By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown that the strongest tropical storms are getting more intense because of climate change. So
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania state courts agency says some of its online systems are disabled after its website was hit by a weekend cyberattack, but that the attack didn’t appear to compromise any data. The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts said Monday that the attack is being investigated
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer For the first time, the NBA will play on glass. Part of All-Star weekend in Indianapolis — including the entire All-Star Saturday Night lineup — will be played on a state-of-the-art, full video LED court that will be installed at Lucas Oil Stadium, the league said Monday. That means
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A 29-year-old man was killed in a crash early Sunday morning in Indio. The wreck happened at around 2:45 a.m. at the intersection of Monroe Street and Requa according, to the Indio Police Department. Officers say the wreck was a two-car collision. Cal fire Crews that responded to the scene took one of the drivers
Continue ReadingSENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) — An attorney says a 10-year-old Black child who urinated near his own mother’s car in Mississippi will no longer be required to serve probation and write a book report about Kobe Bryant. Tate County Youth Court Judge Rusty Harlow set the probation and book report as punishment in December. The child’s
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press The Justice Department proposed changes Monday to rules governing state-run programs that provide financial assistance to violent crime victims in order to address racial disparities and curb the number of subjective denials of compensation. The proposal from the Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime, a major
Continue ReadingBy CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For Americans who lacked savings prior to the pandemic, financial stress is rising. A combination of inflation, increased interest rates, and the end of pandemic-tied relief, such as the moratorium on student loan payments, has led to record credit card debt, experts say, with rising and
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia doctor who was sentenced to 40 years in prison after prescribing more than half a million doses of highly addictive opioids in two years has been granted a new trial by a federal appeals court. A three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said Monday. Less than 18 months into his reign, the 75-year-old monarch will suspend public engagements but will continue with state business, and won’t be handing over his constitutional roles as head
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An average of 16.9 million viewers tuned in to see performances by Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish and watch Taylor Swift make history at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, the largest audience for the telecast in four years and another consecutive annual increase for a
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An average of 16.9 million viewers tuned in to see performances by Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish and watch Taylor Swift make history at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, the largest audience for the telecast in four years and another consecutive annual increase for a
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — CVS Health says it has reached a deal to sell its retail drugstores in Puerto Rico to Caribe Pharmacy Holdings. CVS Health said in an email to The Associated Press on Monday that the deal involving 22 of its pharmacies would be completed in April and that the buyer
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana law that lets Ukrainian refugees receive a driver’s license is the target of a lawsuit by the ACLU and immigrants from other countries. Now Indiana lawmakers are trying to repeal the law passed last year, weeks after a federal judge indicated the lawsuit has a
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The playoffs are here for our local high school winter sports teams. MONDAY, FEB 5 BOYS SOCCER – Desert Hot Springs at De Toledo (Division 7 wild card) TUESDAY, FEB 6 BOYS BASKETBALL – Victor Valley Christian at Coachella Valley (Division 5A wild card)GIRLS WATER POLO – Villa Park at Xavier Prep (Division 3), Ayala
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police took into custody more than 100 people protesting the Pennsylvania state government’s investments in Israel on Monday, shutting down a demonstration on the steps of the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg. A spokesperson for the Department of General Services, which includes the Pennsylvania Capitol Police, said
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs’ Travis Kelce and the 49ers’ George Kittle are best of friends when they are off the field. They are fierce competitors when they step on it. They also happen to be two of the best tight ends ever to play the game,
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Former WNBA MVP and eight-time All-Star Nneka Ogwumike signed with the Seattle Storm on Monday, the second big splash in free agency for the franchise. Ogwumike, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 draft, was the 2016 league MVP and spent the first 12 seasons
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A storm of historic proportions dumped a record amount of rain over parts of Los Angeles on Monday, sending mud and boulders down hillsides dotted with multimillion-dollar homes while people living in homeless encampments in many parts of the city scrambled
Continue ReadingCNN, KCAL, KCBS, KEYT, INLANDNEWS, KMAX, KOVR, KGO, RMGNEWS, SAN JOSE FIRE FIGHTERS, @SBINCIDENTS, X, FACEBOOK, SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN, RING.COM, CALTRANS DISTRICT 7, KCAL/KCBS, KMAX/KOVR, @SBIncidents/X, Facebook/Santa Barbara Botanic Garden By Renée Rigdon, Byron Manley, Matt Stiles and Curt Merrill, CNN (CNN) — Rain continues to fall in Southern California Tuesday from an atmospheric
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III was seen on Tuesday for the first time since the bombshell announcement of his cancer diagnosis, as questions swirl over the exact nature of his condition. The unexpected disclosure from Buckingham Palace dropped on Monday evening. It revealed the
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