By The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The numbers have been drawn for an estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot that has grown so large thanks to nearly three dozen consecutive drawings without a winner of the top prize. The numbers drawn Monday night were: 7, 11, 19, 53 68 and red ball: 23
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The numbers have been drawn for an estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot that has grown so large thanks to nearly three dozen consecutive drawings without a winner of the top prize. The numbers drawn Monday night were: 7, 11, 19, 53 68 and red ball: 23
Continue ReadingWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand says hackers linked to the Chinese government targeted its Parliament in 2021. New Zealand’s allegation comes a day after American and British authorities announced a set of criminal charges and sanctions against seven hackers, who targeted U.S. officials, journalists, corporations, pro-democracy activists and the U.K.’s election watchdog. New
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Early in the third quarter, Kiki Rice knew the pressure was on her if the Bruins wanted to keep their hopes alive of getting to the Women’s Final Four for the first time. The sophomore point guard ended up delivering in the most pressure-packed time
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in muted trading Tuesday, as buying in some markets was soon erased by profit-taking. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225, where computer chip-related issues had interested investors early, reversed course to be little changed, inching down less than 0.1% to finish at 40,398.03. Australia’s
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hosts across MSNBC’s airwaves are following Chuck Todd in publicly criticizing their network for hiring former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor. Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, Nicolle Wallace, Lawrence O’Donnell and “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski all spoke
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USC President Carol Folt today presented a rare University Medallion in honor of Holocaust survivors, whose stories are told and honored by the Shoah Foundation at USC. Folt presented the honor during a gathering at the USC Town & Gown ballroom, attended by Shoah Foundation founder and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg and Holocaust survivor Celina
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A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who threw a woman into the door of a primary inspection booth at the San Ysidro Port of Entry was sentenced today to four months in prison. Andre Maurice Chevalier pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor for pulling the woman out of a vehicle on April 23,
Continue ReadingCNN By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani went hitless for a second straight game as the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Los Angeles Angels 6-0 on Monday at Dodger Stadium. Playing in the team’s second Freeway Series exhibition game since returning from South Korea, Ohtani went 0-for-2,
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press BUON MA THUOT, Vietnam (AP) — New European Union rules aimed at protecting dwindling forests are reordering how the world gets its coffee. Experts say the rules requiring companies to provide more detailed evidence that the coffee they sell is not linked to deforestation will create new winners and losers.
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Imprisoned ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been indicted on 10 new felony counts, including one that would ban him from ever holding public office in the state again. The indictments extend action in what was already the largest corruption case in Ohio’s history. The
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Russell Westbrook will return to the Clippers’ lineup after missing 12 games because of a fractured left hand when Los Angeles takes on the Indiana Pacers on Monday night. Westbrook broke his hand against the Washington Wizards on March 1 and underwent surgery to repair the
Continue ReadingJOSHUA GOODMAN CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Throng of supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have rallied at an electoral council headquarters where he made official his candidacy for a third term. Meanwhile, his would-be rival Corina Yonis struggled against a ticking deadline to register her candidacy — and found she was unable to — in
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A New York City police officer was shot and killed Monday during a traffic stop, the city’s mayor said. It marked the first slaying of an NYPD officer in two years. “We lost one of our sons today and it is extremely painful. It is extremely painful,” Mayor Eric Adams
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The Los Angeles County Fire Department announced today the on-duty death of one of its firefighters, although the circumstances surrounding the death were not immediately released. According to the agency, firefighter Jonathan Van Oeffelen died Sunday. He was assigned to fire station 52 in Vernon. “We extend our deepest condolences and prayers to the
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet OK’d a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on Tuesday, its latest step away from the pacifist principles the country adopted at the end of World War II. The controversial decision to allow international arms sales is expected to help secure
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal court has rejected an appeal from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that Donald Trump Jr. defamed him by calling him a “felon.” The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals left in place a lower court’s ruling in West Virginia against Blankenship. The former coal CEO served a
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s little-known, 44-year-old opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is named the country’s next president after preliminary results showed that he won the first round outright. His victory came less than two weeks after he was released from prison to launch a campaign. Official
Continue ReadingANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland Senate panel has voted to support a Republican nominee to the state elections board to replace a previous board member who resigned when he was charged with participating in the January 2021 rioting at the U.S. Capitol. The Senate Executive Nominations Committee voted Monday night to send Diane Butler’s
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and Italy to other countries, in the latest move away from the country’s postwar pacifist principles. The contentious decision to allow international arms sales is expected to help secure
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