By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One-time movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was returned to a New York City jail in what his publicist said Tuesday was the result from a published report claiming he was getting VIP treatment during his 10-day stay at a hospital. The publicist, Juda Engelmeyer, said Weinstein was
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Three people have been arrested after a driver hit a pro-Palestinian protester on a Manhattan street. A New York police detective said the incident happened Tuesday at around 8:45 a.m. on the Upper East Side. About 25 protesters were wrapping up a demonstration when two of them got into an argument
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of other gun control bills on the 25th anniversary year of the Columbine High School massacre. The western state
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer Ryan Garcia, who tested positive for a banned substance before defeating Devin Haney last month in New York, has requested his B-sample also be analyzed, ESPN reported. ESPN previously reported that Garcia’s A-sample tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Ostarine the day before and the day of the April
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two women who faced medical emergencies because of abortion restrictions in their states are campaigning for President Joe Biden in Michigan. Kaitlyn Joshua and Amanda Zurawski held roundtables across the state Tuesday to share their stories and highlight the health perils they say women face because
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Salvage teams have recovered the body of the sixth – and believed to be the final – victim killed in the March 26 Baltimore bridge collapse, authorities announced Tuesday, marking a grim milestone in the weekslong recovery operation that followed the disaster. The victim was identified as 37-year-old José
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely. The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday had been expected in light of still unresolved issues in the
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial in Florida, citing significant issues around classified evidence that would need to be worked out before the federal criminal case goes to a jury. In an order Tuesday, Cannon
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp has signed legislation that makes additional changes to Georgia’s election laws ahead of the 2024 presidential contest in the battleground state. Among the most contested provisions in the bill is a measure defining probable causes for removing voters from the rolls
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies the
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No, Katy Perry and Rihanna didn’t attend the Met Gala this year. But that didn’t stop AI-generated images from tricking some fans into thinking the stars made appearances on the steps of fashion’s biggest night. Deepfake images depicting a handful of big names at the
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An empty and vacant pit in Downtown Palm Springs that once used to display a controversial art installation is now the new home for six state-of-the-art pickleball courts. The spot is literally known as “The Pit” to locals, and has been an eye-sore for the last year and a half, including to residents like Darren
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Israeli forces have taken control of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the Gaza Strip, pressing on with an offensive in the southern city as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain precarious. The incursion comes after the militant group on Monday said it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated cease-fire proposal. Israel insisted
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Three men who say they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers came forward Tuesday as part of a lawsuit that chronicles decades of disturbing allegations of systemic child abuse. Calvin McDowell, 37, who alleged he was abused by a chaplain at
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Three men who say they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers came forward Tuesday as part of a lawsuit that chronicles decades of disturbing allegations of systemic child abuse. Calvin McDowell, 37, who alleged he was abused by a chaplain at
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A man was arrested on a separate warrant today after police were called about two vagrants damaging property in Palm Springs and one allegedly pulling a gun. Officers initially responded to reports of “vagrant subjects” damaging a business property in the area of Vista Chino and Sunrise, Lt. Gustavo Araiza of the Palm Springs Police
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Update 5/7/24 The city of Coachella shared a statement responding to the lawsuit and the allegations made by the city employee. “The City of Coachella denies the allegations made by Mr. Chris Oppenheimer, City Inspector, and his attorney, Mrs. Megan Beaman-Jacinto, former City of Coachella Council Member. While the City is precluded from commenting on
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An announcement by Hamas late Monday that it had accepted a cease-fire proposal sent people in the streets of Rafah into temporary jubilation, as Palestinian evacuees in the jam-packed town felt their first glimmer of hope the war could end. For families of Israeli
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — A group of 95 people filed a lawsuit in Illinois on Monday alleging they were sexually abused as children in juvenile detention centers across the state for over two decades. The 186-page suit, filed in the Illinois Court of Claims, alleges state employees “sexually abused Claimants
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer The WNBA plans to commit $50 million over the next two years to provide full-time charter flight service for its teams during the season, the league’s commissioner announced Tuesday in a move that addresses years of player safety concerns. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a meeting with sports
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