MEXICO CITY (AP) — Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán now claims he can’t get phone calls or visits in the maximum security U.S. prison where the once most powerful Mexican drug lord is serving a life sentence. Guzmán wrote a letter to District Court Judge Brian M. Cogan in New York complaining that he hadn’t been
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman, Fabiana Chaparro and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An 81-year-old Ohio man pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of murder and other charges Wednesday related to the shooting death of an Uber driver he mistakenly believed was working with a scammer attempting to extort him, according to the Clark County prosecutor. William Brock was previously arraigned on
Continue ReadingWHIO, CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Danny Freeman, Fabiana Chaparro and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An 81-year-old Ohio man pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of murder and other charges Wednesday related to the shooting death of an Uber driver he mistakenly believed was working with a scammer attempting to extort him, according to the Clark County
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The first college hockey tournament series hosted in the Coachella Valley is slated for the start of 2025, it was announced today. The inaugural “Coachella Valley Cactus Cup” will pit four NCAA Division I Men’s teams against each other on Jan. 3 and Jan. 4 at Acrisure Arena, according to the venue Senior Vice President
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A lawsuit in Wisconsin argues that voters with disabilities should be able to cast their ballots electronically and that failing to provide that option for the upcoming Aug. 13 primary and November presidential election is discriminatory and unconstitutional. The lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to require that
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department has issued a new rule intended to protect coal miners from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment known as “black lung” disease. The rule announced Tuesday cuts by
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A convicted felon who stored thousands of fentanyl pills, as well as large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin, for sale out of his Cherry Valley home was bound for state prison today to serve a 10-year sentence. Julio Cesar Castillo, 52, pleaded guilty in February to three counts of possession of controlled substances for
Continue ReadingBy GONZALO SOLANO and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador has started to ration electricity in its main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants. “We urge Ecuadorians to cut their electricity consumption in this critical week,” the ministry of
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks slipped Tuesday, and Treasury yields rose on expectations that interest rates may stay high for a while. The S&P 500 fell 10.41 points, or 0.2%, to 5,051.41. The index deepened its loss from the day before, when it sank under the pressure
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Texas judge last week recommended the conviction and sentence of a mother on death row be overturned, finding prosecutors withheld key evidence that could have prevented her from being found guilty in the 2007 death of her 2-year-old daughter. The evidence – namely a Child Protective Services report
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Lauren Fox, CNN A defiant House Speaker Mike Johnson, facing growing threats to his speakership, said Tuesday he is not resigning and dismissed threats to his gavel as “absurd” after a second Republican member of Congress threatened to oust Johnson for his handling of legislation to
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A trade group representing the adult entertainment industry asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to temporarily block a Texas age-verification law that it says violates the First Amendment by making it more difficult to access porn sites on the internet. Texas’ law requires any website that publishes a substantial
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is vowing to retaliate against Iran, risking further expanding the shadow war between the two foes into a direct conflict after an Iranian attack over the weekend sent hundreds of drones and missiles toward Israel. Israeli officials have not said how or when
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and BILL BARROW Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh from a Manhattan courtroom, Donald Trump visited a New York bodega where a man was stabbed to death, a stark pivot for the former president as he juggles being a criminal defendant and the Republican challenger intent on blaming President Joe Biden
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Performing in the U.S. for international musicians just got a lot more complicated. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has instituted a 250% visa fee increase. For those musicians who filed visa paperwork before April 1, the cost per application was $460. After that
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians, citing security concerns, a rare decision that was praised by several pro-Israel groups and lambasted by free speech advocates and the country’s largest Muslim civil
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians, citing security concerns, a rare decision that was praised by several pro-Israel groups and lambasted by free speech advocates and the country’s largest Muslim civil
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The first six jurors for Donald Trump’s hush money trial were chosen Tuesday after lawyers grilled members of the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide whether they can sit
Continue ReadingBy RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian police investigating the discovery of a boat with several dead bodies say they were likely African migrants from Mali and Mauritania. Fishermen off Brazil’s northern coastal state of Pará had found the boat adrift on Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil’s Federal Police said in
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych, Radina Gigova, Svitlana Vlasova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a key piece of legislation overhauling the country’s mobilization rules. The legislation places a new requirement on all men between 18 and 60 to register with Ukraine’s military and to carry their registration documents
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