LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at the home of Mayor Karen Bass on Sunday morning, officials said. Bass and her family were not harmed when a suspect gained access to Getty House, the LA mayor’s official residence on Irving Boulevard. “Around 6:40 AM this morning an
Continue ReadingGONZALO SOLANO QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians have voted in a referendum touted by the president as a way to crack down on gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence. Official results from Sunday’s vote are slow in being counted. But an exit poll says Ecuadorians overwhelmingly voted “yes” to all nine questions on tightening
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday acknowledged endorsements from more than a dozen of his relatives who are backing Democratic President Joe Biden, noting that he feels no ill will over the family political divide. “Some of them don’t like the fact that
Continue ReadingCARSON, Calif. (AP) — Rookie Joseph Paintsil had a goal and an assist as the Los Angeles Galaxy scored three times in the first 30 minutes before holding on for a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday night. The Galaxy (5-1-3) took a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute when rookie Gabriel
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country’s leading artist residency programs, MacDowell, has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to Yoko Ono. The groundbreaking artist, filmmaker and musician is this year’s recipient of the Edward MacDowell Medal, an honor previously given to Stephen Sondheim and Toni Morrison among others.
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press Mallory Swanson had a goal and an assist as the Chicago Red Stars beat the Seattle Reign 2-1 on Sunday in the National Women’s Soccer League. The Reign (1-4-0) have lost four straight for the first time since 2013. Chicago (3-1-1) silenced the crowd at Seattle’s Lumen Field in the
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity. The U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization and the European Union’s climate agency,
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Trevor Bauer had 14 strikeouts on Sunday, matching a Mexican League record with nine in a row as the Diablos Rojos del Mexico defeated the Bravos de Leon 4-0. The 33-year-old Bauer, trying to return to the major leagues, equaled a Mexican League mark set by Jose Ramon Lopez in 1964
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say nine people were shot — including two men who were killed — at an unsanctioned public party in a Memphis city park. Police Chief Cerelyn Davis says officers responded early Saturday evening to a reported shooting in Orange Mound Park. Two men were pronounced dead at the
Continue ReadingBy Amy Chillag, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The plight of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped New York’s Central Park Zoo last year, showed just how tough it is to survive in a world altered by humans. The gorgeous creature with a six-foot wing span, piercing orange eyes and tufted ears captivated the world as
Continue ReadingBy Jillian Sykes and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have identified the woman who was shot and killed early Sunday morning at Delaware State University in Dover. Camay Mitchell DeSilva, 18, of Wilmington, Delaware, was found in a residence hall early Sunday with a gunshot wound to her upper body, according to the Dover
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mary J. Blige,Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes folk-rockers Dave Matthews Band and singer-guitarist Peter Frampton. Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In a slick video marking the National Security Education Day, China’s top spy agency has a stern message for Chinese people: foreign spies are everywhere. As ominous music plays, a broad-faced, beady-eyed man disguises himself as a street fashion photographer, a lab technician, a businessman and a
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump was once, and may soon be again, the most powerful man in the world. But on Monday, his diminished reality as a criminal defendant will become clear in humbling fashion during opening statements in his first criminal trial. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has long
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla knocked roughly a third off the price of its “Full Self Driving” system — which can’t drive itself and so drivers must remain alert and be ready to intervene — to $8,000 from $12,000, according to the company website. Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk promised in
Continue ReadingBy HENRY SCHULMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Merrill Kelly, a standout performer during the 2023 postseason, was scratched from his scheduled start against the San Francisco Giants on Sunday with an injury to his pitching shoulder. Kelly underwent an MRI in San Francisco but is expected to have another on
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — David Pecker, the former chairman of the National Enquirer’s parent company, is expected to be the first witness called by the Manhattan district attorney’s office in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, according to a person familiar with the plans. Pecker was a central
Continue ReadingBy Ana María Cañizares and Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — The director of an Ecuadorian prison known as “El Rodeo” was killed Sunday in an attack that came as millions of people in the country headed to the polls for a referendum focused largely on President Daniel Noboa’s war on crime. The official was identified
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press A courageous correspondent who reported from the world’s trouble spots. A supporter of humanitarian causes. A good friend. Those were among the reactions to the death of Terry Anderson, the former chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press. Anderson was one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was abducted from Lebanon
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press A courageous correspondent who reported from the world’s trouble spots. A supporter of humanitarian causes. A good friend. Those were among the reactions to the death of Terry Anderson, the former chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press. Anderson was one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was abducted from Lebanon
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