By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Your wallet may soon be getting thinner. Visa on Wednesday announced major changes to how credit and debit cards will operate in the U.S. in the coming months and years. The new features could mean Americans will be carrying fewer physical cards in their wallets,
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Your wallet may soon be getting thinner. Visa on Wednesday announced major changes to how credit and debit cards will operate in the U.S. in the coming months and years. The new features could mean Americans will be carrying fewer physical cards in their wallets,
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill making climate change a lesser priority under state law and banning offshore wind turbines near the lengthy coastline. The measure is to take effect July 1. It also would boost expansion of natural gas, reduce regulation on gas pipelines and increase protections against
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer after more than 30 years, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination. The July 17 closure will clear the
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year, and a confidential survey found a 19% drop in the number of service members who said they had experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact, according to new figures obtained by The Associated Press.
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Deputies were dispatched at 6:02 AM to the intersection of Grapefruit Boulevard and Mitchelle Drive in Coachella regarding a traffic collision this Wednesday morning. Deputies located a vehicle and motorcycle with collision damage upon arrival. CalFire responded to the area at 6:03 AM. The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene. Three individuals, the
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Musher and dog trainer Rick Mackey has died. He won the grueling Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska in 1983. His daughter Brenda Mackey tells The Associated Press he died Monday of lung cancer. Mackey participated in 22 Iditarods between 1975 and 2004, notching 13
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Astros starter Ronel Blanco has received a 10-game suspension for violating MLB’s prohibitions on foreign substances after being ejected from Tuesday night’s game against the Oakland Athletics. The suspension was announced by Michael Hill, MLB’s senior vice president of on-field operations. The suspension will begin Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin arrived Thursday in Beijing for a two-day state visit to China, in a show of unity between the authoritarian allies as Moscow presses forward with a new offensive in Ukraine. An honor guard from the People’s Liberation Army, the
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press Pro-Palestinian protesters wearing masks pitched tents and placed fake bloody corpses outside the home of a University of Michigan official. Sarah Hubbard is chair of the university’s governing board. She says the 6 a.m. demonstration in Okemos involved 30 people Wednesday with a bullhorn and a drum. The protesters left
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The National Security Council says high-level U.S. government envoys raised concerns about “the misuse of AI” by China and others in closed-door talks with Chinese officials in Geneva. A council spokesperson said the countries exchanged perspectives on AI safety and risk management in “candid
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Lift to Rise, along with its 75+ community partners, released their latest plan to increase affordable housing in the Coachella Valley this Wednesday. This plan is a continuation of the progress made in 2018 when Lift to Rise began a 10-year push to significantly reduce the number of rent-burdened local households through the production of
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hopes that inflation is finally heading back in the right direction swept through Wall Street Wednesday and ignited a record-setting rally for U.S. stocks. The S&P 500 jumped 1.2% to top its prior high set a month and a half ago. The Nasdaq composite added
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Investigators say they’ve identified the man who was operating the boat that fatally struck a 15-year-old girl off a South Florida beach and then left the area. No charges have been filed. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report released Wednesday says the 78-year-old man owns the Coral Gables home where
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to hold two campaign debates, on June 27 hosted by CNN and on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC. CNN says its debate will be held in its Atlanta studios with no audience
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Bronny James’ famous father was on hand Wednesday to watch him play at the NBA draft combine. LeBron James showed up wearing a black hoodie and sat in the second row for Bronny’s second and final scrimmage of the combine. The NBA’s career scoring leader, his wife and daughter were frequent spectators
Continue ReadingBy Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected another request from former Donald Trump economic aide Peter Navarro to cut his four-month prison sentence short. Navarro is in prison for contempt of Congress after ducking a subpoena for documents and testimony from the House committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is getting attention for comments he made during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend in which he congratulated the women receiving degrees, but then said most were probably more excited to get married and have children. The three-time Super Bowl champion also
Continue ReadingBy Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden sounded more like a professional wrestler than a president when he issued a vertical video social media debate challenge to his rival Wednesday morning. “Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020!” Biden said at the outset of the 14-second video, during which he also
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Open men’s final will shift to ABC from ESPN this year but the women’s title match will remain on the cable outlet a year after Coco Gauff won the Grand Slam tennis tournament. This will be the first time ABC airs the men’s final, ESPN said Wednesday. The match
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