By Nic F. Anderson and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: If you are in the US and you or a loved one have contemplated suicide, call the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to connect with a trained counselor. Outside the US, a worldwide directory of resources and international hotlines is provided
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Two of the most recognizable planes in the country shared an airport tarmac in Florida on Tuesday when President Joe Biden arrived to raise money for his reelection campaign. Spotted near Air Force One was the private jet used by Donald Trump, the
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Catalan separatist lawmakers have dealt Spain’s government a blow by voting against a hugely divisive amnesty law that was aimed at helping hundreds of their supporters involved in Catalonia’s unsuccessful 2017 independence bid. The most radical separatists, who want to ensure that their fugitive leader Carles Puigdemont
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were among six people charged Tuesday in a scheme to allegedly take bribes including a new snowblower and driveway in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests, the U.S. attorney’s office said Tuesday. The six are
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This week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkely) and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) introduced the Protecting Youth from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976) and the California Children’s Data Privacy Act (AB 1949). According to the Attorney General’s Office, these new bills would address the harms of social media addiction and provide
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India’s naval forces have rescued an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel hijacked by Somali pirates and freed its 19 crew members off the east coast of Somalia. A navy statement on Tuesday said the ship intercepted the vessel late Monday and forced 11 pirates to release the crew and boat. The crew members
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 12 of the season: GEORGIA AMOORE, Virginia Tech The 5-foot-6 senior guard from Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, returned from a head injury and had 24 points and 13 assists against Georgia Tech. Amoore followed that up with a 29-point
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Colleges won’t start receiving students’ financial aid data from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, until the first half of March – more than a month later than expected. The delay, announced by the Department of Education Tuesday, is likely to frustrate students who
Continue ReadingCNN By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US warship’s destruction of an incoming Houthi missile in the Red Sea this week marks the first use in this conflict of an advanced weapons system dubbed the Navy’s “last line of defense.” The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) was deployed by Navy destroyer the USS Gravely Tuesday night
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects by the end of his term to remove or bypass dams that have blocked salmon from returning to the state’s chilly mountain streams and acting as the keystone of a complex ecosystem
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects by the end of his term to remove or bypass dams that have blocked salmon from returning to the state’s chilly mountain streams and acting as the keystone of a complex ecosystem
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Colliva and Maya Szaniecki, CNN Paris (CNN) — The French National Assembly has passed a historic bill that moves the country one step closer to enshrining the right to abortion in its constitution. In a vote in the lower house of the French parliament on Tuesday, 493 lawmakers voted in favor of the
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister is vowing to boost employment, restore authority in schools and support workers including farmers who have been protesting for days across the country over their eroding incomes. Gabriel Attal, 34, gave his policy address to French lawmakers three weeks after he was appointed.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Roberta Kaplan on Tuesday said allegations raised by Donald Trump’s attorney of a “mentor-mentee relationship” with the judge presiding over her client E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuits against Trump are “false” and “utterly baseless.” The comments came in a letter responding to Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba, who on Monday accused the judge of overtly hostile
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he has no issue with Donald Trump being on state ballots as opponents of the former president work across the country to disqualify him from public office under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” “As far as I’m concerned, that’s fine,”
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran who shot and killed a handcuffed civilian in Iraq nearly 20 years ago has been ordered jailed on charges that he used a metal baton to assault police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Chief Judge James Boasberg ruled Tuesday
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s envoy for the Western Balkans has urged Kosovo and Serbia to push ahead with faltering normalization talks before elections for the European Parliament in June. Miroslav Lajcak met with Kosovo’s top leaders in the capital Pristina for three hours on Tuesday after visiting Belgrade a day earlier. EU-facilitated
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press Another sports gambling bill is advancing in Georgia, with supporters saying they believe they can legally set up betting under the purview of the Georgia Lottery Corporation without putting the issue to a statewide vote through a constitutional amendment. The Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee voted 8-2 Tuesday to
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KESQ and the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation launched the Impact Grant Saturday at the Palm Springs Health Run and Wellness Festival. The Coachella Valley chapter of Make-A-Wish received $30,000. “We see that Make-A-Wish is making an impact in our community by granting life-changing wishes for children and their families,” the Vice President of
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts shows potential evidence of injury from entanglement in fishing gear, which is one of the most pressing threats to the vanishing species, federal authorities said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was notified about the dead female North Atlantic right whale
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