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By KRYSTA FAURIA, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in riot gear massed on the UCLA campus and ordered a large group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside a fortified encampment to leave the area or face arrest late Wednesday, one night after violence instigated by counter-protesters erupted
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African climate-tech startups are increasingly raising money from private sources, but while those funds for climate solutions are growing, a huge gap remains in meeting the actual financial needs for climate action in Africa. Africa requires an estimated $277 billion annually to implement its climate goals.
Continue ReadingBy Rafael Romo, Shawn Nottingham and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed immigration enforcement legislation pushed in the wake of nursing student Laken Riley’s death. Kemp said at the signing that the legislation, which was sent to his desk in late March, “became one of our top priorities
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Nickelodeon producer and writer Dan Schneider sued the makers of “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” on Wednesday, alleging the makers of the documentary series wrongly implied that he sexually abused the child actors he worked with. Schneider filed the defamation
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Nickelodeon producer and writer Dan Schneider sued the makers of “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” on Wednesday, alleging the makers of the documentary series wrongly implied that he sexually abused the child actors he worked with. Schneider filed the defamation
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Announcements broadcasted on the University of California, Los Angeles campus Wednesday evening told demonstrators to disperse or they would be arrested and face a misdemeanor charge. The protesters largely stayed in place, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans. Police stood by strapping on riot gear. UCLA posted on the social platform X that campus
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By Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (KCAL) — The president of the University of Southern California denounced the actions of vandals who drew a Swastika at the school’s campus. “I’ve been made aware of a swastika drawn on our campus,” President Carol Folt wrote. “I condemn any antisemitic symbols
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Announcements broadcasted on the University of California, Los Angeles campus Wednesday evening told demonstrators to disperse or they would be arrested and face a misdemeanor charge. The protesters largely stayed in place, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans. Police stood by strapping on riot gear. UCLA posted on the social platform X that campus
Continue ReadingBy MARTÍN SILVA REY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Volunteers have searched on the fringes of Mexico City for what they thought could be a clandestine crematorium. It was the first time in recent memory that anyone claimed to have found such a body disposal site in the capital, but authorities disputed the contention
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Police officers in a Wisconsin village shot and killed a student who brought a gun near a middle school Wednesday morning, according to Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul. The student from the Mount Horeb Area School District, who was a minor and not identified, never made
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands lawmakers have elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with China. Manele used his first speech as leader to promise to govern with integrity and to put his
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Garcia denied using performance-enhancing drugs in a video posted on social media Wednesday night after ESPN reported that he had tested positive for a banned substance. Garcia defeated Devin Haney, a former amateur rival, by majority decision on April 20 in New York. Garcia knocked Haney down three times and
Continue ReadingBy MAUREEN MULLEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Kutter Crawford pitched a career-high seven innings, Connor Wong had three hits and the Boston Red Sox beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Wednesday night. Crawford (2-1) allowed two runs on four hits — including a home run — and two walks with six strikeouts as
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held at 3:00 p.m. for a new sports park complex along Avenue 44 and Jackson on Wednesday. City leaders, parents, and kids all showed up for the big moment. The groundbreaking means that construction on the 38-acre park is now officially underway on the project more than 15-years in the making.
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to release from jail a former FBI informant who is charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family. Alexander Smirnov ‘s lawyers had urged the California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to release from jail a former FBI informant who is charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family. Alexander Smirnov ‘s lawyers had urged the California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to
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April 2024 was a very comfortable month for the Coachella Valley! The warmest day of the month was the 22nd with a high of 100°F, the first of the year. The coolest day of the month was the 5th with a high of only 69°F. Most of the month (17 days) saw temperatures below the
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Administrators and campus police at UCLA faced intense criticism Wednesday for failing to act quickly to stop an attack on a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus by counter-demonstrators who threw traffic cones and chairs, released pepper spray and tore
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously ordered the case dismissed in 2020, saying that
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands lawmakers have chosen former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manale as the new prime minister of the South Pacific island nation that has grown closer to China in recent years. The withdrawal of pro-Beijing former Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare from the contest to remain head of the government made way for
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