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 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
Continue ReadingBy 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 also said it
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Friday morning students, parents and staff gathered at Mecca Elementary School for an unveiling of their new sports field and outdoor shaded learning area. The elementone hundred and twenty years old the school The school’s been standing for more than 120 years, making it one of Coachella Valley Unified District’s oldest. This new renovation added
Continue ReadingBy David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democrats hold a significant cash advantage as well as the edge on the airwaves in the race to succeed disgraced former Rep. George Santos, according to new campaign filings and advertising data. The high-stakes special election for New York’s 3rd Congressional District on the north shore of Long Island is set
Continue ReadingKENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — A district judge in Pennsylvania says prosecutors have sufficient grounds to continue to press escape and other charges against a convicted murderer captured last year after two weeks on the run. The judge in Chester County on Friday determined there’s enough evidence to forward to county court for trial all
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A judge on Feb. 13 will hear a request by the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia for a preliminary injunction that would put on hold NCAA rules banning recruiting inducements. The lawsuit challenging NCAA recruiting rules was filed earlier this week and was in response to an NCAA investigation of
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — In a story published January 31, 2024, The Associated Press reported that the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism alerted its member companies about a violent YouTube video roughly 40 minutes after midnight Eastern time on Wednesday. The story should have made clear that the organization was in communication with its
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Democrats who control the Legislature want to make it a crime to pose as a fake presidential elector in one of the few states where Republicans signed paperwork in 2020 falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner. Legislators advanced a bill Friday on a
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With Apple’s hotly anticipated Vision Pro headset hitting store shelves Friday, you’re probably going to start to see more people wearing the futuristic googles that are supposed to usher in the age of “spatial computing.” It’s an esoteric mode of technology that Apple executives and
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With Apple’s hotly anticipated Vision Pro headset hitting store shelves Friday, you’re probably going to start to see more people wearing the futuristic googles that are supposed to usher in the age of “spatial computing.” It’s an esoteric mode of technology that Apple executives and
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