By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the state to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a chance to remove restrictions in November. The court, which was reshaped by Republican Gov.
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Firefighters rescued a woman while working to contain a garage fire at a home in Palm Springs Monday afternoon. The fire was reported on the 900 block of Grace Circle, north of E Racquet Club Road, at around 1:30 p.m. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Palm Springs Fire (@palmspringsfire) Viewer video
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer says the arrest in recent days of a former Austrian intelligence officer on serious allegations of spying for Russia suggests that Austria needs to boost its security to thwart Russian infiltration. Nehammer says the allegations against Egisto Ott, who worked for a now-defunct
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Catching a glimpse of the total solar eclipse that will occur a week from today across the nation’s midsection will be possible from California, even though the “path of totality” will be over 1,000 miles away, and College of the Desert will be hosting a viewing event for the duration. “A solar eclipse is a
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The NCAA said Monday one of the 3-point lines on the court used for the women’s basketball regionals in Portland, Oregon, was about 9 inches short of regulation at its apex, a mistake by the contractor that makes the courts used throughout March Madness. The line on
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The NCAA said Monday one of the 3-point lines on the court used for the women’s basketball regionals in Portland, Oregon, was about 9 inches short of regulation at its apex, a mistake by the contractor that makes the courts used throughout March Madness. The line on
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The body of a 71-year-old man was found floating in the pond of the golf course at the Date Palm Country Club on Monday. The Cathedral City Fire Department extracted the man from the water and confirmed he had died Cathedral City police detectives, along with the coroner’s office, were able to determine that there
Continue ReadingBy PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire erupted Monday in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital as police battled gang members near the National Palace for several hours. Local media reported that at least one policeman was shot after he and other officers were forced to flee an armored car that
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli airstrike that demolished Iran’s consulate in Syria on Monday killed two Iranian generals and five officers, according to Iranian officials. The strike appeared to signify an escalation of Israel’s targeting of military officials from Iran, which supports militant groups fighting Israel
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal trial court in Texas commonly targeted by litigants as a way to guarantee a conservative judge will hear their case is rebuffing the push by US judiciary’s policy-making body to rein in the tactic, known as “judge-shopping.” The US District Court of the Northern District of Texas
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer North America is on the verge of another masking of the sun during a total solar eclipse. This one will last almost twice as long, with an even wider audience, than the eclipse that stretched coast-to-coast in 2017. Monday’s eclipse will make landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast and cross
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Update Monday 1:10 p.m. N Indian Canyon is back open at the wash. Update Monday 10:15 a.m.:Gene Autry Trail at the wash is now open. Update Monday 7:50 a.m.: East Vista Chino Road has reopened to traffic, but N. Gene Autry Trail and North Indian Canyon Drive remained closed to traffic due to flooding. Updated
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military withdrew from Gaza’s largest hospital early Monday after a two-week raid that engulfed the facility and surrounding districts in fighting. Footage showed widespread devastation, with the facility’s main buildings reduced to burned-out husks. The military has
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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a chance to remove restrictions in November and restore abortion rights in most cases. The court
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher have filed a federal lawsuit over police raids last summer of its offices and the publisher’s home. The Marion County Record’s parent company and its editor and publisher Eric Meyer also notified local officials Monday that the paper
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Top American and Israeli officials held virtual talks Monday as the U.S. pushed alternatives to the ground assault against Hamas under consideration by Israelis in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a move the U.S. opposes on humanitarian grounds and that has frayed relations between
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The mayor of Colombia’s second largest city has issued a six-month ban on prostitution in one of the city’s most famous neighborhoods, arguing that it is a necessary step to prevent the sexual exploitation of children. Mayor Federico Gutierrez said that the ban will be enforced
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — On Monday, the Israeli military withdrew from its second devastating raid on Gaza’s largest hospital, Shifa, leaving it in ruins, with the walls blown out and frame blackened. Despite the destruction, Israel claimed the battle as a victory in its battle against Hamas militants — and said it hadn’t harmed civilians sheltering
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A horse that was stuck in the Santa Ana River has been taken by firefighters and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department to a location where it will receive food and medical care today. Authorities were searching for a possible rider after responding to a call about the distressed horse in Eastvale. The incident was
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Sami Michael, an award-winning and Iraqi-born Israeli author who was known for writing poignantly about oppressed minorities and the challenges faced by Jews from Arab countries, has died. He was 97. The human rights organization he led for decades announced his death on Monday. His characters, who
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