By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An Amtrak train crashed into a truck carrying milk at a northeastern Colorado rail crossing, badly injuring the engineer and sending three passengers to a hospital for treatment, authorities said. The truck driver, a 31-year-old man from Fort Wainright, Alaska, drove through the crossing, which has a
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Republican Oregon lawmaker has suggested that “you don’t want” Muslims, atheists and other non-Christians to serve in elected office. Rep. E. Werner Reschke, of the small town of Malin near the California border, made the comments in a Jan. 17 appearance on “Save the Nation,” a talk show streamed on
Continue ReadingPHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — The water content of California’s mountain snowpack was just over half of the normal average on Tuesday, a modest increase from Jan. 1 but still far below the usual, state officials said. Electronic measurements statewide showed a snow water equivalent of 8.4 inches (21.3 centimeters), or 52% of average to
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The Riverside County Housing and Workforce Solutions Department will host a Fourth District Homeless Symposium on Thursday to facilitate a discussion on creating housing and addressing homelessness. The symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, 47470 Van Buren St., according to Supervisor V. Manuel Perez. It will
Continue ReadingNEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A teachers strike in a Boston suburb entered its eighth day Tuesday with both sides still unable to agree on salaries and other issues. The Newton School Committee said Tuesday that it has made another revised offer to the Newton Teachers Association, which it described as a fair and competitive offer.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s corporate parent returned to double-digit revenue growth during last year’s final quarter, signaling the internet powerhouse has regained its footing even as it grapples with regulatory and competitive threats to its digital empire. The results announced Tuesday by Alphabet Inc. marked the third consecutive
Continue ReadingRUSHVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A man accused of strangling and killing a 17-year-old central Indiana girl who worked for him has agreed to plead guilty to murder. Court documents state 59-year-old Patrick Scott of Arlington entered the plea in Rush County Circuit Court last week. The body of Valerie Tindall was discovered in November in
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Michael McLeod of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils has been charged with sexual assault. His lawyers say McLeod has been charged by police in London, Ontario, and will be pleading not guilty. The development comes two days after former NHL player Alex Formenton turned himself into police to face
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Elon Musk is not entitled to a landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling by Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick comes more than five years after a shareholder
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The second of two detainees who escaped an Arkansas jail last week was captured Monday, ending a dayslong manhunt that began as a result of failed head counts by the jail staff, authorities announced. Noah Roush, 22, and Jatonia Bryant, 23, were discovered missing from the
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit Michigan to meet with members of the United Auto Workers, according to a campaign official speaking on the condition of anonymity. His trip to the key battleground state on Thursday comes as he faces sharp criticism from Arab and Muslim leaders over
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press The New York City Council has overridden a mayoral veto of a bill to require police officers to document basic information whenever they question someone. The issue was thrust into the national spotlight this weekend when NYPD officers pulled over a Black lawmaker without giving him a
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — When the Tropicana Las Vegas opened in 1957, Nevada’s lieutenant governor unlocked the door to what would become a Sin City landmark for more than a half-century. Then he threw away the key. “This was to signify that the Tropicana would always stay open,” said historian
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Some local students were recognized for their academic success. Students from each of Palm Springs Unified School District’s elementary, middle, and high schools were nominated by their school principals. The Palm Springs Leadership Association, which is made up of PSUSD administrators and managers, honored the students during the Every Student Succeeding Awards on Monday. “Why these students
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle, Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones and New England Patriots long snapper Joe Cardona are the finalists for the NFL’s 13th annual Salute to Service Award. The league and sponsor USAA made the announcement on Tuesday. The finalists were chosen from among 32
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Business and agricultural groups sued California on Tuesday over the most sweeping climate disclosure mandates in the nation, arguing the policies signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year overstep on the federal government’s authority to regulate emissions nationwide. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, California
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek court has acquitted a group of 16 aid workers and volunteers of charges linked with their efforts to rescue migrants making the dangerous sea crossing in small boats from neighboring Turkey. The trial on the eastern island of Lesbos on espionage and other charges had attracted international scrutiny, with
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general put his weight behind a legislative effort Tuesday to bring nitrogen gas executions to the state, joining what could be a national movement in pro-death penalty states to expand capital punishment on the heels of Alabama’s first use of the method
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Twenty-two high schools throughout Riverside County are participating in this year’s 42nd Annual County Mock Trial competition. “I learned a lot of interview skills and how to ask people questions in an appropriate manner that I carried over into my law practice as I was a practicing attorney,” said Riverside County Superior Court Judge Melissa
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — In a story published Jan. 29 about National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre ’s testimony at a civil trial, The Associated Press erroneously reported that LaPierre used the advocacy group’s money to buy a luxury handbag for his wife. LaPierre testified that he purchased the handbag as a gift for an
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