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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish maritime rescuers and the Red Cross say two bodies have been found in a migrant boat making the risky but increasingly popular voyage from West Africa toward Spain’s Canary Islands. Survivors say five other people died and were put overboard. There were 38 survivors. The migrants had departed Mauritania’s capital
Continue ReadingBy Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — In a journal entry before shooting up his Michigan high school, Ethan Crumbley wrote in clear language of his plans to find the gun his father had hidden and carry out the attack. “I will have to find where my dad hid my 9mm before I
Continue ReadingRUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities have identified the five people killed in a fiery collision between a school bus and semitruck on a highway in rural Illinois, including a young brother and sister, another 3-year-old boy and both drivers. The eastbound bus from Schuyler-Industry Schools crossed into westbound U.S. Route 24 “for an unknown reason”
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Marcus Mariota is going to the Washington Commanders. Could Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye be next? The Commanders bringing in an experienced veteran backup quarterback such as Mariota on Tuesday may be foreshadowing their plans for the NFL draft and signaling the direction they’re headed for
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina trial judges have struck down portions of a new law that would have changed how election board members are chosen. The decision Monday from the three-judge panel handed a significant setback to legislative Republicans seeking to wrest those decisions from the governor. Democratic
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and SULEIMAN AMHAZ Associated Press SAFRI, Lebanon (AP) — An official from the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group says two Israeli airstrikes over northeastern Lebanon have destroyed a warehouse and killed at least one person. The Israeli military said the airstrikes hit two Hezbollah sites and were in response to rocket attacks over
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Dual US-Israeli citizen Itay Chen, who was believed to have been held hostage in Gaza, was killed October 7 during the Hamas attacks on Israel, the Israeli military announced Tuesday. Chen, 19, had been serving on the Gaza border on October 7, the Hostages and Missing
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The early entry facility at the new Palm Springs Navigation Center is hosting its ribbon-cutting ceremony today at 11:00 a.m. The space is fully operated by Martha’s Village and Kitchen. The event will include remarks from the project’s leaders, including Palm Springs Mayor Jeffrey Bernstein, Chief of Police Andrew Mills, and COO of Martha’s Village
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Some of the most closely watched news conferences happen during China’s annual meetings of its ceremonial legislature. The sessions are a rare opportunity to engage directly with officials, yet the space for that engagement is shrinking. Carefully screened questions are now the norm at news conferences, ensuring
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Are you seeking love in your later years? A golden opportunity is arriving in Rancho Mirage! “The Golden Bachelorette,” a spinoff of ABC’s popular reality TV show “The Golden Bachelor,” is hosting an open casting call at the River on Saturday, March 16th, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The show is seeking senior men
Continue ReadingHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who denied that he was the leader of violent gang in Connecticut’s capital city has been acquitted of a murder charge and freed following a third trial. A state jury in Hartford found Donald Raynor not guilty Monday in the 2007 fatal shooting of 22-year-old Delano Gray. Raynor had
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a temporary freeze on the enforcement of Texas’ controversial immigration law that allows state law enforcement to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. Without action from the high court, the Texas law would have gone
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit, that vast, lively and sometimes chaotic repository of internet discussion, is expected to carry a valuation up to $6.4 billion when it conducts its initial public offering on the stock market. The offering also makes Reddit one of the first online companies to offer
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, who fronted the power-pop 1970s band the Raspberries and later had soaring pop hits like “All by Myself” and “Hungry Eyes” from the hit “Dirty Dancing” soundtrack, has died. He was 74. His death was announced on his website by his wife,
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Commanders continued their roster makeover early on the second day of NFL free agency by agreeing to sign defensive end Clelin Ferrell. The team reached an agreement with Ferrell on a one-year contract, according to a person familiar with the contract. The person spoke
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged the heightened emotions surrounding the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying in an interview with Snapchat that she understands the frustration as the campaign tries to quell voter concerns. Harris has forcefully spoken about the situation unfolding in Gaza, most recently in remarks in Selma,
Continue ReadingMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The British military says that several people have boarded and taken control of a vessel in a suspected pirate attack in the Indian Ocean nearly 700 miles (1,100 kilometers) east of Somalia’s coastal capital Mogadishu. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation says the vessel was boarded by several people
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump who organized an effort to recall Wisconsin’s top elected Republican did not gather enough signatures to trigger the recall election under one scenario reviewed by elections officials Tuesday. But it likely will be up to the state Supreme Court to
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The trial has begun in Norway for a man accused of aggravated terrorism for the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo’s nightlife district. Two people were killed and nine seriously wounded in the shooting in June 2022. The prosecutor says the Norwegian citizen originally from Iran had sworn allegiance
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House knew it had a political problem on its hands when a special counsel report questioned President Joe Biden’s memory last month, but Biden saw a much more personal affront as well. Robert Hur, who had been appointed to investigate whether Biden mishandled classified documents,
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