A Murrieta jury today deadlocked in the retrial of a convicted felon involved in a street racing crash in Rancho Mirage that killed an 81-year-old woman, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial and setting the stage for a potential third murder trial. After deliberating only a day, jurors declared themselves unable to overcome an
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Nestled among the lush rolling terrain of the Philippines’ famed Chocolate Hills, the Captain’s Peak Garden and Resort offered travelers scenery that few hotels could compete with. But now the resort has been temporarily shuttered after public outcry over what one legislator has called a “blatant abuse of our natural resources,”
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association were given honorary prizes by the National Book Critics Circle. Moore, best known as a short-story writer, won the fiction prize for her novel, “I
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has been asked to testify in court July 2 in the trial of two men who are accused of making deepfake pornographic images using her face and posting them online, Italian news agency ANSA reported. Meloni, who is listed as an injured party in the Sassari, Sardinia trial,
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Joe Hortiz knew he was going to be in for a rough first two months as general manager of the Los Angeles Chargers. Considering the salary cap situation he inherited, Hortiz is hoping that doesn’t repeat itself. “I don’t ever want to be in
Continue ReadingFRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Fresno State has announced that athletic director Terry Tumey will be leaving the school after six years. Fresno State President Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval announced Thursday that the two sides had “mutually agreed” to the decision. Rob Acunto will serve as interim athletic director. “I sincerely appreciate Terry’s six years of dedicated service
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An investigation is underway after human skeletal remains were found in an unincorporated community near Twentynine Palms. The remains were found on Wednesday in a desert area near Amboy Road and Shelton Road in Wonder Valley. The remains were confirmed to be human by the Coroner’s Office, the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station confirmed on Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Whether it was dinner on Wednesday night or making a visit to an elementary school on Thursday morning, Bryce Drew and Grand Canyon is receiving what might seem like an oddly warm March Madness reception in the Pacific Northwest. That’s what happens when Grand Canyon’s
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — For decades, their mission in World War II was top secret. With inflatable tanks, trucks and planes, combined with costume uniforms and acting, American military units that became known as the Ghost Army outwitted the enemy. On Thursday, they were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Three of
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — No criminal charges will be filed against the Oklahoma teens involved in a high school bathroom fight with Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old whose death following the altercation was ruled a suicide, the county district attorney said Thursday. Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States called for a vote Friday on a newly revised and tougher U.N. resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The joint fundraising agreement that Donald Trump has inked with the Republican National Committee and state parties first sends donors’ money to his campaign committee and then to the leadership PAC that pays his legal bills before the national party gets its share, an invitation to an upcoming fundraiser
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — A fifth teenager has been arrested in connection with a shooting this month that left eight high school students wounded at a transit bus stop in Northeast Philadelphia, police said Thursday. The 15-year-old, whom CNN is not naming because of his age, served as a
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday finished handing down prison terms of about 10 to 40 years to six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men in an
Continue ReadingBy LAURIE KELLMAN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The teeth clench. The brow furrows. The bicep bulges. In moody black and white, photos of French President Emmanuel Macron pounding a punching bag arched eyebrows across Europe on Thursday after his official photographer posted them to social media in what was widely received
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Pro-Trump attorney Stefanie Lambert has been released from jail in Michigan after turning herself in and posting $10,000 bond to resolve an outstanding warrant. Lambert appeared in court Thursday. That came after she was arrested in Washington, D.C., earlier this week following a
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and JOHN HANNA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Georgia and Kansas have shot down attempts by Democrats to expand Medicaid in their states. The two states’ legislative committee voted Thursday. Democrats in Georgia said that GOP leaders in the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature had promised to advance the bill in
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Five minors were arrested after a stolen vehicle pursuit that ended in Palm Desert Thursday afternoon. The incident started at around 2:40 p.m. when deputies spotted a stolen vehicle near Washington and Country Club, a spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office told News Channel 3. Deputies attempted a vehicle stop but the driver failed
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A 41-year-old man suspected of multiple window-smash burglaries throughout the Coachella Valley over the last two months was behind bars today. The suspect, an Indio resident, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of 17 counts of commercial burglary, according to Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Patrick Mushinskie. The burglaries occurred at numerous businesses throughout the Coachella
Continue ReadingTULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma district attorney said Thursday he doesn’t plan to file any charges in the case of Nex Benedict, the 16-year-old Owasso teenager whose death following a fight in a high school bathroom was ruled a suicide. Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in a statement that after reviewing the
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