By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to examine six proposed maps redrawing state legislative districts say the ones submitted by the Republican Legislature and a conservative law firm are partisan gerrymanders. They stopped short Thursday of declaring the other four constitutional. They said only the
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The lawsuit against the city of Palm Springs over the “Forever Marilyn” statue is continuing to move forward, after the city declined to settle, according to the group that filed the lawsuit. Trina Turk of the Committee to Relocate Marilyn posted an update on the group’s GoFundMe page updating the situation. The update comes a
Continue ReadingBLYTHE, Calif. (AP) — Eight corrections officers and an incarcerated man were injured in a riot involving around 200 inmates in the recreational yard of a Southern California prison, authorities said Thursday. The violence erupted around 10 a.m. Wednesday as officers were escorting an inmate across the yard as part of a contraband investigation at
Continue ReadingBLYTHE, Calif. (AP) — Eight corrections officers and an incarcerated man were injured in a riot involving around 200 inmates in the recreational yard of a Southern California prison, authorities said Thursday. The violence erupted around 10 a.m. Wednesday as officers were escorting an inmate across the yard as part of a contraband investigation at
Continue ReadingBy Angela Rozier Click here for updates on this story PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (WPBF) — A local developer is relocating rather than destroying some of the oak trees on his property to make room for a new development. About 20 oak trees on the Wilson Grove development off of Becker and Rangeline Road in
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Cantlay has spent about as much time on the phone as the golf course this week as a PGA Tour board member trying to nail down a deal for a $3 billion investment. It didn’t seem to affect his day job at the
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, Amanda Jackson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — A preliminary report published Friday morning shows three people were killed Thursday evening in a fiery crash when a small plane smashed into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida. The Federal Aviation Administration’s report lists three fatalities, one among the flight crew and two people inside
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. says vibrations found in a cooling system of its second new nuclear reactor will delay when the unit begins generating power. The subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co. said Thursday that Plant Vogtle’s Unit 4 now will not begin operating until sometime between April 1
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A heavily armed man who was found dead at a Colorado mountaintop amusement park last year had researched mass shootings online, but authorities say they still haven’t determined why he amassed such an arsenal or didn’t follow through on “whatever he was planning.” The body of Diego
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, Brynn Gingras, Gloria Pazmino and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Four migrant men charged with felonies in an attack on two New York City Police Department officers Saturday outside a migrant shelter are en route to a California town near Mexico after they were released from custody and given bus tickets by
Continue ReadingMEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been charged with assaulting two 7-year-old children at an elementary school, two weeks after similar charges were filed against another worker at the school. Manchester Police say witnesses saw the 24-year-old behavior technician at Parker-Varney Elementary School throw a 7-year-old boy to the ground, causing him
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews helped a woman having a medical emergency on a Thursday morning flight from Baltimore to Phoenix by sharing his diabetes kit, a passenger on the flight told CNN. Andrew Springs, a passenger in the row behind the woman, said he woke up mid-flight to
Continue ReadingWJZ By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews helped a woman having a medical emergency on a Thursday morning flight from Baltimore to Phoenix by sharing his diabetes kit, a passenger on the flight told CNN. Andrew Springs, a passenger in the row behind the woman, said he woke up mid-flight
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press Georgia senators passed a bill to allow sports gambling Thursday, but not before deciding that the measure also requires a state constitutional amendment, throwing ultimate passage into doubt. The Senate voted 35-15 to pass Senate Bill 386, sending it to the House for more debate. But 34 senators went against
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON and EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press GUALBA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia has declared a drought emergency for the area of around 6 million people including the city of Barcelona. But thousands of people who live in villages and towns in the Catalan countryside have already been in full-blown crisis
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Shula, the grandson of Hall of Fame coach Don Shula, will be the Los Angeles Rams’ new defensive coordinator, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because the team had
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reiterated his focus on strengthening his naval forces as he inspected the construction of new warships. State media said Friday that Kim called such projects crucial to the country’s war preparations as he visited a western shipyard. Kim
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia, once a self-proclaimed leader in criminal justice reform, is sliding a little further toward its old lock-’em-up ways. State senators voted 30-17 on Thursday to require cash bail for 30 additional crimes. That includes 18 offenses that are always or often misdemeanors. The bill is only
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The money that Mexican migrants send home to their relatives has grown by 7.6% in 2023, to reach a record $63.3 billion for the year. The money transfers, known as remittances, have been booming since the coronavirus pandemic, but the rate of growth appeared to cool somewhat in 2023. In 2022,
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the nation’s largest real estate brokerages has agreed to pay $70 million as part of a proposed settlement to resolve more than a dozen lawsuits across the country over agent commissions. The agreement was filed Thursday with federal courts overseeing lawsuits in Illinois
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