By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge has scheduled sentencing next month for a movie set armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” court records indicated Wednesday. Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted by a
Continue ReadingLINLEY SANDERS AND AMELIA THOMSON-DeVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have secured their party’s nominations for president, setting up a rematch of the 2020 election. While both men sailed through the primary season, their paths to a win in November will be more difficult. An analysis of
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court has overturned the convictions of a former Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed naked man. Robert “Chip” Olsen responded to a call of a naked man behaving erratically at an Atlanta-area apartment complex in March 2015. He shot and killed 26-year-old
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor urged jurors to convict the father of a Michigan school shooter on Wednesday, saying he ignored the “easiest, most glaring opportunities” to prevent the killing of four students, especially when confronted with his son’s violent classroom drawing. Instead of taking Ethan Crumbley home, James
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appears to be crumbling as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would manage the transition. The panel would be responsible for selecting an interim prime minister and a council
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A First Alert Weather Alert has been called due to incoming gusty winds that are likely to impact road conditions, visibility and air quality. Windy days have led to serious sand build up on roads and sidewalks in the City of Palm Desert, namely on Dinah Shore Drive. Last summer, the city implemented new mitigation
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Boudreaux advances to the general election for U.S. House in California’s 20th Congressional District.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have added more help to their defensive line, agreeing to acquire defensive tackle Maliek Collins in a trade from Houston for a seventh-round draft pick. A person familiar with the trade said the Niners will acquire Collins pending a
Continue ReadingNORTH LAS VEGAS. Nev. (AP) — Police near Las Vegas shot and killed a man who refused orders to drop a gun while walking toward them outside of an apartment complex where they later found three women who had been shot to death, authorities said. The officers were responding to a Tuesday afternoon 911 call
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A landslide reduced a Los Angeles house under renovation to a jumble of lumber, pulled the pool and deck away from a second home, and left the pool at a third residence on the edge of a huge fissure early Wednesday. The slide occurred just before
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A landslide reduced a Los Angeles house under renovation to a jumble of lumber, pulled the pool and deck away from a second home, and left the pool at a third residence on the edge of a huge fissure early Wednesday. The slide occurred just before
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s foreign minister says her country’s citizens who fight in the Israeli armed forces or alongside them in Gaza will be arrested when they return home. Her comments deepen the rift between the nations after South Africa lay accusations of genocide against Israel
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Seven people living at a Chicago shelter for migrants have tested positive for measles since last week, prompting the arrival of a team with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to guide city and state officials’ response to the infections, including vaccination efforts. Eight infections total
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok once again finds itself in a precarious position as lawmakers in Washington move forward with a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban on the platform. The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would ban TikTok if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Senate Republicans have revealed their version of the state’s next two-year budget. Their plan proposes more funding for the main K-12 school funding formula. And it would double the amount of performance-based funding going to public universities. The spending blueprint won Senate passage on Wednesday,
Continue ReadingBy Afia Barrie, CNN (CNN) — A man who sent a bomb threat in 2021 to Katie Hobbs, then-Arizona’s secretary of state and now Democratic governor, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. James Clark of Falmouth, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in August 2023 to one count of making a threatening interstate
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Riley Strain, a 22-year-old University of Missouri student, was drinking with friends on downtown Nashville’s bustling Broadway thoroughfare Friday night when he walked out of a bar and crossed a nearby street, police said. He hasn’t been seen since. Nashville authorities are continuing to look for the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts beach community is scrambling after a weekend storm washed away $600,000 in sand that was trucked in to protect homes, roads and other infrastructure. The project, which brought 14,000 tons (12,701 metric tons) of sand into Salisbury over several weeks, was completed just three days
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto says the country will still lead a U.N.-backed multi-national police force to help quell gang violence in Haiti once a transitional presidential council is formed in the Caribbean country. Ruto said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that U.S. Secretary of
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Volunteers from local nonprofits are being honored at the BNP Paribas Open. These volunteers are part of the nonprofits that receive grants from the Champions Volunteer Foundation. The Champions Volunteer Foundation is a certified nonprofit of the BNP Paribas Open. Celebrating Heroes ceremonies are held after the first set of the night match at Stadium
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