By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A dozen countries across Africa have suffered a major internet outage as multiple undersea telecommunication cables reported failures. Network disruptions caused by cable damage have occurred in Africa in recent years, but “today’s disruption points to something larger (and) this is amongst the most severe,” said
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — N’Faly Dante scored 22 points, including a jump hook with 37 seconds left, for his fourth 20-plus game of the season and No. 4 seed Oregon held off a late rally to beat No. 5 seed UCLA 68-66 on Thursday in the Pac-12 Tournament. Oregon (21-11) advances to play top seed
Continue ReadingBy MARCO UGARTE Associated Press VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico (AP) — Once a glittering weekend getaway for wealthy residents of Mexico City, Valle de Bravo has been reduced to a shrinking muddy puddle by a combination of drought, water transfers to the capital, bad planning and lawlessness. Valle, as the reservoir has been known since
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A major storm dumped heavy snow in Colorado on Thursday – forcing flight cancellations and shutting down a highway that connects Denver to Colorado ski resorts for much of the day, stranding some people in their cars for hours. The storm comes as other
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — A driver who said his pickup’s steering locked up right before he hit a group of bicyclists near Phoenix a year ago has been charged in connection with the deadly crash, authorities said Thursday. Prosecutors in the city of Goodyear announced their decision to prosecute Pedro Quintana-Lujan weeks after
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The Clippers and Bulls were missing key players Thursday, with Los Angeles’ James Harden out with a strained left shoulder and Chicago’s Coby White sidelined because of a sore right hip. Kawhi Leonard was available for the Clippers after leaving Tuesday’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves because of back spasms. Harden had
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A felon who killed his 27-year-old girlfriend and her unborn child during an argument at their San Jacinto home was convicted today of two counts of voluntary manslaughter. Following two days of deliberations, a Banning jury returned with the manslaughter verdicts against Angel Martine McIntire, 29, of Beaumont, convicting him of the lesser offenses rather
Continue ReadingCNN By Dalia Faheid and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — In a groundbreaking verdict, a Michigan jury on Thursday found James Crumbley – whose son killed four students at his high school in 2021 – guilty of involuntary manslaughter, a result experts say could set an important precedent for the extent to which parents of
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Authorities today identified an Alaksa woman and a Palm Springs man who were among the three people killed when flames engulfed a commercial building in Cathedral City that once housed the Elks Club over the weekend. Josee Vanbuskirk, 37, of Wasilla, Alaska/Cathedral City and Daniel Burr, 51, of Palm Springs were identified by authorities on
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press reported Thursday that someone with access to a work email account for Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno created a profile in late 2008 on an adult website, seeking casual sexual encounters with men. Before running for the Senate as Donald
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The longer the war in Gaza goes on and Yemen’s Houthi rebels keep attacking ships in the Red Sea the greater the risk that Yemen could be propelled back into war, the U.N. special envoy for the Arab world’s poorest country is warning. Hans Grundberg
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Voters are heading to the polls in Russia for a three-day presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule by six more years after he stifled dissent. The election takes place against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown that has crippled independent media and prominent
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan school shooter was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Thursday, a second conviction against the teen’s parents who were accused of failing to secure a gun at home and doing nothing to address acute signs of his mental turmoil. The jury verdict
Continue ReadingHENRIETTA, N.Y. (AP) — A tandem tractor-trailer was left partly hanging over the edge of a New York State Thruway bridge after an accident. No serious injuries were reported after the accident Thursday. State police say the eastbound FedEx tractor-trailer sideswiped a disabled vehicle on a stretch of Interstate 90 in the Rochester, New York,
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender woman Lia Thomas to compete at the national championships in 2022. The lawsuit details the shock Gaines and other swimmers felt
Continue ReadingBy KIRK KERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Justin Hutson stepped down as coach of Fresno State on Thursday after the Bulldogs were eliminated from the Mountain West Conference tournament. Hutson’s contract was set to expire on April 30, and the school did not extend it before the season. The 52-year-old didn’t win the
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has started requiring migrants without passports to submit to facial recognition technology to take domestic flights under a change that prompted confusion this week among immigrants and advocacy groups in Texas. It is not clear exactly when the change took effect, but many
Continue ReadingBy W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Defensive tackle Christian Wilkins opened his introductory news conference with the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday by emulating his new coach, Antonio Pierce. “Raiderrrsss!” Wilkins exclaimed before allowing the first question to be asked, in the same exuberant manner Pierce displayed following each victory after he
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE and JESSICA DONATI DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top opposition leader has been released from jail ahead of the presidential election scheduled for the end of the month. Sonko’s lawyer Bamba Cisse told AP that Sonko and his key ally, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were both released. It wasn’t immediately clear how their release
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Fort Pierce, Florida (CNN) — US District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday declined to toss out the classified documents case against Donald Trump after hours-long arguments in part over whether the charges against the former president were too vague. Before the judge were two of the
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