By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial got a graphic airing in court this past week as porn actor Stormy Daniels shared her account before a rapt jury. Daniels’ testimony about her time with Trump was by far the most
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES, MIKE CATALINI and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — After a long week in court, Donald Trump is heading to the Jersey Shore. And he’s being greeted by thousands of his friends. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, drew what his team called a “mega crowd” of “tens of thousands”
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walked back his opposition to any government limits on abortion access in a social media post Friday evening after coming under fire from anti-abortion advocates, including from within his own campaign. Kennedy said he believes “abortion should be legal up until a certain number
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (AP) — More heavy rain is forecast for Brazil’s already flooded Rio Grande do Sul state, where many of those remaining are poor people with limited ability to move to less dangerous areas. More than 15 centimeters (nearly 6 inches) of rain could
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Indio’s Abi Carter is hoping to survive another Sunday night on American Idol! She’s in the top 5 and will need the help of people all over the country, and right here at home, to move on to the next round. “I think life just gets crazier and crazier, every week you expect to go
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — About 700 workers walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip at dawn Friday, in what union organizers said would be a 48-hour strike after spending months trying to reach a deal for new five-year contract with Virgin Hotels. The Culinary Union, the largest labor union in
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E Vista Chino has been shut down near the Whitewater Wash in Palm Springs due to a traffic collision, police announced Friday evening. E Vista Chino is shut down between Clubhouse View Drive and Carmela Drive. The closure was announced at around 8:00 PM. Details on the crash remain limited. Stay with News Channel 3
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Mariners’ starter Bryan Woo left Friday’s game with one out in the fifth inning for precautionary reasons, according to the team. Making his first start of the year after being slowed by a sore elbow during spring training, Woo allowed just one hit through the first four innings only to leave the
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, won’t be serving as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention after all. The office of his mother, Melania Trump, said Friday that, “While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration moved Friday to terminate a decades-old agreement that governs conditions for migrant children in government custody, according to a court filing, which argues that the settlement was meant to be temporary. The 1997 Flores settlement, as the agreement is known, requires the government to release children from government custody
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s ruling party presidential candidate slipped up during a campaign speech Friday and said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was motivated by “personal ambition,” but later acknowledged the phrase could have been misinterpreted. The phrase is used in Mexico to describe a desire for personal economic gain. Former Mexico City Mayor
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test firing of a new multiple rocket launch system the country plans to deploy to its forces starting this year as it bolsters its lineup of weapons targeting South Korean population centers. State media said Friday’s test
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Somalia is asking the United Nations to terminate its political mission in the country, which has been assisting the government to bring peace and stability in the face of attacks by the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab. In a letter to the Security Council and Secretary-General
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA, TOM MURPHY and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records. A spokesperson for Ascension says
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu has agreed to grant or deny applications to carry guns in public within four months of submission in response to a lawsuit by residents who complained of delays of up to a year, according to a stipulation signed by a federal judge Friday. The March
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu has agreed to grant or deny applications to carry guns in public within four months of submission in response to a lawsuit by residents who complained of delays of up to a year, according to a stipulation signed by a federal judge Friday. The March
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels have added veteran infielder Niko Goodrum to their major league roster and placed infielder Ehire Adrianza on the 10-day injured list with back spasms. Goodrum was in the lineup for his Angels debut Friday night against Kansas City, batting fifth and playing third base. The Angels claimed
Continue ReadingBy Himari Semans and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo/Hong Kong (CNN) — With a history spanning more than 1,200 years, “hadaka matsuri,” or the naked festival, is Japanese masculinity on full display. Quite literally. Across Japan, in freezing winter, thousands of men strip naked — except for a delicate piece of crotch-covering white loincloth — to
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge has struck down a Long Island county’s order banning female transgender athletes after a local women’s roller derby league challenged it. Judge Francis Ricigliano ruled Friday that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman didn’t have the authority to issue his February executive
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