By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — A swarm of bees created quite a baseball buzzkill in the desert — and gave Arizona Diamondbacks fans a new hero. The start of Tuesday night’s game between the Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers was delayed nearly two hours after a bee colony swarmed the top
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police in Georgia’s capital have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters who rallied outside the country’s parliament to protest a bill that would require media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they get over 20% of their funding from abroad. Thousands of demonstrators
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ, CEDAR ATTANASIO and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields stormed a Columbia University building being occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, streaming in through a window late Tuesday and arresting dozens of of people. The protesters had seized the administration building, known as Hamilton
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ, CEDAR ATTANASIO and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields stormed a Columbia University building being occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, streaming in through a window late Tuesday and arresting dozens of of people. The protesters had seized the administration building, known as Hamilton
Continue ReadingBy DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Rookie Wilyer Abreu had a single, double and his first career triple, Cooper Criswell pitched five scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on Tuesday night for their major league-leading sixth shutout. Abreu, who finished a homer shy of hitting for
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say one person has died and 14 others were injured after a sports utility vehicle crashed through the front glass wall of a thrift store in Las Cruces. First responders said 10 of the injured in Tuesday’s crash were taken to hospitals for treatment and a 67-year-old woman was
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says over 7 million people in South Sudan are expected to face acute food insecurity or worse during “the lean season” between now and July. The report released Tuesday by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organizations said the highest prevalence of acute hunger, ranging between 65% and 75%
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth with three astronauts who lived for six months on the country’s space station. The craft and three astronauts landed in the Gobi Desert on Tuesday evening. The spacecraft carrying a replacement crew had arrived at the orbiting space station about four days earlier. China plans
Continue ReadingWESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) — One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, authorities said. Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that a tornado struck the city Tuesday evening, damaging multiple structures. First responders were conducting grid searches in Westmoreland to survey damage and to search for
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Yong Xiong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In the early days of 2020, as science looked for answers to a mysterious viral outbreak in central China, a prominent Chinese virologist stepped forward to share critical data with the world. Zhang Yongzhen’s disclosure of the genome of the virus that causes Covid-19 was
Continue ReadingBy CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of police officers swept into Columbia University on Tuesday night to end a pro-Palestinian occupation of an administration building and sweep away a protest encampment, acting after the school’s president said there was no other way to ensure safety and
Continue ReadingBy CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of police officers swept into Columbia University on Tuesday night to end a pro-Palestinian occupation of an administration building and sweep away a protest encampment, acting after the school’s president said there was no other way to ensure safety and
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North Indian Canyon Drive will be open for traffic Friday for the first time since Tropical Storm Hilary ravaged the Coachella Valley in August. The city announced that N. Indian Canyon Dr. at the Mission Creek Crossing would open Friday at 5:00 p.m. The roadway is a major path in and out of the city.
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We now know who won the 2024 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway! Congratulations to Lori Pillatzke of Rancho Mirage! Pillatzke has won a brand new home in La Quinta valued at $850,000. You can still donate to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at: https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app20114b?fr_id=155189&pg=entry&NONCE_TOKEN=3A6F63C5F1197ED3788FF17BC30D9283 The money raised will help make sure no family receives a
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Some 40,000 meals will be served each day during the Paris Games to over 15,000 athletes from 200 different countries housed at the Olympic village. Fresh bread, select cheeses and a broad veggie offer will be among the meals to be offered during the 2024 Paris Olympics
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks are in a bee delay. The start of Tuesday night’s game at Chase Field was delayed after bees swarmed the top of the protective netting directly behind home plate. Bee swarms are common during the spring in Arizona and have caused numerous spring training delays
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Update 5/2/24 A revised proposal will be brought to the city council for consideration during a meeting on May 23, city officials said. The city said councilmembers requested that staff gather feedback on the proposed changes to the dining deck program, which was the topic of the meeting on March 29. “Based on that initial
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Democratic state Sen. Tim Kennedy will win the special election for New York’s 26th Congressional District, CNN projects, further narrowing – at least in the short term – Republicans’ paper-thin majority in the US House. Kennedy will succeed fellow Democrat Brian Higgins in the Buffalo-based district after his victory
Continue ReadingBy CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Large numbers of New York City police officers entered Columbia University late Tuesday, hours after the mayor said a pro-Palestinian protest that has crippled the Ivy League school for two weeks “must end now.” The scene unfolded shortly after 9 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new Louisiana congressional map giving the state a second majority-Black House district has been rejected by a panel of federal judges. Tuesday’s 2-1 decision fuels new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections. Challengers of the new map said it
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