A bill to ban tackle football for children under the age of 12 is headed to the State Assembly. On Wednesday, AB 734 was heard by the California Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism committee in Sacramento. It was approved 5-2, sending the bill to the State Assembly. The bill was introduced by Sacramento lawmaker,
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A skier was found dead after an avalanche in a backcountry area of Shoshone County, Idaho, officials said, in a week of snow-related accidents across the West and Northwest. Corey J. Zalewski was found and extracted from the area Friday afternoon, according to the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office. “Our
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a bid to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” saying it’s waiting for the US Supreme Court to rule on the issue. The ruling comes after Colorado and Maine kicked
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A massive winter storm swept the northern U.S. on Friday, with blinding snow in some places, freezing rain in others, and bitter cold temperatures and whipping winds across several states. A man was believed dead after an avalanche in the Idaho backcountry. A
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting in a busy Friday with plenty of cross currents sweeping Wall Street. Oil prices are rising, while bond yields are easing. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in afternoon trading, still hanging within 0.3% of its all-time high set two years ago,
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The Washington Commanders have an agreement in place to hire San Francisco 49ers executive Adam Peters as their new general manager, according to a person with knowledge of the move. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday because the team had not yet announced
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Iowa and New Hampshire are about to kick off the 2024 presidential nominating process, but Sen. Joe Manchin says the path for a potential third-party candidate won’t become clear until Super Tuesday in March. The West Virginia Democrat has previously considered a presidential run. He’s visiting
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. “Do you think that every fingerprint is actually unique?” It’s a question that a professor asked Gabe Guo during a casual chat while he was stuck at home during the
Continue ReadingBy GEROLD ROZENBLAD Associated Press PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Former Suriname dictator Desi Bouterse, who was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison for the killings of 15 political opponents, has vanished after not turning himself in to authorities as planned. His wife, Ingrid Bouterse-Waldring, told reporters Friday that she did not know where
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — County education boards in West Virginia could contract with military veterans and retired law enforcement officers to provide armed security at K-12 public schools under a bill passed by the Republican-controlled state Senate. Republican Sen. Eric Tarr of Putnam County said the bill passed Friday was
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that he remains committed to the topline spending deal he struck with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a blow to hardline conservatives who have been pushing him to walk away from the agreement and yet another example of
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Dozens of Kenyan lawyers have demonstrated peacefully in Nairobi, protesting what they say is judicial interference by President William Ruto. Ruto has said he will disregard court orders from allegedly corrupt judges blocking his key development projects. In recent days, Ruto has also repeatedly threatened to
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include an album by Colombian-American musician Kali Uchis, Seth MacFarlane revives his filthy teddy bear character Ted in a new series for Peacock and Martin Scorsese’s true-crime epic “The Killers of the Flower Moon” begins streaming on Apple TV+. Kevin Hart stars in “Lift” as
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — The son of Somalia’s president has testified at an Istanbul court about the death of a motorcycle courier in the city. An arrest warrant had been issued after a diplomatic car he was driving allegedly hit the courier on an Istanbul highway in November. The private Demiroren News Agency says the court
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary. But scientists worry that what’s behind those numbers could be even worse. The Associated Press asked more than three dozen scientists what these smashed records mean. Most said they fear acceleration
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — František Janouch, a Czech nuclear physicist who set up a foundation in Sweden while in exile to support the dissident movement in his communist homeland at the time, has died. He was 92. The Charter 77 Foundation said Janouch died on Friday morning in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, where he had lived since
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York (AP) — A years-long effort to erase Donald Trump’s surname from a New York City golf course is now complete. On Thursday, a “Bally Links” sign was unveiled at the Bronx golf club where the giant “Trump Links” sign had long greeted motorists passing over the Whitestone Bridge.
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s government is giving the United Nations permission for another six months to use a major border crossing with Turkey to bring aid into the country’s rebel-held northwest. Syria’s mission to the U.N. said in a statement that permission to use the Bab al-Hawa crossing will last until mid-July. Rebel-held parts of
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Accused of committing genocide against Palestinians, Israel insisted at the United Nations’ highest court Friday that its war in Gaza was a legitimate defense of its people and that it was Hamas militants who were guilty of genocide. Israel described the allegations
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting, oil prices are jumping and bond yields are easing in a busy Friday with plenty of cross currents sweeping Wall Street. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, still hanging within 0.3% of its all-time high set two years ago,
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