cesar Chavez Street and Avenue 50. “Their preliminary investigation revealed one vehicle became disabled in the eastbound number 1 lane of Avenue 50.
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Nolan Schanuel and Logan O’Hoppe both hit three-run homers and Jo Adell added a solo shot as the Los Angeles Angels jumped on Framber Valdez for seven runs in the fifth inning to power them to a 9-7 win over the Houston Astros on Monday night.
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The Palm Springs Police Department released video footage today of a man appearing to steal over $2,500 of landscaping tools from a truck and trailer. The theft occurred at 7:54 a.m. Thursday in the 200 block of Camino Sur, police said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Palm Springs PD (@palmspringspd) The
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel David Weiss plans to present extremely personal testimony about Hunter Biden’s drug addiction from three of his former romantic partners, according to a new filing in the felony gun case against the president’s son. In a filing Monday evening, prosecutors laid out their case
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press An Alabama district attorney on Monday asked a judge to order a new trial for a death row inmate. Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr filed a brief expressing his support for Toforest Johnson’s bid to receive a new trial. Carr wrote Johnson’s conviction was built on flawed evidence and
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Two business owners in Palm Springs are trying to gain back some sense of normalcy, after a car rammed into both of their store, causing thousands of dollars of damage. Jeffrey Bernstein, the Mayor of Palm Springs, just so happens to be one of those business owners. He owns Destination PSP on Palm Canyon. Bernstein
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Drexel University in Philadelphia is threatening to clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters as arrests linked to campus demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war surpassed the 3,000 mark nationwide. Drexel’s campus in Philadelphia was on lockdown Monday, with classes being held virtually as police kept watch over the demonstration. Many Drexel
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails on Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji will have to book a slot and pay a fee soon. Crowds, littering and climbers who try to rush too fast to the summit are causing safety and conservation concerns at
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — The National Rifle Association has elected Doug Hamlin as its executive vice president and CEO. Hamlin, who recently served as director of NRA publications, replaces Wayne LaPierre. The former CEO resigned earlier this year just before a trial on charges he wrongly used millions of dollars of the organization’s money to pay
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up inspections of water facilities that may be vulnerable to cyberattacks, the agency said Monday, citing an increase “in frequency and severity” of cyberattacks on the nation’s water plants. “EPA inspectors have identified alarming cybersecurity vulnerabilities at drinking water systems across the
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to close it. The reopening of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince is expected to help ease a critical shortage of medications and other
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Studio Ghibli, the Japanese anime factory of surreal ecological wonders that has for 39 years spirited away moviegoers with tales of Totoros, magical jellyfish and floating castles, was celebrated Monday by the Cannes Film Festival with an honorary Palme d’Or. In the 22 years that
Continue ReadingCARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Adela Cernousek of Texas A&M got her first collegiate win on the biggest stage, cruising to a three-shot victory at La Costa on Monday to win the NCAA individual title. Cernousek, a junior from France, entered the final round with a six-shot lead over Lottie Woad of Florida State, the Augusta
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