By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press Lisa Forbes has won the Democratic nomination for the Ohio Supreme Court’s only open seat. The 8th District Court of Appeals judge defeated Judge Terri Jamison, who sits on the 10th District Court of Appeals. Forbes will face Dan Hawkins, a Republican judge of the Franklin County Court of Common
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The Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert in Rancho Mirage has announced a phased rollout on March 25 with two weeks of spring break camps. The next phase is set for mid-April with the installation of some of the 40 new custom exhibits, followed by the arrival and installation of additional exhibits in early June.
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that would outlaw paid assistance with absentee ballot applications and another that would restrict diversity, equity and inclusion programs at universities and state agencies. Republicans had named the bills as priorities for the legislative session. The
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Catastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern Gaza and approaching in Haiti, with hundreds of thousands of people in both places struggling to avoid starvation. That’s according to food security experts and aid groups, who are warning about the toll from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — A new clerk was chosen Tuesday to oversee elections in a deep-red rural Nevada county that has been roiled by false claims of widespread election fraud since 2020. Nye County Commissioners appointed Cori Freidhof to step into the position at the end of the month when Mark Kampf, the
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Longtime Rep. Danny Davis has won the Democratic primary after a competitive five-way primary. The Democrat first won office in 1996. He faced questions about his fitness for office at age 82. He said those questions are fair but that his experience is valuable, particularly for leadership
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A pastor and his alleged cohort in a murder-for-hire plot purportedly hatched by the clergyman are slated to appear for a hearing at the Riverside courthouse next week, while authorities today continued searching for a third alleged conspirator. Samuel Davalos Pasillas, 47, of Victorville, and Juan Manuel Cebreros, 55, of Long Beach, were arrested
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday personally appealed to Latino voters, saying they’re the reason he defeated Donald Trump in 2020 and urging them to help him do it again in November. “I need you back,” he told several dozen supporters packed into a local Mexican restaurant.
Continue ReadingPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has ordered a ban on musical horns, after videos posted on social media showed people dancing on roads and roadsides as passing trucks blasted rhythmic little tunes. Hun Manet called on the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation and police to immediately take action against
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is praising Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa for his 1916 attack on Columbus, New Mexico. The raid killed 18 Americans, mostly civilians. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the attack “daring” and said “we should thank” Villa for it. Mexico has long honored Villa in government textbooks and monuments,
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed concern over the escalating violence in Myanmar after reports and residents of the country’s western Rakhine state said military airstrikes killed at least 25 members of the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, including children. Tuesday’s reports said the attack the previous day
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The Palm Springs International Airport released its inaugural annual report this week. PSP had another record year for passenger travel last year, with just over 3.2 million passengers. That’s up nearly nine percent from the year earlier. This year’s projects include an expanded baggage claim area — remodeling the terminal restrooms– and new shade-structure installations.
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It was a big day for the 5th annual St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway. News Channel 3 and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are teaming up once again to raffle off another beautiful home. Tuesday was floor signing day at the house in beautiful La Quinta. The trade partners and builders who have made this home
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s lawmakers unanimously passed a new national security law that grants the government more power to quash dissent in the southern Chinese city. The legislation passed Tuesday is widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown that followed pro-democracy protests in 2019
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia has won the Democratic primary over Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez. The three-term congressman faced a spirited challenge during the campaign with questions about whether he was the right fit for the Chicago-area district. Garcia is one of the most progressive members of
Continue ReadingBy Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — Bernie Moreno will win the Republican Senate primary in Ohio, a victory for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, who had endorsed the Cleveland businessman in the three-way contest. Moreno will next take on Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in a fall election that will be crucial to deciding Senate
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets were served up a new playmaker on offense. Former Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams signed a one-year contract with the Jets on Tuesday, six days after he was released by Los Angeles. The 29-year-old Williams visited the Jets’ facility and
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno won Ohio’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, just days after former President Donald Trump visited the state to boost his endorsed candidate in a three-way race that remained competitive to the end. Moreno prevailed after a contentious and expensive fight against
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS, CODY JACKSON, MICHELLE L. PRICE and BILL BARROW Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump won their parties’ primaries in Kansas on Tuesday, notching more delegates as they continue their march to a rematch in November’s presidential election. Biden, a Democrat, and Trump, a Republican, also easily won
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border to transport underage girls across state lines, making him the first man to be convicted in what authorities say was a scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children.
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