By DAVID BAUDER and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Ordered by police to leave the scene of a UCLA campus protest after violence broke out, Catherine Hamilton and three colleagues from the Daily Bruin suddenly found themselves surrounded by demonstrators who beat, kicked and sprayed them with a noxious chemical. On
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw six scoreless innings, rookie Andy Pages hit a two-run homer as part of a five-run second inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-0 on Wednesday night. Yamamoto (3-1) continues to pitch well in his first big-league season after signing
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW and MORGAN LEE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is waving goodbye to a Civil War-era ban of nearly all abortions as a repeal bill reaches the desk of Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. Hobbs says the repeal, scheduled for signing on Thursday, is just the beginning of a fight to protect reproductive
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — The video is unsettling, with haunting images of faceless people, fire and soldiers. The voiceover is a cascade of recognizable historical voices as the screen pulses cryptic messages touting the power of words, ideas and “invisible hands.” Hints of its origin are tucked into
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A section of a highway collapsed after heavy rains in a mountainous area in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 36 people dead, authorities said Thursday. The Meizhou city government said that 23 vehicles have been found after a 17.9-meter (58.7-foot) long section of the highway
Continue ReadingBy CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is usually akin to a 14-ring musical circus — a variety of musical acts playing simultaneously on stages spread throughout the sprawling infield of a historic horse racing track. That changes Thursday afternoon, when 13
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is staying mum about student protests and police crackdowns as Republicans try to turn campus unrest over the war in Gaza into a campaign cudgel against Democrats. Tension at colleges and universities has been building for days as some demonstrators refuse to remove encampments
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Michael Blowen can step outside his house any day of the week and visit retired racehorses at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm he founded in Kentucky two decades ago that attentively cares for former winners and losers alike. From his home’s backdoor, Blowen can watch
Continue ReadingBy MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC and JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia is preparing to mark the anniversary of a school shooting last year that killed 10 people. Mother Ninela Radicevic lost her 11-year-old daughter in the tragedy on May 3, 2023. Radicevic told The Associated in an interview before Friday’s anniversary that “everyone
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the state’s law books, but not from the campaign trail. Even after the state Senate voted Wednesday to repeal a law banning nearly all abortions, Democrats running in the battleground state say they will make the Civil
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests. About 680 women died last year during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to provisional CDC data. That’s down from 817 deaths in 2022 and 1,205 in 2021, when it was the
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Holocaust survivors are participating in a digital campaign called #CancelHate which features videos of them reading Holocaust denial posts from different social media platforms. The campaign was launched Thursday by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Each post illustrates how denial and
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons “as a method of warfare” against Ukraine and imposed sweeping new sanctions on Russian firms and government bodies. In a statement on Wednesday, the US State Department said it had “made a determination … that
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very well be the most powerful person in Congress right now. The minority leader of the House Democrats, it was Jeffries who provided the votes needed to keep
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner said she thought about killing herself during her first few weeks in a Russian jail after her 2022 arrest on drug-related charges. Griner spoke for the first time about her monthslong detention in Russia during an hourlong interview that aired Wednesday night on ABC. Her memoir, “Coming Home,”
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The Indio Police Dept. took five people into custody after a gunpoint robbery Wednesday evening. The robbery was reported at around 6:05 PM near Galindo Court and Avenue 40. The suspects fled the area in a white Civic. Officers spotted the vehicle near Monroe and Avenue 42 a short time later, Ben Guitron, Indio PD
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Data collected by the Cathedral City Police Department reflects crime trends over the past five years, between 2019 and 2023. The information was part of a recent City Council presentation and sheds light on what areas have improved and which have worsened. Homicide and rape were the lowest in the city in 2023 compared to
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On Tuesday, the United States Preventive Services Task Force established new guidelines for breast cancer screening processes. They now recommend that all women commence screening mammography tests at the age of 40. They also advise women to undergo testing biannually until the age of 74. Previous guidelines suggested that women should begin screening for breast
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Law enforcement on the UCLA campus donned riot gear Wednesday evening as they ordered the dispersal of over a thousand people who had gathered in support of a pro-Palestinian student encampment, warning over loudspeakers that anyone who refused
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in riot gear massed on the UCLA campus and ordered a large group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside a fortified encampment to leave the area or face arrest late Wednesday, one night after violence instigated by counter-protesters erupted
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