DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The numbers were drawn Wednesday night for an estimated $1.09 billion Powerball jackpot that ranks as the 9th largest in U.S. lottery history. The numbers selected were: 11, 38, 41, 62, 65 and the Powerball 15. The jackpot has been growing for more than three months, reflecting the long odds
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians want the Security Council to vote later this month on their revived request for full membership in the United Nations, despite the United States reiterating Wednesday that Israel and the Palestinians must first negotiate a peace agreement. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador,
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Two Los Angeles area men were arrested in connection with a theft at a business in Palm Desert. Authorities announced a 47-year-old from Glendale, and a 40-year-old from Hollywood were arrested following a short pursuit related to an investigation of an earlier theft. The incident started Monday at around 5:30 p.m. Deputies were called out
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthony Davis scored 19 of his 35 points in the first quarter and had 18 rebounds, helping the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Washington Wizards 125-120 on Wednesday night for their eighth victory in nine games. LeBron James had 25 points and nine assists, and Rui
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Defending national champion UConn had a tough time getting off the ground on the way to the Final Four. The Huskies finally took off from from Bradley International Airport near Hartford at about 1:30 a.m. EDT Thursday after the plane they were supposed to take
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves stole as much $30 million in an Easter Sunday burglary at a Los Angeles money storage facility in one of the largest cash heists in city history, police said Wednesday. The burglary occurred Sunday night at an unnamed facility in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley where cash
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves stole as much $30 million in an Easter Sunday burglary at a Los Angeles money storage facility in one of the largest cash heists in city history, police said Wednesday. The burglary occurred Sunday night at an unnamed facility in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley where cash
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A $62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico’s biggest and most important seaport has started amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and a pending lawsuit. Crews will remove nearly 3 million cubic yards of marine floor to open the San Juan Bay to larger vessels
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Higashioka had a game to forget in his first start for the San Diego Padres. In his second start, he did something so rare only five other catchers have done it since 1961. Higashioka caught two baserunners stealing and homered in the fourth inning
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Update 4/3/24 – 7:00 PM The Cathedral City Planning Commission unanimously approved the proposal. Original Report 4/3/24 – 11:15 AM Cathedral City’s Planning Commission is considering a project that would provide a new location for the Palm Springs Elks Lodge #1905. In March, a vacant building that previously housed the Palm Springs Elks Lodge was
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Defending national champion UConn’s trip to a second consecutive Final Four is having a tough time getting off the ground. A person with the university who was supposed to be on the flight told The Associated Press that the Huskies were still in Connecticut Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy JOHNSON LAI, CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan Wednesday morning, killing nine people, stranding dozens at quarries and a national park, and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings. The quake, which injured more than 1,000, struck just
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A First Alert Weather Alert will be in place Thursday afternoon through Friday morning for gusty west winds that may impact your week. A trough of low pressure will move down the West Coast Thursday, strengthening onshore flow and resulting in gusty west winds around the mountains and desert. Both a High Wind Warning and
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — Canadian authorities say they prevented nearly 600 stolen vehicles from being exported overseas after searching 390 shipping containers at the Port of Montreal. Around three-quarters of the 598 seized vehicles, with an estimated value of $34.5 million Canadian (US$25.5 million), were stolen in the neighboring province of Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police deputy
Continue ReadingCENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — An MS-13 gang member has admitted to participating in the brutal killing of four young men on Long Island in 2017. Edwin Rodriguez pleaded guilty Wednesday to racketeering charges in connection with the April 11, 2017, deaths in Central Islip. The then 17-year-old fled the country after the killings but
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Plans are underway by to airlift a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island in an effort to reunite the young orca with its extended family, Canadian authorities said Wednesday. Canadian Fisheries Department and First Nations officials said the plan involves placing the
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s phone call on Thursday will mark the two leaders’ first phone call since an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza. In the aftermath of those deaths, Biden is “angry” and “increasingly frustrated”
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers have passed a series of bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents this year, including two this week that redefine gender as being synonymous with sex and prevent public employees from being required to use someone’s preferred pronouns. KTVB-TV reports that in response, protesters on Tuesday sent more than 48,000 colorful paper
Continue ReadingVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Southern California sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 17-year-old boy with mental health issues after he armed himself with a knife and locked himself inside a bathroom at a home, authorities said Wednesday. The teen was being transferred from a hospital, where he had been treated after cutting himself, to a
Continue ReadingVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Southern California sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 17-year-old boy with mental health issues after he armed himself with a knife and locked himself inside a bathroom at a home, authorities said Wednesday. The teen was being transferred from a hospital, where he had been treated after cutting himself, to a
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