By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Calls for action against Israel in international soccer because of the conflict with Hamas will be stepped up by Palestinian officials at the annual FIFA congress next month. The Palestine Football Association proposal to 211 member federations meeting in Thailand calls for “appropriate sanctions, with immediate
Continue ReadingBy BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A judge in Tunisia has sentenced a journalist and political commentator to six months in prison in the country’s latest assault on members of the media who criticize the government. Mohamed Boughalleb, who had been charged with insulting a public official, was sentenced Wednesday. He
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Bill Barr, once an attorney general for Donald Trump who has since emerged as one of his most prominent critics, said on Wednesday that despite his differences with his former boss, he will support “the Republican ticket” in November. “I heard you call this hush money case ‘outrageous.’ And
Continue ReadingGoogle has fired 28 employees who were involved in protests over the tech company’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. The workers held sit-ins at the company’s offices in California and New York over Google’s $1.2 billion contract to provide custom tools for Israeli’s military. They were fired on Wednesday evening after police earlier
Continue ReadingBy DARKO BANDIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s ruling conservatives says that talks are already underway on the formation of a new governing majority following a highly contested parliamentary election that saw a far-right party emerge as a potential kingmaker. Prime Minister Andrej Plenković is the leader of the Croatian Democratic Union party.
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — In an ancient Maya temple-pyramid in Guatemala, archaeologists recently discovered the scorched bones of at least four adults who were likely members of a royal lineage. The burning signaled a deliberate and potentially public desecration of their remains, according to new research. The bones offer a rare glimpse of intentional corpse
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Law enforcement agencies in Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and Texas reported temporary outages to 911 services before saying hours later that services had been restored. It was not immediately clear what caused the outages or whether they were related. Also unclear was whether any emergency situations were impacted. The National Highway
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democrat who served one term representing southeast Wisconsin in Congress in the 1990s before going on to become a leader in the Assembly and state revenue secretary announced Thursday that he’s running for Congress again. Peter Barca announced his bid against Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented weekend attack. It has left the region bracing for further escalation after months of fighting in Gaza. Israel’s allies have been urging Israel to hold back on any response to the attack that could spiral. Officials at a Group of Seven meeting in
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority has been detained just hours after he was released from prison by the military government. The Rev. Hkalam Samson, the former head of the Kachin Baptist Convention, was among 3,300 prisoners released Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits didn’t change last week as the labor market continues to defy efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool it off. The Labor Department reported Thursday that unemployment claims for the week ending April 13 were unchanged from the previous week’s 212,000.
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Georgia’s government is attempting to force through a controversial “foreign agent” law, despite international condemnation and huge protests from its citizens. The bill is seen as a test of whether the nation, a former Soviet state, will forge closer ties with Europe and the United States,
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature has approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and the Democratic-led Maine Legislature pressed for a number of gun and mental health proposals after the Oct. 25 shooting that claimed 18
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister says Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi will arrive in Islamabad on a previously scheduled visit next week despite increasing tension in the wake of Tehran’s attack on Israel. Ishaq Dar said Thursday that Raisi will arrive on April 22, but provided no further details. Ties between Pakistan and Iran were
Continue ReadingJACK THOMPSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The military Junta ruling Burkina Faso have expelled three French diplomats for alleged subversive activities, according to a government document posted on social media. The Junta named the three diplomats, two of whom are political advisors, and declared they were persona non grata in Burkina Faso, according
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection in Donald Trump ’s hush money trial enters a pivotal phase as the former president returns to court. Attorneys will need to pick 12 more jurors to serve on the panel that will decide the first-ever criminal case against a former U.S. commander-in-chief after a previously seated juror was
Continue Reading
The 7th Annual Coachella Valley Business Conference & Economic Forecast takes place Thursday morning at Fantasy Springs. The event is presented by the Riverside County Office of Economic Development and hosted by the Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians at Fantasy Springs. At the conference, county leaders and keynote speakers will gather to discuss business trends,
Continue ReadingBy ALEXA ST. JOHN and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. A resident of Alden, Minnesota, Theusch has noticed increasingly dry and mild winters punctuated by short periods of severe cold — symptoms of a warming planet. As he thinks about that, future generations are
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A bill that would repeal Arizona’s 160-year-old abortion ban was successfully introduced in the state Senate on Wednesday after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives failed to advance a similar effort. The Senate effort was rescued with the help of two Republicans, state Sens. T.J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick, who sided with
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE. Italy (AP) — Jeffrey Gibson’s takeover of the U.S. pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show is a celebration of color, pattern and craft. That’s immediately evident on approaching the bright red facade decorated by a colorful clash of geometry and a foreground dominated by a riot
Continue Reading