By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers are heading home after raising the the minimum age for strippers from 18 to 21 and passing a $117 billion state budget on the final day of their 60-day annual session. Unlike the previous two years when Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis was gearing up
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid, Cheri Mossburg, Zoë Howes, Rebekah Riess and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — The source of an oil sheen spotted in the Southern California waters of Huntington Beach late last week appeared to be “lightly weathered crude oil” and not gasoline or diesel, the US Coast Guard said Monday. The US Coast
Continue ReadingHUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have detected a 2.5-mile (4 kilometer) long oil sheen off the coast of Southern California. But they said it doesn’t appear to be a crude spill and are investigating the cause. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Brahm said authorities spotted the sheen after daybreak Friday about 1.5 miles
Continue ReadingHUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have detected a 2.5-mile (4 kilometer) long oil sheen off the coast of Southern California. But they said it doesn’t appear to be a crude spill and are investigating the cause. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Brahm said authorities spotted the sheen after daybreak Friday about 1.5 miles
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and ARNIE STAPLETON Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri hospital has confirmed that some of the people who attended the near-record cold Kansas City Chiefs playoff game in January had to undergo amputations after suffering frostbite. Research Medical Center didn’t provide exact numbers but said in a statement Friday
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers OpenAI is reinstating CEO Sam Altman to its board of directors and said it has “full confidence” in his leadership after the conclusion of an outside investigation into the company’s turmoil. The ChatGPT maker tapped the law firm WilmerHale to look into what led the company
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS and SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek lawmakers have approved sweeping reforms that will end the state monopoly on university education. That breaks what powerful left-wing student groups have long regarded as a major taboo. Hours before the vote, protesters attacked police outside parliament with petrol bombs and firecrackers
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A panel featuring Meghan the Duchess of Sussex came together on International Women’s Day to discuss how women and mothers are portrayed in traditional media and across social media, among other issues. The panel was part of the annual SXSW (South by Southwest) being held through March 16 in Austin, Texas,
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have detected a 2.5-mile (4 kilometer) long oil sheen off the coast of Southern California. But they said it doesn’t appear to be a crude spill and are investigating the cause. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Brahm said authorities spotted the sheen after daybreak Friday about 1.5 miles
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, Sabrina Souza and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — A man who spent decades in prison before starting a new chapter as a high-profile advocate for criminal justice reform has been arrested and charged in the brutal murder and dismemberment of a Bronx man. Sheldon Johnson, 48, was arrested and charged with murder,
Continue ReadingDEWHURST, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a crash at a western Wisconsin highway intersection has left at least one person dead. The Clark County Sheriff’s Department says preliminary reports indicate a semitrailer on State Highway 95 collided with a van traveling on County Highway J outside the town of Dewhurst on Friday. The department says
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A day after a Gold Star father from Southern California interrupted the State of the Union address to remind President Joe Biden of the 13 Marines killed in a suicide bombing at Kabul airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a Congressman today joined the parents of some of those killed in criticizing Biden’s “silence”
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that law enforcement officers must obtain a warrant before using aircraft to scope out the area around a person’s home with binoculars or cameras with zoom lenses. The decision released Friday comes in a case that dates to 2012. Alaska
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Biden administration can keep operating a program that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds after a federal judge on Friday dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states. U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton said Texas and
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill that defines antisemitism in education code. The bill — meant to address antisemitism on college campuses — has been the topic of persistent debate between lawmakers in the legislative session’s final days. Disagreements over how to define antisemitism in relation to
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A police officer in Portland, Oregon, has been accused in a federal lawsuit of fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in 2022. According to the complaint, the officer shot Immanueal Clark in the back as he ran away. The officer was one of several responding to an attempted armed robbery call.
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Certain sexual assaults against a spouse would be criminalized in West Virginia for the first time under a bill passed by the House of Delegates. The bill would remove marriage as a defense to first- and third-degree sexual assault. The bill now goes to Republican Gov. Jim Justice. There are two
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Officials from Lake Elsinore are implementing measures ahead of time in anticipation of another “Super Bloom,” following the winter rains, that may attract large numbers of visitors to the hills surrounding Interstate 15. “The city, in collaboration with … public safety officials, is taking proactive steps to ensure a coordinated response,” according to a municipal
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pulled back from its record Friday after a shaky day of trading, putting at least a temporary halt to its huge rally since Halloween. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% from its all-time high set a day before. It initially climbed after mixed data
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Riverside County’s unemployment rate began the year higher than where it ended the last one amid a series of payroll losses, according to figures released today by the California Employment Development Department. The countywide jobless rate in January, based on preliminary EDD estimates, was 5.5%, compared to 5.1% in December. The EDD posted
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