The Riverside County Board of Supervisors passed two resolutions that would aim to save 5,000 more cats in 2024 and decrease shelter intakes. These resolutions are major steps that will bring the county closer to achieving no-kill status for cats in Riverside County. These resolutions will implement several steps that include: Increase Trap Neuter Vaccinate
Continue ReadingBy Cristopher Ulloa and Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — Chilean aviation authorities are on their way to New Zealand to investigate the LATAM Airlines flight that had a mid-air drop Monday, as teams on the ground remove the plane’s flight data recorders for analysis. Several passengers described to CNN the terrifying flight from Australia to
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is spearheading the first United Nations resolution on artificial intelligence, aimed at ensuring the new technology is “safe, secure and trustworthy” and that all countries, especially those in the developing world, have equal access. The draft General Assembly resolution aims to close
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford star Cameron Brink will finish her collegiate career this season and enter the WNBA draft. The nation’s No. 1-ranked shot blocker announced her decision on social media Tuesday, two days after second-ranked Stanford lost 74-61 to No. 5 Southern California in the Pac-12 Tournament
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE and LEA SKENE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Employees of the Richmond Wildlife Center in Virginia are doing their best to act like mother foxes as they feed and care for an orphaned kit that found her way into their care. In a video posted to the center’s Facebook page Tuesday,
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden won enough delegates on Tuesday to be called Democrats’ “presumptive nominee,” while former President Donald Trump was closing in on the GOP title. While Biden and Trump have been the last remaining major candidates for their parties’ 2024 presidential nominations, The Associated Press only
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Bidenclinched the Democratic presidential nomination with decisive victories in Georgia and Mississippi on Tuesday, overcoming concerns about his leadership from within his own party as the 2024 presidential contest shifts to a general election rematch that many voters do not want. Donald Trump,
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON and MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump stands on the brink of unofficially securing the Republican presidential nomination for a third time after winning primaries Tuesday in Georgia and Mississippi and with additional votes being cast in Washington and Hawaii. He’ll need about eight out of every 10 delegates
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON and MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s path to unofficially clinching the Democratic nomination this year was much shorter and less dramatic than the one he followed in 2020. The Associated Press declared Biden the presumptive nominee after he won the Georgia primary Tuesday and at least 100
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a common refrain when seeking proof that someone’s story or some event actually took place: “Pics, or it didn’t happen.” But in a world where the spread of technology makes photo manipulation as easy as a tap on your phone, the idea that a
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer has asked a federal appeals court to toss out her sex trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence, saying Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution deal with a U.S. attorney in Florida should have prevented her prosecution. The argument by attorney Diana Fabi Samson was repeatedly
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A project years in the making came to fruition on Tuesday morning. City officials, alongside the Palm Springs Police Department, met to mark the opening day of the Homeless Navigation Center’s Early Entry Facility. City Council members, like Lisa Middleton, spent the morning sharing about the effort made to make the facility a reality. “This
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A flashy, jewelry-wearing Brooklyn pastor was convicted Monday in federal court of using a parishioner’s retirement savings and trying to extort a businessman while touting he had connections to the New York City mayor. Lamor Whitehead, nicknamed the “Bling Bishop,” is a pastor at the
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, who took office aiming to steady a nation convulsed by the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan. 6 insurrection, clinched a second straight Democratic nomination Tuesday and set up an all-but-certain rematch with the predecessor he blames for destabilizing the country. Biden became
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — In a story published March 6, 2024, about the debut of a prototype Transportation Security Administration self-screening system at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, The Associated Press erroneously reported the agency had plans to test it for use in other cities. TSA officials say they have no plans to
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A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to breaking into a condominium, fighting residents, and shooting at a witness. Tracy Marquis Rose, 24, of Palm Springs pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count each of attempted murder, assault with a gun, using a firearm, and being a convicted felon and
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a third suspect has been arrested in a shooting that wounded eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop last week. A fourth person was still being sought. The name of the 19-year-old suspect hasn’t been made public, but police said he will face attempted murder, aggravated assault, and
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has approved regulations tied to a new Nebraska law restricting gender-affirming care for minors. The approved regulations mostly mirror temporary ones adopted last October, when the law went into effect. They include a seven-day waiting period for anyone under 19 to
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court says a Texas law requiring that minors have parental permission to get birth control does not run afoul of a federally funded pregnancy health program known as Title X. Tuesday’s ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The Atlanta Falcons and wide receiver Darnell Mooney have agreed on a three-year, $39 million contract with $26 million guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract can’t become official until
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