By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice said Wednesday that he was taking “full responsibility” for his part in a weekend wreck involving speeding sports cars that caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway and resulted in minor injuries to four people. Rice was leasing
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Cathedral City officially broke ground on a brand new park coming to the Dream Homes neighborhood. The Dream Homes Park groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday morning at the intersection of San Diego Drive and Chia Place. Mayor Mark Carnevale, Councilman Ernesto Gutierrez and project leaders were on hand to make remarks. “This park is going
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases — spurning another of the former president’s ploys to put off
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bluntly warned Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday that moving ahead with an aid package for Ukraine would be one of “the most egregious things he could do” as she said she was “not backing off at all” over her threat to force a House vote
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bluntly warned Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday that moving ahead with an aid package for Ukraine would be one of “the most egregious things he could do” as she said she was “not backing off at all” over her threat to force a House
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By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disney shareholders have rallied behind longtime CEO Robert Iger, voting Wednesday to rebuff activist investor Nelson Peltz and his ally, former Disney Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo, who had sought seats on the company’s board. The company had recommended a slate of directors that did
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is spending millions of campaign dollars on ads focused on Florida’s Hispanic voters. In recent years, these voters have often supported Republicans and been critical to GOP wins in important counties in Florida. In the coming weeks, Scott will release a
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A woman who died from her injuries after an early afternoon Tuesday crash in Thermal was identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s Office Wednesday morning as Perla Reyes Diaz, 22, of Thermal. The California Highway Patrol reported a call at 11:48 a.m. of a single-vehicle collision in Thermal near Harrison Street and 68th Avenue. The
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly after an airstrike widely attributed to Israel destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Syria, the United States had an urgent message for Iran: We had nothing to do with it. But that may not be enough for the U.S. to avoid retaliation
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks held firmer Wednesday, a day after their worst drop in weeks. The S&P 500 inched up by 5.68 points, or 0.1%, to 5,211.49 The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 43.10, or 0.1%, to 39,127.14, and the Nasdaq composite added 37.01, or 0.2%, to
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Taylor Ward homered, Nolan Schanuel extended his career-starting consecutive on-base streak to 35 games and the Los Angeles Angels beat Miami 10-2 on Wednesday, sending the Marlins to their first winless seven-game homestand in franchise history. Angels starter Patrick Sandoval struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings and overcame an opening day
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice says he is taking “full responsibility” for his part in a wreck involving speeding sports cars in Dallas. The chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway Saturday ultimately involved six vehicles and resulted in minor injuries to four
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press FALLSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania authorities said Wednesday they plan to pursue the death penalty against a man charged with killing his stepmother, sister and the mother of his children before officials say he fled in a stolen vehicle to New Jersey, where he was arrested last month. Andre Gordon
Continue ReadingBy Hira Humayun and Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN (CNN) — More and more people are going hungry in Haiti, warn aid workers, doctors and missionaries with increasing urgency, as the Caribbean nation struggles to find its way out of political deadlock and an epidemic of deadly gang violence. One American missionary whose organization delivers food
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina says that it had cut 15,000 state jobs as part of President Javier Milei’s aggressive campaign to slash spending. The move was the latest in a series of painful economic measures that have put the libertarian government on a collision course with angry protesters
Continue ReadingBy DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has warned lawmakers “not to cling to power” just weeks after his former rival turned deputy proposed a postponement of elections expected to be held in December. Kiir said an extension of the period of transition to elections would deny
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Lin Qi, a billionaire fan of “The Three-Body Problem,” had big plans to bring his favorite Chinese sci-fi novel to TV, cinema and video-game screens across the world. Flush with cash after the listing of his gaming company in 2014, the young entrepreneur envisioned turning China’s most
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has teamed up with Sen. Bernie Sanders to promote the administration’s efforts to lower the cost of inhalers and other health care needs. Both men on Wednesday touted the lower health care costs that have come through the Democrats’ sweeping climate, health care and
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump traveled to Michigan and Wisconsin and used the recent death of a 25-year-old Michigan woman killed by a man who immigration officials say entered the country illegally to hammer President Joe Biden over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump in his Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A criminal case that was once viewed as the most open-and-shut prosecution against former President Donald Trump has been mired in delay, unresolved logistical questions and fringe legal arguments that appear to have hijacked the judge’s attention. US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed to
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