By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has met with Britain’s foreign secretary to lobby for help in securing his release. Lai faces a long-delayed trial next week over charges he violated sweeping national security laws that Beijing imposed on Hong
Continue ReadingJUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — This Rudolph won’t be leading his pals Blitzen, Dasher, Dancer, Vixen, Comet and Cupid through the Christmas Eve sky. But maybe he’ll lead them back out to sea someday. For now the seven Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles are among 13 given holiday-themed names as they are treated at Loggerhead Marinelife
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Virginia authorities have determined that a Tesla was operating on its Autopilot system and was speeding in the moments leading to a crash with a crossing tractor-trailer last July that killed the Tesla driver. The death of Pablo Teodoro III is the third since 2016 in
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Molly English, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Tony Cardenas of California won’t seek reelection in 2024. Cardenas’ district, California’s 29th, is in the San Fernando Valley and is solidly blue. The congressman has represented the Los Angeles County district since 2013. The move makes Cardenas the latest in a string of
Continue ReadingBy Annette Choi, Molly English, Ethan Cohen and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — We tracked how long each candidate talked at the third Republican primary presidential debate in Miami. Former President Donald Trump once again didn’t participate in Wednesday evening’s event, while he remains the frontrunner in the GOP field ahead of the other candidates. Read
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters Warsaw (Reuters) — A far-right Polish lawmaker used a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles in the country’s parliament on Tuesday during an event with members of the Jewish community, provoking outrage and leading the speaker to exclude him from the sitting. Footage posted on the website of private broadcaster TVN24 showed Grzegorz
Continue ReadingCONWAY, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say more than 25,000 gallons of gasoline spilled when part of a pipeline failed in northwestern Washington state over the weekend. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the spill occurred Sunday when a small tube leading from the main Olympic Pipeline to a pressure-check valve failed. Responders placed a containment
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia judge on Tuesday recessed the racketeering trial against alleged members of Young Slime Life, or YSL – a street gang Fulton County prosecutors say is led by Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug – until the new year, after one of the co-defendants was stabbed in jail. The trial will
Continue ReadingGEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Oil giant ExxonMobil says it will keep ramping up production in offshore Guyana despite the escalation of a territorial dispute with neighboring Venezuela, which claims that oil-rich region as its own. ExxonMobil Guyana said in a brief statement posted Monday that it was reaffirming its “long-term commitment to Guyana” as tensions
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A clerk and recorder who expressed doubt about the integrity of the election process during her 2022 campaign may lose her election oversight duties in a Montana county in a vote Tuesday. The Cascade County commissioner says he proposed the removal in response to complaints about how elections have
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — A day after professional hockey player Adam Johnson suffered a fatal cut to his throat during a game in England, Dan Sacco went out and ordered his 10-year-old twins new neck guards. Colton and Harper Sacco play together as squirts — 9- and 10-year-olds
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Una familia está de luto por la muerte de su ser querido quien perdió la vida después de ser atropellado cuando caminaba por el área de la calle Date Palm cerca de la Dinah Shore en Cathedral City. Cuando los paramédicos llegaron lamentablemente el hombre de 66 años ya había muerto, durante la investigación se
Continue ReadingBy BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A prominent opposition figure on trial in Tunisia on charges of undermining state security is warning that efforts to prosecute her are sowing fear about civil rights and liberties. Chaima Issa is a leader in the coalition of parties opposed to President Kais Saied. She
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska prosecutors have charged a man with first-degree murder, burglary and weapons charges Tuesday in the fatal weekend stabbing of a Catholic priest who authorities say was attacked during a break-in at the rectory where he lived next door to his church in the small town
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Ya estuvieron en la corte de Indio los tres sujetos que fueron arrestados mientras estaban robando herramientas de alto valor de un comercio de Rancho Mirage cerca de la avenida Monterey, además los individuos son sospechosos de cometer robos en varias ciudades de California. Se trata de Feliciano Gonzalez de Perris, Eric Arias de Colton
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Scared for her life after Rudy Giuliani and other Donald Trump allies falsely accused her of fraud, former Georgia election worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss told jurors Tuesday she seldom leaves her home, suffers from panic attacks and battles nightmares brought on by a
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United Nations is warning that hunger could surge across West and Central Africa next year, primarily driven by violence in the conflict-riddled region. Officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization presented the findings in Senegal’s capital, Dakar. The report is compiled by the U.N. and
Continue ReadingHoy martes de 5:30 de la tarde a 7:15 de la noche realizaran una protesta pacifica por la calle Indian Canyon un grupo de empleados del hospital de Palm Springs quienes exigen que resuelvan los problemas que ponen en peligro la atención de los pacientes en las unidades de cuidados intensivos y de emergencia. Comentaron
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Voting has closed in Egypt’s presidential election that is almost certain to see President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi secure a third term. The election has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, a conflict on Egypt’s eastern border that threatens to expand into wider regional turmoil. According to a timetable published by
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that Israel was losing international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza, speaking out in unusually strong language as the United Nations neared a vote on demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. “Israel’s security can rest
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