By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An artificial intelligence-powered chatbot meant to help small business owners in New York City has come under fire for dispensing bizarre advice that misstates local policies and advises companies to violate the law. Mayor Eric Adams acknowledged Tuesday that its answers were “wrong in some areas,”
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Higashioka caught two baserunners stealing and homered in the same inning to help Joe Musgrove and the San Diego Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Wednesday and avoid a three-game sweep. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Higashioka became the sixth catcher since
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican drug cartel not only forced vendors to buy chicken at wildly inflated prices — they sold them chicken “not fit for human consumption.” Prosecutors in the State of Mexico concluded a months-long investigation this week that found the hyper-violent Familia Michoacana cartel had been forcing small stores and market
Continue Reading
A 71-year-old Bay Area man was pronounced dead days after he was involved in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 10 in Whitewater. The crash happened Sunday at around 2:40 p.m. on the I-10 west of Haugen Lehmann. According to the California Highway Patrol, the driver, identified as Anthony Myles of San Mateo, was riding a
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Authorities say a man who shot someone to death at a Muslim-owned tire shop in Dallas has been sentenced to 37 years in prison on federal hate crime charges. The U.S. Justice Department says 39-year-old Anthony Paz Torres was sentenced on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in September to five federal hate crime
Continue ReadingBy MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — The rights group Humanitarian Legal Relief says at least 241 people have died in El Salvador prisons since the start of President Nayib Bukele’s “war on gangs” two years ago. Ingrid Escobar, director of the rights organization, said they received 500 reports of deaths in state
Continue Reading
The Palm Springs Unified School District community is gathering Thursday to honor the life of a retired teacher. Andy “Coach” Hollinger died on Feb. 24 while hiking on the Museum Trail in Palm Springs after a medical emergency. Hollinger was the son of John Hollinger, a founding member of the Palm Springs Mounted Police Search
Continue ReadingBy ALEX ESPINOZA Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Nick Pivetta combined with four relievers on Boston’s second shutout of the series, Enmanuel Valdéz hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and the Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 1-0 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep. “Good teams find ways to win games like
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The only maritime shipping terminal currently operating in the Port of Baltimore is preparing to process an influx of redirected ships as crews continue clearing the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge. Tradepoint Atlantic says it will unload and process an estimated 10,000 vehicles over
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Outfielder Jason Heyward was placed on the 10-day injured list by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday because of lower back tightness. Los Angeles said the move was retroactive to Saturday. Heyward, 34, missed the Dodgers’ last three games dealing with the injury. Scans were negative but Heyward was experiencing stiffness,
Continue ReadingBY MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia town has been excluded from a countywide police training academy after the town’s chief complained about Chinese signatures on trainees’ graduation certificates. Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard complained that the academy director, Maj. Wilson Lee, used Chinese characters to sign the certificates that
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama hospital says it is halting in vitro fertilization treatments at the end of the year, citing “litigation concerns” in the aftermath of a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death. Mobile Infirmary said
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Catcher Joey Bart was added to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ roster on Wednesday after he was acquired in a trade with the San Francisco Giants, the club that took him with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 amateur draft. Bart, 27, once was considered Buster Posey’s likely successor as San Francisco’s
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Strauss and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and his allies have ramped up pressure for Nebraska lawmakers to change the method the state divvies out electoral college votes, an effort that underscores just how narrow the race for 270 electoral votes could be in the November rematch with President
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense minister warned his French counterpart against deploying troops to Ukraine in a rare phone call Wednesday and noted that Moscow is ready to take part in talks to end the conflict. Sergei Shoigu told French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu that if Paris follows up on its statements about the possibility
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana state House Democratic leader Phil GiaQuinta is running to be Fort Wayne’s next mayor. The decision was confirmed by one of his advisers Wednesday. It follows the death of longtime Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry. The Democratic mayor died March 28 after announcing a stomach cancer
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An environmental group has sued the U.S. Energy Department over its decision to award over $1 billion to help keep California’s last nuclear power plant running beyond a planned closure that was set for 2025. The move opens another battlefront in the fight over the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An environmental group has sued the U.S. Energy Department over its decision to award over $1 billion to help keep California’s last nuclear power plant running beyond a planned closure that was set for 2025. The move opens another battlefront in the fight over the
Continue ReadingWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A major South Korean computer chipmaker said Wednesday it plans to spend more than $3.87 billion in Indiana to build a semiconductor packaging plant and research and development center. SK Hynix expects the campus to create as many as 800 high-wage jobs in engineering, technical support, administration and maintenance by
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — More severe weather is barreling across the U.S. A major spring storm was underway and expected to bring more than a foot of snow in parts of New England on Wednesday night, while heavy rains are soaking the East Coast. Meanwhile, cleanup work continues in
Continue Reading