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CNN By Dan Berman and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon is again ripping up the court schedule in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – pushing some of the legal questions that have been before her for months even further down the road. Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Trump’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Dan Berman and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Donald Trump’s request to declare Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel invalid, signaling the judge could be more willing than any other trial judge to veto the special prosecutor’s authority. The planned hearing also adds a new, unusual
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Sanjay Lal’s first bit of coaching to Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston didn’t have to do with route running or hand placement when vying with a cornerback while being covered. It was to focus on a fresh start after struggling as a
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — The opposition obituaries had been written. According to most polls, India’s election was a foregone conclusion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing, Hindu-nationalist alliance was expected to secure a supermajority – and with it the power to enact radical change unopposed. To Modi’s critics and opponents, India was
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein and Netflix announced Tuesday they’ve settled the defamation lawsuit she filed four years ago over her portrayal in the streaming service’s miniseries about the five Black and Latino teenagers known as the now-exonerated Central Park Five. Fairstein had argued that the 2019 four-part series “When They
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — City of Atlanta officials say workers finished repairs on a ruptured water main on Tuesday. They say water problems in the city are coming to an end after five days. Officials say they are gradually increasing pressure in the system, predicting normal water pressure
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw have won their New Jersey U.S. Senate primaries for the seat currently held by embattled Sen. Bob Menendez. Kim is a three-term congressman who launched his campaign after federal corruption charges against Menendez were announced last year. Bashaw
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Temperatures around the Coachella Valley have finally hit the triple digits, and local cooling centers around town are opening to keep residents safe this summer. “Across the whole county, there are 70 around the county,” said Mike Walsh, Assistant Director of the Riverside County Housing Workforce Solution. “They span all the way from Blythe to
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Democratic and Republican primaries in a handful of states Tuesday, among some of the last contests on the 2024 primary calendar. Trump, appearing on the ballot for the first time since his historic conviction for felony
Continue ReadingBy JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Jared Jones pitched six shutout innings and Jack Suwinski homered after being called up from the minor leagues as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 on Tuesday night. Jones (4-5) allowed three hits to the NL West-leading Dodgers while striking out six and
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The first heat wave of the season has arrived earlier than usual across much of the U.S. Southwest, with dangerously hot conditions that produced triple-digit temperatures on Tuesday. Forecasters say temperatures are likely to top 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) in some areas by
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The first heat wave of the season has arrived earlier than usual across much of the U.S. Southwest, with dangerously hot conditions that produced triple-digit temperatures on Tuesday. Forecasters say temperatures are likely to top 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) in some areas by
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The Los Angeles City Council today declined to accept a donation of two police service dogs, and sent the request back to committee after one council member raised concerns about the company that provided the animals. “I don’t have a problem with donating dogs to the police. That’s not an issue,” Councilman Bob Blumenfield
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The US job market has been historically strong over the last few years, with layoffs at their lowest level since December 2022. However, a decline in job openings is now driving up the unemployment rate for recent college graduates trying to enter the workforce, according to federal data.
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Janeese Lewis George defeated a pair of challengers in Tuesday’s Democratic primary and will head into November’s general election as a heavy favorite to retain her Ward 4 seat on the D.C. Council. George, a pillar of the council’s leftist wing, defeated Lisa Gore and Paul Johnson.
Continue ReadingTORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — Parnelli Jones, the 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner, died Tuesday at Torrance Memorial Medical Center after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, his son said. Jones was 90. At the time of his death, Jones was the oldest living winner of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Rufus Parnell Jones was born in Texarkana,
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — The Trump campaign on Tuesday announced a new program aimed at promoting absentee, mail-in and early in-person voting – practices that former President Donald Trump has disparaged for years while promoting false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The new effort, dubbed “Swamp The Vote
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — As an interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara was supposed to bridge the gap between baseball star Shohei Ohtani and his English-speaking teammates and fans as the duo traveled from Southern California to ballparks across the U.S. Instead, Mizuhara exploited the Japanese-English language barrier to
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — As an interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara was supposed to bridge the gap between baseball star Shohei Ohtani and his English-speaking teammates and fans as the duo traveled from Southern California to ballparks across the U.S. Instead, Mizuhara exploited the Japanese-English language barrier to
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Two men were arrested on suspicion of a gunpoint robbery and baseball bat assault in Rancho Mirage, as well as a carjacking in Palm Desert late Monday night. The incident was first reported at around 11:45 p.m. on the 71000 block of Highway 111. Police were told that the two victims were assaulted by multiple
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