By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Years before starting a family of her own, Stella Belia was already waging a tireless campaign for legal recognition. Her fight may finally be over this week — a few months shy of her twin boys’ 17th birthday. Greek lawmakers are expected to legalize same-sex marriage
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation may have fallen below a 3% annual rate last month, which would be the lowest level in nearly three years and a potentially significant milestone as the Biden administration seeks to bolster Americans’ views of the economy before the November elections. Economists have estimated that
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman and Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — After being trapped in a building for more than a week in a neighborhood of Gaza City besieged by Israeli troops, a group of Palestinian women told CNN they were forced to flee south with their children, leaving other family members behind and some walking barefoot
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — North Korea watchers in Washington have fixated recently on Pyongyang’s abrupt destruction last month of a key monument dedicated to reunifying the Korean Peninsula — a move that some outside analysts view as a precursor to war with South Korea amid typically bellicose rhetoric from leader Kim Jong Un. But US officials and North Korea analysts
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The Imperial Irrigation District will offer several public information workshops starting next week in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys for customers to learn about the positive changes to their energy bills this year. “In an effort to help shield consumers from spiking summer energy bills, the IID Board of Directors moved to reform the monthly
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 26 points, Stephen Curry made five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and had 25 and the Golden State Warriors beat the Utah Jazz 129-107 on Monday night without coach Steve Kerr. Kerr was in Serbia for the funeral service for Golden State
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With under a month left in the regular season, JuJu Watkins has about seen it all from opposing defenses. The stellar freshman keeps figuring out how to slip past defenders and score or dish off to teammates. Watkins scored 32 points and No. 10 Southern
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods and Sunday red is no longer just a shirt. It’s a brand. Woods is starting a new year with a new look, announcing Monday evening an extended partnership with TaylorMade Golf to launch a lifestyle brand that will be called Sun Day Red.
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The longest Super Bowl game will also go down as the most-watched program in television history. According to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, Kansas City’s 25-22 overtime victory over San Francisco on Sunday night averaged 123.4 million viewers across television and streaming platforms. That shattered last year’s mark of 115.1
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The longest Super Bowl game will also go down as the most-watched program in television history. According to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, Kansas City’s 25-22 overtime victory over San Francisco on Sunday night averaged 123.4 million viewers across television and streaming platforms. That shattered last year’s mark of 115.1
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska state health officials say an elderly man has died from Alaskapox. It’s the first known fatality from the recently discovered virus. A bulletin issued last week says the man died in late January. He lived in the forest in the remote Kenai Peninsula. Alaskapox, also known as AKPV, is related
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson late Monday sharply criticized a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other countries, casting serious doubts about the future of the package just as Senate leaders were slowly muscling it toward a final vote. Senate leaders, trying
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, as investors watched for the latest indicators on U.S. inflation. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 2.2% in morning trading to 37,723.62. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged up nearly 0.1% to 7,619.20. South Korea’s Kospi jumped 1.2% to 2,651.33. Trading was closed in
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s parliamentary elections left no clear winner. Allies of imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan won the most seats in the lower house of parliament in the elections last Thursday. It was a shock outcome given the obstacles: His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party could hold no campaign rallies, had
Continue ReadingCHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a small plane with two people aboard landed safely at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after its rear door fell off. Police in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga say there are no reports of injuries or property damage on the ground. The plane lost the door around 5:30 p.m. Monday
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Polls opened in the vast country of Indonesia on Wednesday with more than 200 million voters casting their ballots to elect a new president, in what is billed as the world’s biggest single-day election. The sprawling Southeast Asian nation, the world’s third-largest electoral democracy and largest
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is calling for a leadership change at the Republican National Committee in an attempt to install a new slate of loyalists — including his daughter-in-law — at the top of the GOP’s political machine even before he formally secures the party’s
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The City of Palm Springs is now one of the first cities in the state to receive funding from an opioid settlement agreement. Several major opioid manufacturers, including Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Mckesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health California, will dole out yearly payments to California cities to, “…resolve their liabilities in over 3,000 opioid crisis-related lawsuits nationwide.”
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, will open its polls on Wednesday to nearly 205 million eligible voters in presidential and legislative elections, the fifth since Southeast Asia’s largest economy began democratic reforms in 1998. The sprawling archipelago of 17,000 islands and more than 270 million people
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia is accusing the West of sabotaging agreements that would have prevented the war in Ukraine – but the U.S. and its allies put the blame squarely on Moscow, saying there is no escaping that President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion. Russia called Monday’s U.N.
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