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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Broadcasting Corp. reports more than 100 people are estimated to have been killed in a landslide in remote Papua New Guinea. The landslide reportedly hit Kaokalam Village in Enga Province, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) northwest of the South Pacific island nation’s capital Port Moresby about 3 a.m. local time on
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines of World War II has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol, the Navy’s History and Heritage Command said Thursday. The USS Harder lies under 3,000 feet (about 900 meters) of water
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t known for letting slights pass. Yet for weeks, the famously combative presumptive Republican nominee has sat silently — to the point of sometimes seeming asleep — in a sterile Manhattan courtroom amid a barrage of accusations and insults. There were the times his
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As he tries to secure his legacy, President Joe Biden has unleashed a flurry of election-year rules on the environment and other topics, including a landmark regulation that would force coal-fired power plants to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. The limits on greenhouse gas emissions from
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden are due in court Friday for the final hearing before the president’s son is expected to stand trial on federal firearms charges in Delaware as his father’s reelection campaign unfolds. Hunter Biden is charged with lying about his drug
Continue ReadingBy HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — State media say a fire in a small apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, has killed at least 14 people. Six people were injured. The official Vietnam News Agency said the fire started around 12:30 a.m. Friday and was accompanied by several explosions. State media reported 24
Continue ReadingBy Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he believes Nikki Haley will be “on our team in some form,” weighing in for the first time on the former South Carolina governor’s announcement a day earlier that she’d be voting for him. Asked by a News 12 reporter at his Bronx
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department is implementing a new visa restriction policy in response to a repressive law and crackdowns on protests in Georgia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Thursday. Blinken, who noted that he hopes the country’s leaders will reconsider the so-called “foreign agents”
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Construction has officially begun on the long-awaited DSRT Surf resort inside the Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert. Members of City Council joined staff, developers of the project, and members of the media for a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday morning. The project, which was approved by council in 2019, will encompass 18 acres and “represents
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Shah Rukh Khan’s manager has said India’s “King of Bollywood” is recovering well after reports he was hospitalized with heatstroke, as parts of the country swelter during a weeks-long general election. The 58-year-old superstar was admitted for treatment on Wednesday in the city of Ahmedabad in western Gujarat state,
Continue ReadingCNN By Stephanie Elam, Meridith Edwards and Michelle Krupa, CNN Hampton, Georgia (CNN) — The milestone unfolding here this week would have seemed unfathomable in the chaos nearly 19 years ago, when the US Army lieutenant general with the booming voice first met the twin babies. The infant boys were starving and dehydrated, nearly limp
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, Eric Cheung and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — China’s military drills around Taiwan are designed to test its ability to “seize power” over the island, the People’s Liberation Army said Friday as its forces kicked off a second day of large-scale exercises encircling its democratic neighbor. The drills are the largest in
Continue ReadingIDAHO FALLS, Idaho. (AP) — Officials say six people killed when a pickup ruck crashed into a passenger van in Idaho were agricultural workers from Mexico. East Idaho News reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico says in a news release that the van passengers were all agricultural workers from Mexico who were in
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The Navajo Nation Council has signed off on a proposed settlement that would ensure water rights for its tribe and two others in the drought-stricken Southwest — a deal that could become the most expensive enacted by Congress. The Navajo Nation has one of the largest single outstanding claims
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The NCAA and the nation’s five biggest conferences announced Thursday night that they have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims, a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start steering millions of dollars directly
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Indio’s Abi Carter has had a packed schedule after winning American Idol this past Sunday. She found some time to speak exclusively with News Channel 3’s Allie Anthony, looking back on her big win, her journey and what’s next. “I was just standing there, and absolutely shocked. Like actually shocked because I don’t think I
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The Palm Springs Air Museum will honor fallen comrades during Memorial Day weekend with a Memorial Day service and a flower drop. “This is the 27th year that we’ve done the flower drop,” said Fred Bell, the Director of the Palm Springs Air Museum. “The feedback is always overwhelmingly positive.” During their service, the Air
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan tracked dozens of Chinese warplanes and navy vessels off its coast Friday on the second day of a large exercise China’s People’s Liberation Army held in response to the inauguration of the island’s new leadership. China has issued elaborate releases to media showing Taiwan being surrounded by forces from the
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Sean Kingston was arrested in California on fraud charges Thursday, several hours after a SWAT team raided his rented South Florida mansion and carted away a van load of items. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Kingston was arrested without incident on a Florida
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Sean Kingston was arrested in California on fraud charges Thursday, several hours after a SWAT team raided his rented South Florida mansion and carted away a van load of items. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Kingston was arrested without incident on a Florida
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