By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected Cher’s request that her adult son be put into a court conservatorship controlling his money. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer and actor had argued in a petition that 47-year-old Elijah Blue Allman’s large payments from the trust of his late
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected Cher’s request that her adult son be put into a court conservatorship controlling his money. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer and actor had argued in a petition that 47-year-old Elijah Blue Allman’s large payments from the trust of his late
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants lawmakers to change Washington this year. DeSantis held a news conference Monday less than two weeks after suspending his presidential campaign. He spoke as lawmakers are nearly halfway through their annual nine-week legislative session. He says he will
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tickets on at least one secondary-market site were the most expensive in Super Bowl history on Monday, underscoring the anticipation of the game’s Las Vegas debut between the defending champion and what likely is the most popular team in the West. Oh, and the great
Continue ReadingWAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge will hold a hearing in April to consider whether to release the second of two women who nearly stabbed a classmate to death in 2014 to please online horror character Slender Man from a psychiatric facility. Twenty-one-year-old Morgan Geyser petitioned Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren Jan. 16
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A tractor-trailer hauling a load of apple juice overturned today at the 60/91/215 interchange in downtown Riverside, spilling juice all over a transition ramp, forcing the California Highway Patrol to shut it down. The crash happened just after 6 a.m. on the eastbound Pomona (60) Freeway transition to northbound Interstate 215, according to the CHP.
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A measure that would prohibit smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos has moved forward after three years of going nowhere. That heartened casino workers who say they are literally sick and tired of having smoke blown in their faces at work. The New Jersey Senate health committee
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti is cracking down on a state environmental department whose heavily armed agents have grown more powerful in recent months and were blamed for violent clashes with police last week. The government on Monday ordered all workers with the National Agency for Protected Areas to report themselves to authorities
Continue ReadingBy MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper accused in the fatal shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II can remain free without bail while awaiting trial, a judge ruled Monday during a brief court hearing. Trooper Ryan Londregan must surrender his passport and avoid contact with witnesses and Cobb’s relatives, the
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has joined a new nationwide effort to improve outcomes for more prisoners who return to society through an approach focused on education, health care and housing. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Monday that seeks to reduce recidivism through formal training
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South Palm Canyon Drive between Camino Parocela and Sunny Dune was reopened to traffic Monday morning at 5:00 a.m. after being closed Sunday night due to a fatal traffic collision. KESQ News Channel 3 has learned a pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car shortly before 7:00 p.m. Sunday. Investigators said the driver,
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Toyota and General Motors are telling the owners of about 61,000 older Corolla, Matrix, RAV4 and Pontiac Vibe models to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators are at risk of exploding and hurling shrapnel. The urgent warning Monday covers certain Corolla compact cars and Matrix hatchbacks from the 2003
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana senators have voted to advance a measure that would allow some statewide officials and their staff members to carry handguns inside the state Capitol. Indiana lawmakers and their staff already have the right to carry inside the complex. The new bill would allow the state attorney
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Monday to kick off a week where Wall Street’s most influential stocks may show whether the huge expectations built up for them are justified. The S&P 500 gained 36.96 points, or 0.8%, to set another record at 4,927.93. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Toyota and General Motors are telling the owners of about 61,000 older Corolla, Matrix, RAV4 and Pontiac Vibe models to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators are at risk of exploding and hurling shrapnel. The urgent warning Monday covers certain Corolla compact cars and Matrix hatchbacks from the 2003
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City brothers are accused of stockpiling an arsenal of explosive devices and ghost guns in their family’s home. Prosecutors said Monday that Andrew and Angelo Hatziagelis were indicted on 130 counts of an array of crimes, including criminal possession and sale of weapons, and detained. Authorities say they
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A counselor has testified that he was “caught off guard” when the parents of a Michigan teenager refused to voluntarily take him home from school when confronted with a violent drawing he had made hours before he opened fire and killed four students. The meeting occurred on the morning of
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The company behind a global recall of sleep apnea machines says it will stop selling the devices in the U.S., under a tentative agreement with regulators. Philips has recalled more than 5 million pressurized breathing machines due to risks that their foam can break down over
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says the court ruling blocking her presidential candidacy represents “judicial criminality. Machado has vowed to stay in the race. She said Monday that last week’s decision shows the ruling party’s fear of having to face her at the polls.
Continue ReadingPRINCETON, Ky. (AP) — Police say a 5-year-old western Kentucky girl reported missing after her mother was found slain was found unharmed with her father. He was taken into custody Monday. The afternoon update came hours after Kentucky State Police issued an Amber Alert for Lela Black. Troopers were called to the child’s home in
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