Felony charges were filed today against a 26-year-old man suspected of burglarizing a residence and leaving the scene, prompting a search from sheriff’s deputies near an elementary school. Mizahel Morales of Palm Desert was charged with one felony count each of burglary, assault with a gun, prevent/dissuade a witness/victim and vandalism, according to court records.
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A group trying to stop voter challenges in Georgia says it will appeal a trial court ruling that such challenges don’t violate federal voting rights law. Fair Fight Action on Friday filed notice that it would ask the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the lower court’s ruling. A federal
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Seven days of emotional testimony have concluded in the involuntary manslaughter trial of a Michigan school shooter’s mom. Closing arguments were delivered by both sides on Friday and jurors are slated to begin deliberations on Monday. Prosecutors tried to attack Jennifer Crumbley’s credibility during their cross-examination
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ lawsuit against the Republican-controlled Legislature arguing that it is obstructing basic government functions. The court’s liberal majority agreed to hear the case, with the three conservative justices dissenting. It set oral arguments for
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The involuntary-manslaughter trial of a Michigan school shooter’s mom has ended after seven days of emotional testimony. Jurors will begin deliberating on Monday. Closing arguments were delivered by both sides on Friday. Prosecutors tried to attack Jennifer Crumbley’s credibility during their cross-examination Friday. A day earlier,
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles says it has downgraded the licenses of more than two dozen commercial drivers in the wake of a bribery scandal. Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers are among six people charged this week in a scheme to allegedly take bribes including a new
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD LARDNER and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press analysis of new Federal Election Commission filings shows Trump’s political fundraising machine spent more than $76 million on legal fees over the last two years as he faces multiple lawsuits and federal and state criminal charges. The bulk of the payments
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP, LOLITA C. BALDOR and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend, officials told
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Originally Published: 02 FEB 24 16:13 ET Updated: 02 FEB 24 16:14 ET By Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US has begun conducting strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria, the start of what will likely be a series of larger-scale US strikes on Iranian-backed militias who have carried
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The US conducted major airstrikes on 85 targets across seven locations in Iraq and Syria on Friday, the start of what will likely be a series of larger-scale US strikes on Iranian-backed militias who have carried out attacks on US troops in
Continue ReadingBy Michael Conte and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US announced a number of measures including sanctions and criminal charges targeting a range of malicious Iranian initiatives, including their cyberwarfare and drone programs, as well as Iran’s alleged illegal oil trafficking to fund foreign terrorist organizations. The actions come as the Biden administration
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Big Tech stocks once again carried Wall Street to a record Friday, even though the majority of stocks fell amid worries about the downside of a hot economy. Big gains for Meta Platforms and Amazon helped drive the S&P 500 index up by 1.1% to
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By Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Washington, DC, trial date in the federal election subversion case against former President Donald Trump has been postponed because of ongoing appeals about the power of the presidency, according to a new court order in the case. The trial date
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — David Forst and Farhan Zaidi are longtime friends who worked together for years in Oakland, and now executives of each Bay Area team. They made a trade Friday that had been discussed for months, and the Athletics acquired a pair of pitchers to join their
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Update 2/2/24 12:55 p.m. Gene Autry Trail is back open Update 2/2/24 11:50 a.m. N Indian Canyon is back open. Original Report East Vista Chino Road, Gene Autry Trail, and N. Indian Canyon Drive were all shut down Friday morning through the Whitewater Wash due to flooding. The first of the major traffic arteries, N.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer TORONTO (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league will wait for the judicial process to play out before making any decisions about four players charged in a 2018 sexual assault case in Canada. All four were members of Canada’s world junior team that year. Carter Hart of
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump’s March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president remains unresolved in the courts. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday vacated the March 4 trial date
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce insisted Friday that he is ready for the circus that comes with the Super Bowl. He’s been through it three times, after all, and has two rings to show for it. It has never been quite like this, though. Kelce’s profile has
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce insisted Friday that he is ready for the circus that comes with the Super Bowl. He’s been through it three times, after all, and has two rings to show for it. It has never been quite like this, though. Kelce’s profile has
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Federal wildlife officials on Friday rejected requests from conservation groups to restore protections for gray wolves across the northern U.S Rocky Mountains, saying the predators are in no danger of extinction as some states seek to reduce their numbers through hunting. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service
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