By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A centrist candidate who has vowed to be tough on crime was leading in the race for top prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, in a contest that was seen as a referendum on voter concerns over homelessness, public drug use and disorder. Nathan
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A centrist candidate who has vowed to be tough on crime was leading in the race for top prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, in a contest that was seen as a referendum on voter concerns over homelessness, public drug use and disorder. Nathan
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader presided over a funeral Wednesday for the country’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash, as tens of thousands later followed a procession of their caskets through the capital, Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held the service at
Continue ReadingKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The owner of Nepal’s largest news organization has been arrested for allegedly violating the country’s citizenship laws over an issue with his citizenship card. Kailash Sirohiya will be presented before a judge in a district court in south Nepal on Wednesday where a case has been filed against him. He was
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Zhang Zhan has been released from a Chinese prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Zhang was charged with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and served her full term. But on the day of her release a week
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College of the Desert held its 2024 commencement ceremony at Acrisure Arena for the second year in a row. After years of hard work, hundreds of graduating COD students walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. “Being first generation really put that into my mind. And I kept going and going and going and
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s African National Congress rose above politics for years. It was a movement dedicated to freeing Black people from the oppression of white minority rule and to the principle of democracy, equality and a better life for all South Africans. It was widely
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader will preside over a funeral for the country’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will begin the service Wednesday at Tehran University. The caskets of the eight killed will then be taken on
Continue ReadingLONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Lexie Brown scored 20 points, rookie Cameron Brink led a defensive effort that three times did not allow a clear shot in the final possessions and the Los Angeles Sparks defeated the Washington Mystics 70-68 on Tuesday night. With Los Angeles (1-2) leading 67-66, Washington had the ball and called
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press Climate change increasingly threatens some of the nation’s most sensitive sites, including research laboratories, military facilities and power plants with radioactive material. Extreme heat and drought, longer fire seasons with larger, more intense blazes and supercharged rainstorms that can lead to catastrophic flooding are forcing a reckoning that environmentalists and
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press Climate change increasingly threatens some of the nation’s most sensitive sites, including research laboratories, military facilities and power plants with radioactive material. Extreme heat and drought, longer fire seasons with larger, more intense blazes and supercharged rainstorms that can lead to catastrophic flooding are forcing a reckoning that environmentalists and
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Two mushroom farms in Northern California agreed to pay more than $450,000 in back wages and damages for dozens of employees stemming from a federal work- and living-conditions investigation that started after seven people were fatally shot there in 2023, the US Department of Labor said
Continue ReadingBy Edward Szekeres and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron is on his way to New Caledonia, a government official has said, after a week of deadly unrest in the Pacific archipelago. Macron was leaving Paris on Tuesday night and will “set up a mission” in the French territory, government spokesperson Prisca
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Tom Brady is coming into the booth of Fox Sports top NFL team with seven Super Bowl rings. Greg Olsen is leaving it with another Sports Emmy award. After being named Outstanding Emerging On-Air Talent last year, Olsen was named the top Event Analyst during the three-hour ceremony at
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Tom Brady is coming into the booth of Fox Sports top NFL team with seven Super Bowl rings. Greg Olsen is leaving it with another Sports Emmy award. After being named Outstanding Emerging On-Air Talent last year, Olsen was named the top Event Analyst during the three-hour ceremony at
Continue ReadingBy NAPAT KONGSAWAD Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines says most of the passengers who were on one of its jetliners that was battered by severe turbulence have been flown to Singapore from Bangkok. The airline says 143 passengers arrived in the city state shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday. Airline CEO Goh Choon Phong
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joc Pederson slugged a three-run homer for his 500th career RBI, Christian Walker went deep and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 on Tuesday night. The Dodgers had their four-game winning streak at home snapped as they got outhit, 12-6. Every player
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — A North Korean propaganda song extolling Kim Jong Un as “a great leader and a friendly parent” has gone viral on TikTok, with mashups and dances racking up millions of views, leading to South Korea banning the tune due to “psychological warfare.” Seoul’s media regulator on
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — An undisclosed number of people were killed when a tornado tore through a small town in Iowa, leaving a wide swath of obliterated homes and crumpled cars and also twisting and toppling wind turbines outside of the town. After devastating
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Zhang was charged with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and served her full term. But on the day of her release a week ago, her
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