A 27-year-old man who was convicted of a fatal shooting in Desert Hot Springs almost three years ago was sentenced today to 48 years and eight months to life in prison. Michael Leslie Goehner was convicted Feb. 6 of one felony count each of murder and discharging a firearm, and two felony counts each of
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Clarke and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Uvalde, Texas (CNN) — Two men criticized for their failures to challenge the Uvalde school shooter and rescue children and teachers trapped in the carnage won support from voters to continue as law enforcement leaders in the Texas community. The results stunned and upset families of victims who
Continue ReadingBy RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say eight Philadelphia high school students waiting to board a city bus after classes Wednesday were wounded by gunshots from suspects who jumped from a car and opened fire, the fourth shooting on the transit system in as many days. The previous three shootings each involved
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Brian Dutcher, who led San Diego State to the national championship game last season, has signed a contract extension that will keep him on the Aztecs’ bench through the 2027-28 season. Dutcher is in his seventh season as head coach, with a 173-55 record, and 25th season overall at SDSU. He
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles FC coach Steve Cherundolo was fined $10,000 by Major League Soccer on Wednesday for complaining that last weekend’s game against Salt Lake was played amid snow and lightning. The league said Cherundolo’s comments after Saturday’s 3-0 loss in Utah were in violation of the league’s public criticism policy. MLS
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The verdict against movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed assigned new blame in
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal airport security officials unveiled a passenger self-screening system Wednesday at busy Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, but say they do not plan to use it in other cities around the country. “How do we step into the future? This is a step,” said
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The verdict against movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed assigned new blame in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Southern Baptist Convention leader said Wednesday the U.S. Department of Justice has ended its investigation of a top denominational agency’s handling of sexual abuse and doesn’t anticipate further action. The statement by Jonathan Howe, interim president of the denomination’s Executive Committee, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Jury convicts movie armorer of involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin.
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are moving closer to passing legislation to protect in vitro fertilization providers. The House of Representatives voted 81-12 for the bill Wednesday. It now returns to the Alabama Senate. The measure would protect providers from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for the “damage or death
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new forever postage stamp bearing the portrait of former first lady Betty Ford was unveiled Wednesday afternoon in the East Room of the White House. And if there was a theme to the unveiling event, it focused on how the wife of 38th President Gerald Ford
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five Republican-led states have joined lawsuits challenging a new Biden administration rule that sets tougher standards for deadly soot pollution. Republicans say the Environmental Protection Agency rule would raise costs for manufacturers, utilities and families across the country and could block new manufacturing facilities and infrastructure projects.
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22 residents of the long-troubled Oasis Mobile Home Park, along with a tenant association called Juntos Por Un Mejor Oasis, settled their civil suit against the park’s owners. Oasis Mobile Home Park has been a fixture of controversy for years, most recently due to high levels of arsenic in drinking water, resulting in three emergency administrative
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A visit from a rare, fine-feathered tourist on the Las Vegas Strip interrupted a hotel-casino’s prominent water show before wildlife biologists captured the yellow-billed loon and relocated it Wednesday, unharmed, to an unspecified remote location where they expect it to resume its migratory trek north. The Bellagio said in a social
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Constitution spells it out clearly in Article II, Section 3: The president “shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” But the modern State of the Union address
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new forever postage stamp bearing the portrait of former U.S. First Lady Betty Ford was unveiled Wednesday afternoon in the East Room of the White House. And if there was a theme to the unveiling event, it focused on how the wife of 38th U.S. President
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Republican official in New York City’s suburbs who prohibited girls and women’s sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities has asked a federal court to affirm the ban. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the “cease and
Continue ReadingBy RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say eight teenagers in northeast Philadelphia were injured in another shooting involving a city bus. Wednesday’s shooting is the fourth shooting on the transit system in as many days. Philadelphia’s police commissioner Kevin Bethel says students from Northeast High School were waiting for a bus when
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have invited Hunter Biden and his former business associates to appear at a public hearing on March 20. It’s part of the next step in the GOP’s monthslong impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee announced Wednesday that the hearing
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