By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press A Rhode Island city has approved the first state-sanctioned safe injection site, a place where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they overdose. The Providence City Council voted Thursday to establish the site that will be run by a nonprofit and funded with money
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 and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in
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The California Desert Association of Realtors has released its in-depth analysis of the economic landscape and trends shaping the valley’s real estate market. Projections for our housing markets suggest improvement from last year.. with an estimated 70-thousand more transactions this year than last year. Real estate experts say the prediction of lower interest rates will
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
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
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State University head football coach Brian Kelly helped release back into the wild a bald eagle that was treated at the university. Kelly ceremoniously helped with the release Friday morning on a levee along the Mississippi River. The bird was treated for the last
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers made the kind of decision that could set a franchise back for years when they traded three first-round picks to draft Trey Lance third overall in 2021. The big investment in a potential franchise quarterback turned into a dud
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing West Point to continue taking race into account in admissions, while a lawsuit over its policies continues. Friday’s action comes as the military academy in West Point, New York, is making decisions on whom to admit for its next entering class, the
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A routine day of inspecting shipping containers at the Port of Houston turned into something extraordinary when U.S. Coast Guard officer Ryan McMahon and his team heard barking coming from inside one of the thousands of containers. The container was lowered to the ground and opened
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Friday that the United States Military Academy at West Point can continue considering race as a factor in its admissions process while a legal challenge to the practice plays out. The decision is a temporary blow to the anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair
Continue ReadingHAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel removed the country’s economy minister on Friday, according to state media, following a delay in recently announced measures to increase the prices of fuel and transportation. Cuba’s Council of State, which is under the president’s leadership, appointed Central Bank president Joaquín Alonso Vázquez to replace Alejandro Gil, the
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — After missing the previous two Winter Games, National Hockey League players will return to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade. The NHL, along with the National Hockey League Players Association and the International Ice Hockey Federation, have agreed to allow players to participate in
Continue ReadingCNN By 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
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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
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