Update 4:30 p.m. Samantha Smith has been found safe. Original Report: Authorities sought help from the public in locating an 85-year-old non-verbal woman with dementia who was last seen in Palm Desert early today. Samantha Smith was last seen around 3:30 a.m. Monday in the 76000 block of Begonia Lane, according to the Riverside County
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire drill of nuclear-capable “super-large” multiple rocket launchers designed to target South Korea’s capital as he vowed to boost his war deterrent in the face of deepening confrontations with rivals, state media said. The report Tuesday came
Continue ReadingBy Erin Burnett and Francesca Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — Best-selling author and life coach Tony Robbins was among the first people Robert F. Kennedy Jr. approached in late 2023 about being the independent presidential candidate’s running mate, according to a source familiar with the conversations. The source said Kennedy approached Robbins at least twice. Robbins
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has asked West Virginia’s highest court whether opioid distributions can cause a public nuisance. The question Monday came as the federal appeals court reviews a landmark lawsuit against three major U.S. drug distributors. A federal judge ruled in 2022 in favor of
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen and adult film star Stormy Daniels will be allowed to testify at the former president’s New York criminal trial, a judge ruled Monday. Judge Juan Merchan denied a motion from Trump’s attorneys to prevent Cohen and Daniels – two key witnesses
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — The family of Kaylee Gain, a Missouri girl who was critically injured during a fight 10 days ago near a St. Louis high school, announced Friday she left the intensive care unit and has “been able to engage in limited verbal conversations.” “Kaylee also recently began speech therapy, and
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The parents of four students killed at a Michigan school are calling for a state investigation of all aspects of the 2021 mass shooting. They say the convictions of a teenager and his parents are not enough to close the book. The parents also want a
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We’re getting a closer look at some of the new floor plans and designs for the Cotino, a Storyliving by Disney Community in Rancho Mirage. Inside Disney’s Cotino: A look at home designs ahead of Rancho Mirage Planning Commission meeting Officials with the company say that the initial release of homes from Woodbridge Pacific Group
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Tropical Cyclone Megan has made landfall along the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory bringing wind gusts of up to 200 kilometers per hour (124 mph), heavy rain and storm surges in the sparsely populated region. The cyclone crossed on to Australia’s mainland late Monday near the remote town of Borroloola on the
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — A former NYPD aide is suing New York City Mayor Eric Adams, alleging he sexually assaulted her in 1993 while they both worked for the Transit Bureau when he demanded sexual acts in exchange for helping her get a promotion she was previously denied, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. The plaintiff in the lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The infamous “Access Hollywood” video in which Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without asking permission will not be shown to jurors at the former president’s hush-money criminal trial, a New York judge ruled Monday. Judge Juan M. Merchan said Manhattan prosecutors can still
Continue ReadingCNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — The wide road that passes in front of Haiti’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport has a post-apocalyptic stillness these days. Where cars and crowds of people once massed, only tendrils of smoke rise from smoldering piles of trash, sending a bitter
Continue ReadingLAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say the three people killed when tornados roared through Ohio last week all died from storm-related injuries. Seventy-year-old Darla Williams and 81-year-old Marilyn Snapp both were fatally injured in a mobile home park in Lakeview, while the third victim, 69-year-old Neal Longfellow, lived in nearby Orchard Island. The two Ohio
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government hopes one last push can revive its stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. A bill aimed at overcoming a U.K. Supreme Court block on deportation flights returns to the House of Commons on Monday. It could be passed into
Continue ReadingGOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera will soon be free from prison after spending six months in pre-trial detention, according to media freedom group Reporters Without Borders. Bujakera worked for a Congolese online news site Actualité.CD, and Jeune Afrique, a Paris-based magazine, among others. A Congolese court found him guilty of forgery and
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has issued a last-minute endorsement in a highly sought northwest Ohio congressional district, backing state Rep. Derek Merrin as the best choice to face incumbent Democrat Marcy Kaptur this fall. Trump’s announcement Monday came about 18 hours before polls were to
Continue ReadingBy PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer There is no doubt this has been the season of Caitlin Clark, the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader from Iowa whose excellence has filled arenas and thrilled fans. Right alongside, though, is a group of flashy, talented newcomers elbowing their way onto the court shouting, “We’ve got next!” Throughout the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found guilty of misdemeanor charges
Continue ReadingCOSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Center Bradley Bozeman and linebacker Troy Dye have signed one-year contracts with the Los Angeles Chargers. The team announced the deals on Monday. General manager Joe Hortiz and offensive coordinator Greg Roman both worked with Bozeman in Baltimore. Bozeman was a sixth-round pick by the Ravens in the 2018 draft
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Monday painted one-time British tech star Mike Lynch as the ruthless mastermind of an $11 billion deal that defrauded Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard. But his lawyer depicted him as a visionary who was made a scapegoat for a desperate buyer’s bad
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