By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have passed a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis. Proposition 1 marks the first update to the state’s mental health system in 20 years and a win for
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE EVATT Associated Press JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (AP) — St. Helena, a small, craggy island in the South Atlantic Ocean, is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. Until several years ago, it took five nights by boat to reach the British overseas territory, which is nearly halfway between southern Africa
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Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter was fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers today amid allegations he stole millions of dollars from the Japanese slugger to place bets with a purported illegal bookmaker, according to an online report. Attorneys for Ohtani, responding to inquiries from the Los Angeles Times, told the paper in a statement Wednesday, “In
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have passed a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis. Proposition 1 marks the first update to the state’s mental health system in 20 years and a win for
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Levenson and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A man filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he was paralyzed and needed his legs amputated after police officers in St. Petersburg, Florida, put him in restraints, placed him in the back of a police van without a seatbelt and then drove in a reckless manner.
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Chevron has agreed to pay more than $13 million in fines for dozens of past oil spills in California. The California-based energy giant agreed to pay a $5.6 million fine associated with a 2019 oil spill in Kern County. The company has already paid to clean up that
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Chevron has agreed to pay more than $13 million in fines for dozens of past oil spills in California. The California-based energy giant agreed to pay a $5.6 million fine associated with a 2019 oil spill in Kern County. The company has already paid to clean up that
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Negotiations to secure an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza tied to the release of hostages held by Hamas are “getting closer” to a deal, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. “I think the gaps are narrowing, and I think an agreement is very much possible,” Blinken said in an
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters pass measure requiring counties to spend on housing, drug treatment programs to tackle homelessness.
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The brother of the Little Rock airport executive shot by federal agents serving a search warrant says he fears his brother may not survive. Bryan Malinowski was injured in a shootout Tuesday with agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at his west Little Rock home. His
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is all but winding down, lacking the political appetite from within the Republican ranks to go forward with an actual impeachment, but facing political pressure to deliver after months of work. The chairman of the House Oversight and
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Fredreka Schouten, Alayna Treene and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and joint fundraising committee together brought in $20.3 million in February and entered this month with a combined $41.9 million cash on hand, according to a Trump campaign official. But the amounts trail far behind the $53
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Baimadajie Angwang thought he would be reinstated to his dream job as a New York City police officer after federal prosecutors dropped criminal charges alleging he spied for China. Instead, he is fighting the police commissioner’s decision to fire him. In a decision made public recently, Commissioner Edward Caban ordered
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO, RONALD BLUM and BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend has been fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star. Interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, 39, was let go from the team Wednesday following reports from the
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO, RONALD BLUM and BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend has been fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star. Interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, 39, was let go from the team Wednesday following reports from the
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A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty today to sexually assaulting a woman in Rancho Mirage at the end of last year. Reginald Demond Macon Jr. of Indio pleaded guilty Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count of rape by force or fear, according to court records. He is set to
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The nearly year-long conflict between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces has put the African nation on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis with malnutrition soaring and already claiming children’s lives, the U.N. humanitarian office is warning. Edem Wosornu, the director of humanitarian operations,
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Authorities have identified two homicide victims found at a former hotel in Denver that was converted into a homeless shelter, as city officials moved to increase security at the building in response to the shootings. The Denver coroner’s office says 43-year-old Sandra Cervantes and 38-year-old Dustin Nunn were found dead in a
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press Angela Chao, a shipping industry CEO and sister-in-law to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, was intoxicated when she drove into a pond and died last month in Texas, according to a law enforcement report released Wednesday. The investigation by the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office concluded that Chao’s death was an
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Engel, Lauren Mascarenhas, Taylor Romine and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape from a hospital visit on Wednesday by shooting at state corrections officers were captured Thursday, ending a 36-hour manhunt, Boise Police Chief Ron Winegar said during a news conference. The inmate,
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