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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The confrontation begins with police officers ordering a group of migrants to leave a bustling Times Square block. It escalates when one of those men, slowly walking away, lobs an insult in Spanish: “They look like Ugly Betty.” Seconds later, he is pushed up against a
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Donald Trump has amassed another win at a Republican caucus held in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where officials flouted several GOP party rules, including holding the contest earlier than allowed. Thursday’s caucus is the third Republican contest held this election season with delegates at
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican governor and other state officials are calling out a conservative state school board member for insinuating in an online post that a member of a girl’s high school basketball team was transgender, when in fact she is not. The post by Natalie Cline
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The Tour de Palm Springs returns to the Coachella Valley this weekend. Drivers are advised to be aware of road closures in areas where thousands of cyclists will run by. This year’s event kicks off with an Expo on Friday, Feb. 9 from noon – 8 p.m. with bike ride and walking tours on Saturday,
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A small-town radio station manager had a big surprise when he learned the station’s 200-foot radio tower and transmitter in Jasper, Alabama, was missing. Brett Elmore, the general manager of WJLX, said his landscaper had been doing a cleanup of the property Friday when the crew discovered the tower
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An FBI agent has testified that two Colorado funeral home owners accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies used payments from families to purchase vehicles, cryptocurrency, a $1,500 dinner in Las Vegas and other personal items. FBI Agent Andrew Cohen said Thursday the purchases included two vehicles for
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST, ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, but concluded that criminal charges were not
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Defense lawyers have unsuccessfully sought a mistrial in the case against two men charged with the murder of Jam Master Jay. They say prosecutors improperly guided a witness to testify Thursday that one defendant confessed to her decades ago that he killed the Run-DMC star and
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury has awarded about $130 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by five people who suffered liver damage after drinking bottled water marketed by a Las Vegas-based company before the product was recalled from store shelves in 2021. The Clark County District Court
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury has awarded about $130 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by five people who suffered liver damage after drinking bottled water marketed by a Las Vegas-based company before the product was recalled from store shelves in 2021. The Clark County District Court
Continue ReadingLAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — It has been six months since a wildfire leveled most of Lahaina, a centuries-old town on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Authorities say 100 people were killed and three are still missing from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Thousands of residents who lost their homes in the
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Students from nine Coachella Valley high schools took part in the 19th annual Academic WorldQuest competition this past Thursday at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus. The Academic WorldQuest event, sponsored by the World Affairs Council of the Desert, is a team competition in which students are challenged on their knowledge of world affairs. The topics
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A bounty of 10 African penguin chicks has hatched in just over a year at a San Francisco science museum as part of an effort to conserve the endangered bird. The penguins began hatching in November 2022, ending a four year period without any new chicks, and continued through January of
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry officially called for a highly anticipated crime-focused special legislative session on Thursday that could overhaul the state’s current criminal justice system, reversing hard-fought and historic reforms that happened under Landry’s Democratic predecessor. Among the two dozen tough-on-crime-related items on Landry’s broad
Continue ReadingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Utilityman J.D. Davis became the seventh straight player to win in salary arbitration, beating the San Francisco Giants on Thursday and getting a raise from $4.21 million to $6.9 million rather than the team’s $6.55 million offer. Joshua Gordon, Margaret Brogan and Brian Keller made the decision one day after listening
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor announced plans Thursday to send prosecutors to Oakland in his latest move to crack down on rising crime in the San Francisco Bay Area city where brazen robberies in broad daylight have drawn national attention. Gov. Gavin Newsom days earlier said he would deploy 120 California Highway Patrol officers
Continue ReadingBy WALTER BERRY and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Heavy snow shut down parts of major interstates in northern Arizona on Thursday while low-lying clouds delayed dozens of flights in Phoenix, after storms earlier this week battered California and left a muddy mess. The mountainous region of northern Arizona recorded 2 feet (61
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A Coachella man was sentenced to up to 900 years in prison for sexually abusing children. Daniel Ochoa Perez, 68, was arrested in May 2019 in the area of Vermouth Drive on reports of possible sexual abuse. The extent of Perez’s crimes has not been disclosed by authorities. In December, Perez was found guilty of
Continue ReadingBy WALTER BERRY and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Heavy snow shut down parts of major interstates in northern Arizona on Thursday while low-lying clouds delayed dozens of flights in Phoenix, after storms earlier this week battered California and left a muddy mess. The mountainous region of northern Arizona recorded 2 feet (61
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Jim Harbaugh is bringing in another familiar face to direct the Los Angeles Chargers’ offense. The Chargers announced on Thursday that Greg Roman has been hired as offensive coordinator. Roman was Harbaugh’s coordinator during his four-year tenure with the San Francisco 49ers and was associate head coach under Harbaugh
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