By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and misses and now a U.S. company is the first private outfit to achieve a touchdown. Only five countries have done it. Intuitive Machines says its spacecraft landed on the moon
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden called on House Republicans to take up the bipartisan border deal, calling it the “strongest border deal the country has ever seen,” and urged governors to push Congress to move the bill. Speaking to a gathering of governors at the White House on Friday, Biden underscored
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A 45-year-old man has been killed in a New York City subway car. The New York Police Department said the man was killed around 5 a.m. Friday as he was riding a southbound D Train that was pulling into the 182-183 Streets station in the Bronx. Michael Kemper, the police department’s
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Time flies when you’re hosting a late-night show four times a week. “Late Night with Seth Meyers” turns 10 on Saturday. Meyers will mark the occasion on Monday’s episode with fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum Amy Poehler. In a conversation with The Associated Press, Meyers admitted it took some time
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For the past few years, KESQ has highlighted a local Palm Desert teen, Natalie Tanner, who was diagnosed with brain cancer as a baby. But after treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and yearly checkups, Natalie is now 17 years old and giving the world a run for its money. “I really like Xavier High School,
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon’s newest arrival was said to be “alive and well” a day after making the first U.S. landing in half a century, but flight controllers were still trying to get a better handle on its bearings. Intuitive Machines reported Friday that it’s communicating
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday, but the market is still on track for its sixth winning week in the last seven. The S&P 500 rose less than 0.1% and is hovering around the record it set on Thursday. The Dow
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden is lamenting the partisanship that permeates Capitol Hill and politics writ large, telling governors at the White House that she wishes more lawmakers would follow their lead. Speaking on Friday in the White House’s East Room to state chief executives in Washington for the winter gathering of the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A lawyer for a man who is also under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann says he won’t respond to unrelated charges of sexual offenses at a trial that opened last week in Germany. The 47-year-old German faces three counts of rape and two of sexual abuse of children
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A 45-year-old man has been shot to death in a New York City subway car. The New York Police Department said the man was shot in the torso around 5 a.m. Friday as he was riding a southbound D Train that was pulling into the 182-183 Streets station in the Bronx.
Continue ReadingCHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — A professional bowler who was arrested by U.S. Marshals while he was competing in an Indiana tournament has been extradited back to Ohio to face charges related to child sexual abuse material. Brandon Novak was moved Thursday from the Marion County jail in Indianapolis to the Ross County jail, where he’s
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Designers have been making an impression at their new brands during Milan Fashion Week. Creative positions can sometimes be a game of musical chairs: Matteo Tamburini showed his first collection for Tod’s on Friday just hours before his predecessor there, Walter Chiapponi, made his debut as
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press An ally of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Friday that Russian authorities have given his mother a deadline to agree to forgo a public funeral or else they’ll bury him on prison grounds. Investigators gave Lyudmila Navalnaya three hours to accept a proposal for a private funeral outside the
Continue ReadingBy Ed Lavandera, Dakin Andone and Ashley Killough, CNN West Livingston, Texas (CNN) — Ivan Cantu says he has insisted for more than 20 years that he’s innocent of the two murders that landed him on Texas’ death row. But with a week until his execution, he’s running out of time to make his case.
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of residents have been evacuated in Plymouth, southwest England, as authorities work to remove an unexploded 500-kilogram (1,102-pound) bomb discovered in the city. Authorities announced plans to move the bomb, thought to date from World War II, from its location at St. Michael Avenue and transport it in
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish broadcaster TV4 says a suspected gas leak at the headquarters of Sweden’s security agency has forced the authorities to evacuate some 500 people from the facility. Police spokesman Anders Bryngelsson told the TT news agency that emergency services decided to evacuate the entire building because of a “suspected gas leak” on
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In a story published February 22, 2024, about new rules for blending ethanol with gasoline, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a biofuels advocacy organization. It is Growth Energy, not Grow Energy.
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, Christian Edwards, Radina Gigova and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Russian authorities told the mother of late opposition figure Alexey Navalny he would be buried at the Arctic penal colony where he died unless she agreed within three hours to a secret funeral without a public farewell, his spokeswoman said Friday. “An
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Chernova, Christian Edwards, Radina Gigova and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Russian authorities told the mother of late opposition figure Alexey Navalny he would be buried at the Arctic penal colony where he died unless she agreed within three hours to a secret funeral without a public farewell, his spokeswoman said Friday.
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Keith McCormick’s Palm Springs Car Auction is back this weekend! It’s the 76th McCormick auction event, from February 23rd to the 25th. The show is at The Palm Springs Convention Outdoor Event area and it displays over 400 classic and collectible cars. Featured vehicles are from all over the world, and the show includes everything
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