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From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere

By SETH BORENSTEIN, SUMAN NAISHADHAM, SIBI ARASU and FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press In sweltering Brazil, flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in India, amid national elections, are fainting in heat that hit as high as 115 degrees (46.3 degrees Celsius). A brutal Asian heat

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Panera to stop serving ‘Charged Sips’ drinks after wrongful death lawsuits over caffeine content

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Panera Bread said it’s discontinuing its Charged Sips drinks that were tied to at least two wrongful death lawsuits due to their high caffeine content. Panera didn’t say Tuesday whether the drinks were being discontinued because of the lawsuits or health concerns, and it wouldn’t comment on the timeline

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Community members react to plans for new multipurpose facility in Coachella

Members of the community attended a press conference in Coachella Tuesday where Mayor Steven Hernandez officially announced a $10 million state grant for the construction of a new Community Resilience Center (CRC). City council members, representatives from Governor Newsom’s administration, and other community partners were also at the event. When completed, the retrofitted multi-use facility

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Judge said he won’t tolerate Trump’s cursing and headshaking during Daniels’ testimony, transcript shows

By Laura Dolan and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial called the former president’s defense attorney to the bench and ordered him to speak to his client about his “contemptuous” behavior during adult film actress Stormy Daniels’ testimony Tuesday, according to the trial transcript. “I understand that your client

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Rep. Spartz wins hard-fought GOP primary in Indiana’s 5th District, CNN projects

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz will win her hard-fought Republican primary for her 5th District seat based in the northeastern Indianapolis suburbs Tuesday, CNN projects. Spartz, who in 2023 said she would not seek reelection, reversed her decision just before February’s filing deadline. She faced eight challengers, included state Rep. Chuck Goodrich, a

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New York judge blocks amendment barring discrimination on gender identity and pregnancy outcomes

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution barring discrimination based on “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” cannot appear on the state ballot in November because legislators made a procedural error during an initial round of approval. Tuesday’s ruling from state Supreme Court Justice Daniel J. Doyle

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Poland’s Tusk calls secret services meeting to address judge’s defection to Belarus

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he is calling a special meeting of the secret services to discuss alleged Russian and Belarusian influence. The hastily organized meeting comes after a Polish judge who had access to sensitive state information defected to Belarus. Polish authorities are investigating the judge, Tomasz Szmydt, under

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