By Zachary Cohen, Sean Lyngaas and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Operatives working for the Chinese and Iranian governments prepared fake, AI-generated content as part of a campaign to influence US voters in the closing weeks of the 2020 election campaign, current and former US officials briefed on the intelligence told CNN. The Chinese and Iranian operatives never
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is on the verge of brokering a four-party coalition in the Netherlands six months after coming in first in national elections, opening the prospect that yet another European Union nation will veer toward the hard right weeks ahead of EU-wide elections. Wilders has
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses shot down 10 U.S.-supplied Ukrainian missiles targeting Crimea early Wednesday just as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Kyiv. The ministry said 10 U.S.-supplied Ukrainian ATACMS missiles were destroyed over the Black Sea over Crimea. Sevastopol Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev said air defenses shot
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Special Enforcement Bureau personnel are searching tonight for an armed suspect who fired shots at a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputy in Jurupa Valley. The shooting was reported around 7 p.m. when the suspect shot at a deputy near Pats Ranch Road and 68th Street, CBS Los Angeles reported. The suspect is wanted for
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Cathedral City High School softball pitcher Guadalupe Castro is this week’s student-athlete of the week. As the Lions reached the playoffs for the first time in the school’s history, the people closest to Castro helped her achieve that goal. “What pushes me is my family,” Castro said. “They’re the ones who motivate me to get
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly higher on Wednesday after a rally on Wall Street that took the Nasdaq composite index to a record high. A report Tuesday showed that prices remain stubbornly high at the wholesale level in the United States, before many price changes are passed
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Indio native Abi Carter is heading to the American Idol finale and the city of Indio celebrated her on Tuesday as part of the “Hometown Visit.” “It has been so amazing and so humbling. I’ve never felt so close to my community than I do right now,” Abi said. Check Out: Community reflects on Indio’s
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American Idol finalist Abi Carter paid a visit to Washington Charter Elementary School Tuesday morning, a school she attended as a young student in the valley, and even listened to a performance from the choir. “Tell me about the 1st time you heard her sing?,” News Channel 3 asked Christina Osborn, a math teacher at
Continue ReadingBy KASPARMAN PILIANG and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press TANAH DATAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have seeded clouds in a bid to prevent further rainfall after flash floods that hit the country’s Sumatra Island over the weekend left at least 58 people dead. Another 35 are missing. A landslide of mud and cold lava from
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press MALAPPURAM, India (AP) — Preventing Muslim migrants from gaining citizenship. Revoking the semi-autonomy of the country’s only Muslim-majority region. Building a Hindu temple where a violent mob razed a mosque. These were political triumphs for Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the past decade, burnishing his reputation as
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani really wanted a splash hit into San Francisco’s McCovey Cove, and he came oh so close Tuesday night. Ohtani’s 446-foot drive for the Dodgers during a 10-2 win against the Giants landed above the brick facade in right-center for the longest home run
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — A young activist jailed for insulting Thailand’s monarchy died on Tuesday following a prolonged hunger strike, officials said, prompting an outpouring of grief and renewed calls for justice reform in the Southeast Asian kingdom Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom, 28, died after suffering a “sudden cardiac arrest,” Thailand’s Corrections Department
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a major injury crash in Coachella Tuesday night. The crash was reported just before 8:30 PM in the area of 52nd Avenue and Dos Palmas Avenue. Sergeant Wenndy Brito-Gonzalez of the Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the crash involved a vehicle and an off-road vehicle. Details on the crash remain
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is ready to start with opening statements Wednesday as prosecutors seek to convince a jury that the longtime powerful Democrat was corrupt. The three-term senator has insisted since his fall arrest that he is
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press TANGIERS, Morocco (AP) — Morocco has grown its automotive industry from virtually non-existent to Africa’s largest in less than two decades. The North African kingdom supplies more cars to Europe than China, India or Japan, and has the capacity to produce 700,000 vehicles a year. Moroccan officials are determined to
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some social media users are calling out celebrities for what they say is inaction in the face of a humanitarian crisis in Gaza — and they’ve taken to a “blockout” to pressure the stars to take a stand. For the blockout, users put a block on
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — After 30 years of dominating South African politics, the ruling African National Congress will face its toughest election this month as most opinion polls predict it will lose its parliamentary majority for the first time. Once admired under the leadership of Nelson Mandela, and
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly higher on Wednesday after a rally on Wall Street that took the Nasdaq composite index to a record high. A report Tuesday showed that prices remain stubbornly high at the wholesale level in the United States, before many price changes are passed
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had a solo home run and an RBI double among his three hits, and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers pounded the rival San Francisco Giants 10-2 on Tuesday night. Ohtani’s 12th homer highlighted a four-run fourth inning that was capped by Gavin
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Alec Burleson hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning, Pedro Pagés had a three-run double for his first MLB hit and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Angels 7-6 Tuesday night. Burleson also had three hits as he homered for the fourth
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