INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Jannik Sinner defeated Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-3 to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday, running his winning streak to 16 consecutive matches this year. Sinner’s streak includes the Australian Open title he won in January. The Italian is 19-0 overall dating to last year’s Davis Cup.
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American shoppers picked up their spending a bit in February after pulling back the previous month. But last month’s gain was weaker than expected, and January’s decline was revised even lower, suggesting that consumers are becoming more cautious. Retail sales rose 0.6% last month after
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are taking aim at a new federal courts policy trying to curb “judge shopping,” a practice that gained national attention in a major abortion medication case. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke out against it on the Senate floor Thursday and joined with two other GOP
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Update 3/14/24 Gene Autry Trail was reopened shortly before 2:30 p.m. Original Report 3/12/24 Gene Autry Trail was closed at the wash due to blowing sand and low visibility Wednesday morning, according to Palm Springs Police. Indian Canyon Drive was also closed briefly at 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday but reopened to traffic within an hour.
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Gaza’s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed and 155 wounded by Israeli shelling as they waited for desperately needed food on Thursday, a claim that Israel vehemently denied, as Palestinians increasingly face deadly violence in their search for aid. The Israel
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The death of a 16-year-old nonbinary student in Oklahoma the day after a school fight has been ruled a suicide by the state’s medical examiner’s office. A summary autopsy released this week shows Nex Benedict had toxic levels of drugs in their system and died of
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Connecticut lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges and universities across the state, including private ones like Yale University. A bill was advanced to the Senate floor on Thursday. It comes days after the Virginia governor signed legislation barring consideration of
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A new plan to rebuild Baltimore’s storied but deteriorating Pimlico Race Course is making a late charge down the stretch of Maryland’s legislative session. The measure released Thursday would use $400 million in state bonds to rebuild the home of the second jewel of horse racing’s
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped Thursday after a mixed batch of economic data seemed to drive the final nail into hopes that easier interest rates may arrive very soon. The S&P 500 fell 14.83 points, or 0.3%, to 5,150.48, though it’s still close to its all-time high
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two hotels and several residents of San Francisco’s troubled Tenderloin district sued the city on Thursday, alleging it is using the neighborhood as a containment zone for rampant illegal drug use and other vices, making residents terrified to leave their homes and businesses unable to recruit
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two hotels and several residents of San Francisco’s troubled Tenderloin district sued the city on Thursday, alleging it is using the neighborhood as a containment zone for rampant illegal drug use and other vices, making residents terrified to leave their homes and businesses unable to recruit
Continue ReadingBy NICK INGRAM and JIM SALTER Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected at this weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Kansas City, where they should expect much tighter security measures than in past years due to last month’s deadly mass shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration.
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arizona went to USC and lost by 13 points just five days before meeting the Trojans in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals. The outcome this time was considerably different. KJ Lewis led a balanced scoring attack with 15 points and sixth-ranked Arizona rolled past the Trojans
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A series of bogus bomb threats targeting San Jacinto High School originated from a teenager in Tennessee, who is now under investigation, authorities said today. Beginning March 5 and continuing to Wednesday, the school “received multiple bomb threats,” resulting in responses by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Hazardous Devices Team, according to the agency. “On
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has held the city of Flint, Michigan, in civil contempt for failing to meet deadlines imposed last year in a court order outlining steps to replace lead service lines that contributed to city residents being exposed to dangerously high levels of lead.
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The city of Indio will host a special send-off concert in honor of Abi Carter before she heads off to compete in American Idol. The free concert, which Carter will perform at, is scheduled to held on Saturday, March 23 in downtown Indio (Towne Street and Bliss Avenue). City officials said the concert will not
Continue ReadingCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Retired Army Capt. Sam Brown, who lost Nevada’s 2022 GOP Senate primary, filed his formal candidacy Thursday for the seat held by first-term Sen. Jacky Rosen in a race Republicans have targeted nationally as one of their best chances to knock off an incumbent Democrat. Brown, a Purple Heart recipient,
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Engineers have sent a “poke” to the Voyager 1 probe and received a potentially encouraging response as they hope to fix a communication issue with the aging spacecraft that has persisted for five months. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, are venturing through uncharted cosmic
Continue ReadingBy MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras’ former first lady Ana García de Hernández says her decision to seek the presidency next year is about showing the world the injustice that was done to her recently convicted husband, not an attempt to protect herself from prosecution as some allege. In an interview
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — House Republicans are huddling in West Virginia for a strategy-planning retreat designed to unify the often-fractious conference as they head into the final months before the November election. But many didn’t bother to show up. It was the first annual retreat for House Speaker
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