RANDLEMAN, N.C. (AP) — Discount retailer Ross Dress For Less will build a southeastern U.S. distribution center in central North Carolina, investing $450 million and creating 850 jobs, officials announced Tuesday. Ross Stores Inc., which operates Ross Dress for Less and another off-price chain, aims to complete its capital investment at the Randolph County site
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A Massachusetts individual has been arraigned on charges including assault with the intent to murder after six people were stabbed in separate attacks. A prosecutor says 26-year-old Jared Ravizza was appointed a lawyer, who asked Tuesday that Ravizza undergo a mental health evaluation. The judge agreed to that before deciding
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced former FTX executive Ryan Salame to more than seven years in prison. He is the first of the lieutenants of failed cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to receive jail time for their roles in the 2022 collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange.
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee is planning to hold a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s August convention to nominate President Joe Biden in order to meet an Ohio ballot access deadline. The move comes after the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature failed to pass legislation to move back the state’s
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The temporary pier constructed by the US military to transport aid into Gaza broke apart and sustained damage in heavy seas on Tuesday in a major blow to the American-led effort to create a maritime corridor for humanitarian supplies into the war-torn enclave, the Pentagon said. The pier was
Continue ReadingOCALA, Fla. (AP) — A driver already charged with DUI-manslaughter after his pickup truck crashed into a bus and killed eight farmworkers in central Florida is now facing additional charges for injuries to other farmworkers. Eleven counts of DUI with serious bodily injury have been filed against Bryan Howard. He already was facing eight counts
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A prosecutor has declined to file charges against a police officer who struck and killed a western Michigan teenager while the boy was running from a stolen vehicle. Kent County prosecutor Chris Becker played a video for reporters and said he found no evidence of intentional deadly force. He instead
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man convicted of attempting to hold former Speaker Nancy Pelosi hostage and attacking her husband with a hammer two years ago apologized in federal court Tuesday, but still received 30 years in prison at an unusual resentencing hearing that resulted from
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man convicted of attempting to hold former Speaker Nancy Pelosi hostage and attacking her husband with a hammer two years ago apologized in federal court Tuesday, but still received 30 years in prison at an unusual resentencing hearing that resulted from
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN, ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is lifting some financial restrictions on Cuba in a move designed to boost private businesses on the island. One of the key changes announced Tuesday would allow Cuban private business owners to open bank accounts in the United States and
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is joining a high-profile list of more than 240 wealthy philanthropists committed to donating over half their fortunes. The Giving Pledge announcement comes after a tumultuous six months for Altman that saw his removal and subsequent reinstatement as CEO of the company
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Neighbors are still shaken after witnessing a fire at Tri Palm Estates and Country Club in Thousand Palms Monday evening. A spokesperson for Cal Fire Riverside has confirmed the cause of the fire is undetermined, with no further investigation underway. The fire was reported around 6:15 p.m. on Black Eagle Drive. Two houses and several
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Left-hander Drew Pomeranz has a $1 million base salary in his one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants and can earn $200,000 in performance bonuses. The former All-Star would get $100,000 each for 40 and 50 games as a pitcher. If he is assigned to the minor leagues, he would get
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Chris Boyette and Carroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Jared Ravizza, the suspect linked to stabbings this weekend at a Massachusetts movie theater and a McDonald’s, also will face criminal charges in Connecticut in connection to a killing in the town of Deep River, authorities said Tuesday. Ravizza was arraigned Tuesday in Plymouth District
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. built temporary pier that had been used to deliver additional humanitarian aid into Gaza was damaged by rough seas and has temporarily suspended operations. That’s according to three U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday. The Joint Logistics Over The Shore, or
Continue ReadingBY HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” developed the raucous prison-sports comedy “The Longest Yard” and helped create the hit sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died at age 94. Ruddy died “peacefully” Saturday at
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON and RAF CASERT Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received a second $1 billion promise of military aid in as many days during a whirlwind tour of three European Union countries. At the same time, President Vladimir Putin warned that hitting Russian soil with Western weapons could
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida on Tuesday denied prosecutors’ request to bar the former president from making public statements that could endanger law enforcement agents participating in the prosecution. Prosecutors had told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that the restriction was
Continue ReadingBY HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” developed the raucous prison-sports comedy “The Longest Yard” and helped create the hit sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died at age 94. Ruddy died “peacefully” Saturday at
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The WNBA annual Commissioner’s Cup gets underway this week using a new format for the in-season tournament. The league tweaked the format this year and teams now will play five games against conference opponents over a two-week period. In the past, teams would play a home and home set
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