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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis has a new job for the man who has led Walt Disney World’s government since his allies took it over — elections supervisor in Orange County, long one of Florida’s most reliable sources of Democratic votes. Glen Gilzean was appointed Monday by the
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis has a new job for the man who has led Walt Disney World’s government since his allies took it over — elections supervisor in Orange County, long one of Florida’s most reliable sources of Democratic votes. Glen Gilzean was appointed Monday by the
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday defended an exclusive deal his city-state struck with Taylor Swift that prevents the pop star taking her current Eras Tour to anywhere else in Southeast Asia. Swift is performing six concerts from March 2 to 9 in Singapore
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Acrisure Arena is conducting an emergency drill today from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The scenario will be a controlled exercise onsite at the arena and at Desert Care Network, Eisenhower Health, Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency and Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. Several other agencies and cities will participate in the drill, including AMR|Reach, Arrowhead
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — An Air Force employee has been charged with sharing classified information on a foreign dating website after prosecutors say he sent sensitive information about Russia’s war in Ukraine to a person who claimed to be a woman living in Ukraine. Prosecutors say 63-year-old David Franklin Slater, a retired Army
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump will win North Dakota’s Republican presidential caucuses, CNN projects, claiming one final boost before the campaign expands to 15 states on Super Tuesday. It is the former president’s third straight primary victory in the state. He ran unopposed in 2020 after defeating Texas Sen. Ted
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea called the ongoing South Korean-U.S. military drills a plot to invade the country, as it threatened Tuesday to take unspecified “responsible” military steps in response. The North’s warning came a day after the South Korean and U.S. forces kicked off their annual computer-simulated
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers guard Russell Westbrook underwent surgery on his fractured left hand Monday, and the team describes his status as week to week. Westbrook broke his hand Friday in the Clippers’ 140-115 victory over the Washington Wizards. The 2016-17 MVP and nine-time all-NBA performer appeared to suffer the injury while trying
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses on Monday, adding to his string of victories heading into Super Tuesday. The former president finished first in voting conducted at 12 caucus sites, ahead of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. The result puts Trump back on
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A University of Hawaii report published Monday found regulatory costs account for more than half of the price of a new condominium in Hawaii, a place where high housing costs are fueling an exodus of local-born residents searching for cheaper places to live. Some are worried the
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A University of Hawaii report published Monday found regulatory costs account for more than half of the price of a new condominium in Hawaii, a place where high housing costs are fueling an exodus of local-born residents searching for cheaper places to live. Some are worried the
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is increasing its defense budget 7.2% this year in a similar increase to last year’s. It’s already the world’s second-highest behind the United States at $222 billion. Tensions with the U.S., Taiwan, Japan and neighbors who share claims to the crucial South China
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 53-year-old union of immigration judges has been ordered to get supervisor approval to speak publicly to anyone outside the Justice Department, potentially quieting a frequent critic of heavily backlogged immigration courts in an election year. The National Association of Immigration Judges has spoken regularly at
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s official growth target for this year is around 5%, Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday in an annual report on the government’s plans and performance that prioritized both security and the economy. Li said the government would continue with a “pro-active fiscal policy and
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican presidential caucuses are underway, with voters gathering at 12 sites around the state. Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and two other candidates are on the ballot. A candidate must win at least 20% of the vote to receive any delegates. If someone wins 60%
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The man sought in New York in last month’s fatal bludgeoning of a woman in a Manhattan hotel said in an Arizona courtroom Monday that he would not waive formal extradition proceedings while he’s being prosecuted for subsequent stabbing attacks on two other women in Phoenix. Raad
Continue ReadingBy Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — Serhiy Haidarzhy is likely alive because his wife Anna fell asleep. Like every night, Anna was in the bedroom with their 4-month-old baby boy Tymofii, while Serhiy was putting their older daughter Liza to bed in her own room. “Usually, very often, I fall asleep in the room with
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Three cables under the Red Sea that provide global internet and telecommunications have been cut as the waterway remains a target of Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Meanwhile, a Houthi missile attack set a ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden, but caused no injuries. Hong
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An ammunition supplier testified at trial Monday that he only provided inert dummy rounds to the Western film “Rust” where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in 2021, though he also was handling live rounds from another production at that time. Albuquerque-based movie firearms
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An ammunition supplier testified at trial Monday that he only provided inert dummy rounds to the Western film “Rust” where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in 2021, though he also was handling live rounds from another production at that time. Albuquerque-based movie firearms
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