LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ian Darke will pair with Landon Donovan as Fox’s lead broadcast team at this year’s European Championship, while John Strong and Stu Holden work the Copa America. With the tournaments overlapping, the network said Thursday it will use seven announcing teams. Darke is a longtime ESPN broadcaster who first worked for
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Ian Darke will pair with Landon Donovan as Fox’s lead broadcast team at this year’s European Championship, while John Strong and Stu Holden work the Copa America. With the tournaments overlapping, the network said Thursday it will use seven announcing teams. Darke is a longtime ESPN broadcaster who first worked for
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Larry Hicks, a federal judge in Nevada for more than 20 years who presided over cases ranging from U.S. environmental disputes to political corruption trials, died after being struck by a vehicle at an intersection near the federal courthouse in Reno, authorities and his family said.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has given homeowners another chance to force Bank of America and other large banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts. The court unanimously threw out an appeals court ruling in favor of Bank of America, which has refused to pay interest on money it collects to pay borrowers’
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Bishop and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Bruhat Soma, 12, of Florida won the 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night after defeating all seven other finalists and beating his final competitor in the Bee’s second-ever spell-off. Bruhat spelled 29 words correctly during that spell-off, while 12-year-old Faizan Zaki of Texas, spelled 20
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s domestic security agency is accusing Iran of using established criminal networks in Sweden as a proxy to target Israeli or Jewish interests in the Scandinavian country. The accusations were raised at a news conference on Thursday by Daniel Stenling, the head of the SAPO
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press AGADIR, Morocco (AP) — The head of the United States military’s Africa Command is pushing back against Russia’s efforts to broaden its influence in Africa, blaming the country’s disinformation efforts for the spate of military coups that has swept the region in recent years. In an interview with The Associated
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Jury deliberations in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial entered a second day as jurors navigate the weighty task of evaluating the former president’s guilt and innocence alongside the facts of the case. The panel deliberated for more than four hours Wednesday and asked the judge to rehear both jury instructions
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andra Day gained acting acclaim after her starring role in a 2021 Billie Holiday biopic, but the soulful singer nearly lost the strength of her powerful voice during the process. Day says she injured her vocals after smoking cigarettes as part of her role
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May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness month. 1 in 5 woman and 1 in 10 men are affected by some type of mental health condition during pregnancy and up to one year after giving birth. Desert Regional Medical Center was recently granted the advanced certification in prenatal care. The designation includes the hospitals awareness of
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The Western Conference match up between the Firebirds and the Admirals may be the same as last year’s, but Coachella Valley fans have shown there’s no shortage of original ideas to celebrate their favorite team. The Firebirds faithful are having a bit of déjà vu, as the team kicked off the Western Conference Finals. “I
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Medical supply company Medline Industries is recalling some 1.5 million portable adult bed rails across the U.S. and Canada, following two reports of entrapment deaths associated with the products. The recall impacts two models of Medline’s “Bed Assist Bars.” According to a Thursday announcement from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales, will not be returning to royal duties with an appearance at the Colonel’s Review, a military parade in London in early June, as she continues her treatment for cancer. The ceremonial display on June 8 is the traditional dress rehearsal for
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave an iconic 1851 speech now known as “Ain’t I a Woman?” Truth, a formerly enslaved person, delivered
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors are allowed to keep a wealth of evidence in their case against Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home in 2022, a judge has ruled. The Idaho judge’s decision to deny defense motions relating to the
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has asked state forces and combatants to respect its neutrality and work of delivering urgent humanitarian help to the most destitute in war zones, saying 24 of its aid workers have been killed
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Federal regulators have given Amazon key permission that will allow it to expand its drone delivery program, the company announced Thursday. In a blog post published on its website, Seattle-based Amazon said that the Federal Aviation Administration has given its Prime Air delivery service the OK to operate drones
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Federal regulators have given Amazon key permission that will allow it to expand its drone delivery program, the company announced Thursday. In a blog post published on its website, Seattle-based Amazon said that the Federal Aviation Administration has given its Prime Air delivery service the OK to operate drones
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumed deliberations Thursday after revisiting portions of the judge’s instructions and rehearing testimony from multiple key witnesses about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan has addressed the country’s high court, saying that parliamentary elections held earlier this year were stolen from his party, which he claimed is being victimized. There was no immediate comment Thursday from the government about Khan’s allegation. Pakistan’s elections oversight
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