By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and U.K. sanctioned a deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a Houthi militant member, Tuesday. The U.S. additionally sanctioned firms registered in Hong Kong and the Marshall Islands, along with two ships, including one that transported $100 million in Iranian commodities to
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A Marine rapid response force is expected to leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the coming weeks and return to the United States, according to two defense officials, in a significant reduction of US forces in the region. The USS Bataan amphibious ready group and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are expected to
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The military services will take a key step toward getting the V-22 Osprey fleet back in the air as they lay out their plans Friday to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin regarding safety concerns stemming from a fatal crash in Japan. The Osprey has
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The bipartisan Indiana Election Commission has voted unanimously to remove one of two Republican U.S. Senate candidates from the primary ballot. The state Supreme Court also rejected John Rust’s legal challenge to the law barring his candidacy. The rulings leave U.S. Rep. Jim Banks as the only
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District announced the recipients of the prestigious BNP Paribas Scholarships. Four Coachella Valley High School students will each be awarded $20,000 scholarships from BNP Paribas to support their future endeavors. The students are Nevaeh Robles, Kamila Cortes Ramirez, Jose Arreola, and Miguel Gonzalez. CVUSD said the recipients were chosen based
Continue ReadingFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers will pay Minnesota $6 million to $8 million as part of the trade that moved Manuel Margot to the Twins. The cash reduces the cost of the outfielder to the Twins to $4 million. Minnesota acquired Margot and minor league shortstop Rayne Doncon on Monday for
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s will close 150 unproductive namesake stores over the next three years including 50 by year-end, the department store operator said Tuesday after posting a fourth-quarter loss and declining sales. As part of the strategy, Macy’s aims to upgrade its remaining 350 stores, with plans
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A former law partner of Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade has taken to the witness stand as lawyers pressed him on details about a romantic relationship between Wade and District Attorney Fani Willis that has roiled the 2020 Georgia election case against
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani needed just three exhibition at-bats to show what a $700 million man can do for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Japanese star hit a two-run homer in his first game wearing Dodger blue on Tuesday, working a full count in the fifth inning
Continue ReadingJUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Crawford and St. Louis finalized a $2 million, one-year contract on Tuesday, giving the Cardinals an experienced backup for young shortstop Masyn Winn. The 37-year-old Crawford spent his first 13 seasons with San Francisco. He won four Gold Gloves and two World Series championships with the Giants. “We’re excited to
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks held near their record levels on Tuesday after a quiet day of trading. The S&P 500 added 8.65 points, or 0.2%, to 5,078.18 and is just off its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 96.82, or 0.2%, to
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A man suspected with two women in a retail theft at a La Quinta cosmetic store, from which $2,300 of merchandise was stolen, pleaded not guilty today to a felony charge. Derrick Yanders of Fontana, 18, was charged with one felony count of grand theft over $950, as was Khamyra Smith, 19, of Moreno Valley
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have taken over the case against a northern Virginia man arrested last year on suspicion he was about to embark on a mass shooting at a megachurch. Local prosecutors in Prince William County on Tuesday dropped charges against 35-year-old Rui Jiang of Falls Church,
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A suspect in the killing of a woman at a New York City hotel was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Arizona’s most populous county in the subsequent stabbing attacks of two women in the Phoenix area. The Maricopa County Attorney’s office announced Raad Almansoori, 26, was indicted on two counts
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG, KEVIN FREKING and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders emerged from an “intense” Oval Office meeting with President Joe Biden on Tuesday speaking optimistically about the prospects for avoiding a partial government shutdown, but with new uncertainty about aid for Ukraine and Israel as the president and others urgently
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A conservative-backed effort to repeal Washington state’s landmark carbon pricing program and tax on the sale of stocks and bonds is putting the budget into limbo. Billions of dollars are at stake with days remaining in this year’s Legislative session. Lawmakers are scrambling before the session ends
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A shooting that killed two adults and severely wounded two others has stunned a tiny Alaska Native whaling village above the Arctic Circle, where parents were told they could keep their children home from school Tuesday to hug them. A 16-year-old boy has been charged as
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MARAVATÍO, Mexico (AP) — Two mayoral hopefuls in the Mexican city of Maravatío have been gunned down within hours of each other, as experts warn the June 2 national elections could be the country’s most violent on record. The widening control of drug cartels in Mexico has been described as
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A blacklisted Missouri lawmaker has been blocked from running for governor as a Democrat. The Missouri Democratic Party on Tuesday refused to let state Rep. Sarah Unsicker file for office on that ticket. Fellow Democrats denounced Unsicker after social media posts last year showed her
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft intentionally slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in September 2022, the impact may have caused “global deformation” of the space rock, according to new research. The goal of the DART mission was to carry out a full-scale test of asteroid deflection technology on
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