By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A coroner says a renewed effort to identify thousands of bones found at the Indiana estate of a long-deceased businessman suspected in a string of killings has pushed the number of his presumed victims to 13. Hamilton County Coroner Jeff Jellison says four new DNA profiles have
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, piled up more delegates Tuesday as both presumptive nominees won primaries in Kentucky. Voters in Oregon also had their chance to weigh in. The symbolic decisions provide a few more delegates to the national conventions and a gut check on
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, piled up more delegates Tuesday as both presumptive nominees won primaries in Kentucky. Voters in Oregon also had their chance to weigh in. The symbolic decisions provide a few more delegates to the national conventions and a gut check on
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have introduced legislation that would prohibit U.S. officials from accepting money, payments or gifts from foreign governments without congressional consent. It is their response to a yearslong probe into former President Donald Trump’s overseas business dealings. The proposal led by Rep. Jamie Raskin and Sen. Richard
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A conservative legislative committee in Louisiana has blocked an effort by the Jewish community to bar nitrogen gas as an execution method. Religious leaders, relatives of Holocaust survivors and representatives of a local coalition called Jews Against Gassing argue that the method invokes trauma from
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An adult and two minors were left without a home after a fire Tuesday afternoon in Indio. The residential structure fire was reported just before 1:20 PM near Sun Gold Street and Valencia Avenue. A spokesperson with CAL FIRE said the fire was out by the time crews arrived on the scene. Get the News
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — José Rubén Zamora has spent nearly two years locked in a dark 16-by 13-foot cell in Guatemala, allowed only one hour a day in the sunlight. The journalist’s money laundering conviction was tossed out, and last week a judge finally ordered his conditional release to
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, CNN London (CNN) — A man charged by British police for allegedly spying for Hong Kong’s intelligence services, has been found dead in a park outside of London. Police are investigating the “unexplained death” of Matthew Trickett, 37, whose body was found by a member of the public in the park in Maidenhead, Berkshire,
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware House has given final approval to a bill aimed at curtailing the increase in health care costs by establishing a board with authority to impose budgets on the state’s largest hospitals. The legislation passed the House on a 24-16 vote Tuesday despite strong opposition
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — The adult children of an Idaho man accused of killing their mother and his girlfriend’s two young kids testified in his defense this week. Emma Murray and Garth Daybell both told jurors on Monday their mother’s health was declining before she died. Chad Daybell is charged with three counts of murder,
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In California, home prices have reached all-time highs. In April, the median home price in California was $904,210, according to the California Association of Realtors. Even with inflation, the demand for new homes in the Coachella Valley remains high. Contrary to what many people may think, the recently high interest rates have not deterred buyers
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied allegations that he was starving Palestinians in Gaza as a method of war in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday, saying an arrest warrant application currently under review in the International Criminal Court (ICC) is based on a “pack of lies.”
Continue ReadingCNN By Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied allegations that he was starving Palestinians in Gaza as a method of war in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday, saying an arrest warrant application currently under review in the International Criminal Court (ICC) is based on a “pack of
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Storms that pummeled much of Nebraska spun up fierce tornadoes Tuesday in Iowa, taking down several 250-foot (76 meters) wind turbines and causing extensive damage in at least one rural town. Des Moines television station KCCI-TV showed at least three wind
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN New York (CNN) — Andrew Giuliani broke away from the press scrum across the street from former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial Tuesday and, holding his phone aloft as he livestreamed the latest from Lower Manhattan, promised his audience “more coverage here shortly.” Asked about the other trial of note in the area – around
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Months before Donald Trump was indicted for mishandling classified documents, a federal judge said that investigators had “strong evidence” that the former president “intended” to hide classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, according to newly released court documents. Judge Beryl Howell cited, among
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York trial of Sen. Bob Menendez grinded to a weeklong break after Manhattan federal court jurors were treated to a brick-by-brick build of the prosecution’s bribery case before getting stuck in an elevator. They won’t return until after Memorial Day next week to hear
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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors tentatively approved double-digit pay hikes for themselves and five other Riverside County elected officials Tuesday based on comparative surveys but several members of the public complained the raises were self-serving and without merit. “I don’t believe this board deserves any type of increase,” Rancho Mirage resident Brad Anderson
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, N.C. (AP) — A federal lawsuit is seeking the removal of a Confederate monument marked as “in appreciation of our faithful slaves” from outside of a North Carolina county courthouse. A Tyrrell County civic group focused on issues facing local Black residents filed the lawsuit Tuesday against the county’s commissioners. The legal complaint argues
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” in one of the Navy’s biggest corruption cases. The dismissals came at the request of the government — not
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