KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Pardons Board has reduced ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12-year prison sentence by half and sharply cut the fine imposed after his corruption conviction. The board said Friday that Najib will be freed by August 2028. Najib remains influential in his party, the United Malays National Organization, which is now
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Malaysia has cut former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12-year prison sentence for corruption in half, according to authorities in the Southeast Asian country. Najib, who served as prime minister from 2009 to 2018, was found guilty of money laundering, abuse of power and other charges in
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China has rolled out a flurry of measures to help prop up its ailing property market, while also promising to boost government spending. The moves to help renters and increase the supply of affordable housing to spur demand come just weeks before officials gather in Beijing
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have arrested seven people on suspicion of selling information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad. The suspects, who allegedly passed details to Mossad via private detectives, were detained in a joint operation with Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization on Friday. The Anadolu news agency says police anti-terror
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A vehicle loaded with gas exploded and set off an inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital early Friday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 270, with the death toll expected to rise. Many residents were likely inside their homes when
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Residents across the Coachella Valley dealt with rain and flooding brought on by Thursday’s storm. Cathedral City resident Jerry Meza noticed water had accumulated on streets that thend to flood when it rains in his neighborhood. “Horizon Road, Adelina, and Vista Chino, they kind of all three merge together and create sort of like a
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — More than 100 Rohingya immigrants have escaped from a detention center in Malaysia after a protest. Immigration Department Director-General Ruslin Jusoh says one of the 131 detainees who escaped from a center in Perak state Thursday night was hit by a car and killed. He said nearly 400 people were
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A vehicle loaded with gas exploded and set off an inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital early Friday, injuring more than 270 people and killing at least three with the toll expected to rise. A number of residents were likely inside their homes
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice is set to rule on whether it has jurisdiction to hear a case filed by Ukraine in the days after Russia’s invasion accusing Moscow of breaching the genocide convention. Kyiv claims that Russia breached the landmark 1948 convention by using
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Elijah Pepper scored 24 points as UC Davis beat UCSB 79-69 on Thursday. Pepper added seven rebounds, six assists, and four steals for the Aggies (13-8, 8-2 Big West Conference). Ty Johnson shot 7 for 13 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 8 of 11
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jonathan Mogbo’s 21 points helped San Francisco defeat San Diego 95-79 on Thursday. Mogbo added 10 rebounds for the Dons (17-6, 6-2 West Coast Conference). Marcus Williams added 19 points while shooting 7 for 9, including 4 for 5 from beyond the arc, and he also had
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Half of U.S. adults say Israel’s 15-week-old military campaign in Gaza has “gone too far,” a finding driven mainly by growing disapproval among Republicans and political independents, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Broadly, the poll
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A truck loaded with gas exploded and set off an inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital early Friday, injuring more than 200 people and killing at least three with authorities expecting the death toll to rise. A number of residents were likely inside
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas pastor is the new head of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition civil rights group, stepping into the role that has been held for decades by the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III was formally installed as president and CEO of the Chicago-based organization
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Kaleb Higgins scored 34 points and CSU Bakersfield went 12-for-12 from the free throw line in overtime to beat Long Beach State 82-76 on Thursday. Higgins had eight assists for the Roadrunners (9-12, 4-6 Big West Conference). Marvin McGhee scored 22 points while going 7 of 13
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PS Resorts partnered with the American Heart Association to raise awareness for heart health by lighting the Forever Marilyn statue red for the month starting Friday. “On National Wear Red Day, the nation comes together, igniting a wave of red from coast to coast with the common goal: the eradication of heart disease and stroke,”
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Friday, helped by optimism about technology shares following a Wall Street rally led by big tech stocks. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.5% to 36,158.02. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.5% to 7,699.40. South Korea’s Kospi surged 2.7% to 2,610.49 after the country
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For months, the underdog in the presidential primary refused to concede defeat. He fought hard in state after state, even as the front-runner amassed a delegate advantage that would be virtually impossible to overcome. The extended feud between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton
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A 28-year-old parolee who hid in a women’s restroom at a Riverside hospital and recorded visitors as they used the facility will be sentenced later this month after admitting misdemeanor charges. Sergio Eduardo Quezada, an undocumented immigrant, on Wednesday admitted two counts of unlawfully concealing a camera to capture video in violation of privacy laws
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey, Amy Cassidy, Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — A gas explosion at an unlicensed cooking gas-filling plant in Kenya’s capital on Thursday night killed at least three people and injured 280 others, according to authorities in the East African country. The blaze started when a truck carrying gas blew
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