By BECKY BOHRER and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Joe Biden looks to nudge further ahead in his party’s nomination for reelection with Democratic voting Saturday in Wyoming and Alaska. As two of the least-populated states, Alaska and Wyoming play minuscule roles in both intraparty and general election voting in presidential
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump plans to hold a rally Saturday in northeast Pennsylvania, venturing into an area President Joe Biden considers his home turf in what will be the Republican’s last rally before his criminal hush money trial begins Monday. The presumptive GOP nominee and former president is scheduled
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG and DAKE KANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Garrett, a 27-year-old graduate student, always thought he would study in China, but first the country’s restrictive COVID-19 policies made it nearly impossible and now he has other concerns. The cost is one deterrent, but Garrett is more worried about restrictions on academic
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It was the kind of tawdry tale that Donald Trump might have relished before politics: a porn actor claiming they had had sex. But on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Trump feared the story, which he says is false, would
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Agnes Marciniak-Kostrzewa’s phone won’t stop ringing. She’s been in the property business for 25 years, helping Poles to buy homes on Spain’s southern shores, but the past few months have been “really crazy.” There are lots of reasons why people might trade the Baltic coast for the Mediterranean. More than
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s former longtime interpreter agreed Friday to undergo court-ordered gambling addiction treatment after federal prosecutors accused him of stealing $16 million from the Japanese baseball player to pay off debts. The initial federal court appearance by Ippei Mizuhara marked the first
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s former longtime interpreter agreed Friday to undergo court-ordered gambling addiction treatment after federal prosecutors accused him of stealing $16 million from the Japanese baseball player to pay off debts. The initial federal court appearance by Ippei Mizuhara marked the first
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his 175th home run in Major League Baseball, tying Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japan-born player with a solo shot during the first inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ game against the San Diego Padres on Friday night. Ohtani drove
Continue ReadingBY CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — LeBron James had 37 points — including six in the final minute — and 10 rebounds, and Anthony Davis had 36 points and 14 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies 123-120 on Friday night. Davis, returning from a left eye injury
Continue ReadingLA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) — Martin Wygod, who parlayed his financial success as an executive in the healthcare industry into becoming a prominent owner and breeder in thoroughbred racing, has died. He was 84. He died in his sleep Thursday at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, near his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Several people on the Hawaiian island of Kauai needed to be rescued from floodwaters during heavy rain, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. Heavy rain beginning Thursday afternoon prompted the closure of public schools Friday across Kauai and the opening of shelters. Crews were
Continue ReadingBy MAUREEN MULLEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Reid Detmers allowed three hits over 6 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and Taylor Ward matched a season high with three RBIs to lead the Los Angeles Angels over the Boston Red Sox 7-0 on Friday night. “He kept them off balance all night,” Angels manager Ron
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jacob Waguespack and five relievers combined on a six-hitter and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Friday night. Waguespack gave up one run and four hits over four innings in his first start since Sept. 25, 2019, and fourth appearance
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — One is an erratic billionaire entrepreneur and self-declared free-speech absolutist, prone to profanity-laden rants against “wokeness” and obsessed with making humanity a multi-planetary species. The other is an iconoclastic Latin American leader and self-declared anarcho-capitalist, prone to cloning his dead dogs and obsessed with destroying
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer Eastern Washington hired Dan Monson on Friday, the coach who led Long Beach State to the NCAA Tournament after the school told him he would be fired at the end of the season. Monson, who also coached at Gonzaga and Minnesota, will take over an Eagles program that has
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — One person died and multiple people were injured when a shuttle bus collided with pedestrians and concrete barriers at a Honolulu cruise ship terminal. Honolulu police said the crash occurred Friday when the shuttle bus driver mistook the gas pedal for the brake. The driver had dropped off customers at Pier 2
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware has refused to throw out a federal gun case against Hunter Biden, rejecting the president’s son’s claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes as well as other arguments. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika’s ruling increases the
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN and RIO YAMAT Associated Press/Report for America LAS VEGAS (AP) — The mother of a Nevada inmate who died a year ago after he was beaten by corrections officers has filed a lawsuit accusing prison staff of conspiring with the coroner’s office in Las Vegas to cover up the death. Annette Walker
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has rejected several attempts by Hunter Biden to throw out his felony gun indictment in Delaware. The trial — the first-ever against the child of a sitting US president — is scheduled to begin in early June, as his father, President Joe Biden, campaigns for reelection. Federal Judge
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A severe drought has pushed Colombia’s capital to start rationing tap water. Officials in Bogota moved to ration water starting this week after reservoirs hit historically low levels due to the combination of high temperatures and lack of rainfall prompted by the El Niño climate phenomenon. The rationing will affect neighborhoods
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