By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — New vehicle sales in the U.S. rose nearly 5% from January through March, as buyers stayed in the market despite high interest rates. But electric vehicle sales growth slowed to 2.7% during the quarter, with mainstream buyers wary of limited range and a lack of charging
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has entered spring with an above-average mountain snowpack and major reservoirs in good shape for a second consecutive year, staving off immediate water supply concerns but not allaying drought worries in a warming world. The California Department of Water Resources measured the water content of
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A teenage girl who had been kidnapped by her father was following a sheriff’s deputy’s instructions and appeared to be surrendering when other deputies fatally shot her during a gun battle on a Southern California highway, according to recently released video and audio. Savannah Graziano, 15,
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Three Mexican men who were arrested in El Monte with more than 1 million fentanyl pills pleaded guilty today to a federal narcotics charge. At a hearing in Los Angeles federal court, the three defendants — all from Sinaloa, Mexico — entered their pleas to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the 1971 film “Diamonds are Forever,” James Bond stays in a swanky suite at the Tropicana Las Vegas. “I hear that the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable,” Agent 007 says. It was the Tropicana’s heyday, a frequent haunt of the legendary Rat Pack, while its
Continue ReadingCNN By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro asked the Supreme Court to take another look at his request to avoid prison, filing a long-shot request on Tuesday that the high court rarely grants. In an emergency request last month, Navarro asked the Supreme Court to let him remain
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government is blaming a contractor for a loose railway fitting that caused a train car to derail on the president’s pet project, a tourist rail route known as the Maya Train. The derailment on March 25 proved embarrassing for the government. Critics have said the project, which runs in
Continue ReadingBy Richard Roth, CNN United Nations (CNN) — The Palestinian Authority is again requesting membership in the United Nations, according to a post on X from the Palestinian permanent observer mission to the UN on Tuesday. “Today, the State of Palestine, and upon instructions of the Palestinian leadership, sent a letter to the Secretary General
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, Alayna Treene and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Democrats just can’t quit Florida. A pair of state Supreme Court rulings on Monday – one paving the way for a six-week abortion ban in Florida, the other giving Floridians a chance in November to enshrine abortion access in the state’s constitution – has
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are debating a bill that would raise the state’s sales tax by 1 cent to 6.5% on every taxable dollar spent. That would make it among the highest in the country. The bill would raise the state’s current 5.5% sales tax and expanding
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thanks to four men’s teams from the Pac-12 Conference making the NCAA Tournament — and all winning at least one game — Washington State and Oregon State have added another chunk of change to their coffers over the last couple weeks. If only those same
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The deaths of seven World Central Kitchen workers in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza was a tragic turn for an American homegrown charity that, in less than 15 years, has mushroomed from the grassroots brainchild of a celebrity chef into one of the world’s most recognized food
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A teenage girl who had been kidnapped by her father was following sheriff’s deputies’ instructions and appeared to be surrendering when deputies fatally shot her during a gun battle on a Southern California highway, according to recently released video and audio. Savannah Graziano, 15, was shot
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bob Uecker received a hearty ovation from fans chanting “Ueck” when the legendary broadcaster appeared on the American Family Field video board early in the Milwaukee Brewers’ home opener. Brewers fans don’t know how many more times they’ll get to continue cheering the presence of “Mr.
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The largest fresh egg producer in the U.S. says it has stopped production at a plant in the Texas Panhandle after bird flu was found in the flock. Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods said Monday it destroyed 1.6 million laying hens and 377,000 pullets. The facility is located on the Texas-New Mexico border about 85 miles southwest
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Several humanitarian aid organizations suspended operations in Gaza on Tuesday after Israeli airstrikes killed seven World Central Kitchen workers. The nonprofits, including World Central Kitchen, said they now need to determine whether their workers can safely provide aid in the region. According
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — From its lavish opening in 1957 on a Las Vegas Boulevard surrounded by wide-open desert, to its sleepier years amid a boom in megaresorts, the Tropicana Las Vegas has been a familiar landmark home to colorful events in a city known for constant reinvention. Now it’s
Continue ReadingHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who attacked a Muslim state representative outside a prayer service in Connecticut has pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault and other crimes. The plea deal taken Tuesday by Andrey Desmond calls for him to serve five years in prison for the June 2023 assault on Rep. Maryam Khan. She
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt, Betsy Klein and Khalil Abdallah, CNN Washington (CNN) — A Palestinian American doctor walked out of a meeting with President Joe Biden before it was over Tuesday evening, underscoring the high tensions, anger and concern from Arab, Palestinian and Muslim American communities amid the Israel-Hamas war. Dr. Thaer Ahmad, an emergency physician
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A teenage girl who had been kidnapped by her father was following sheriff’s deputies’ instructions and appeared to be surrendering when deputies fatally shot her during a gun battle on a Southern California highway, according to recently released video and audio. Savannah Graziano, 15, was shot
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