By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller on Thursday disputed the allegations that he assaulted his pregnant girlfriend, calling them “100 percent false” and “blown out of proportion.” Addressing the media for the first time since turning himself into police in suburban Dallas on Nov. 30, Miller indicated something happened
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — A new law that gives local law enforcement in Texas the authority to arrest migrants “violates the US Constitution,” the Department of Justice said in a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday, threatening to sue unless Abbott backs down from enforcing it. The letter,
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Two days before the January 6 insurrection, the Trump campaign’s plan to use fake electors to block President-elect Joe Biden from taking office faced a potentially crippling hiccup: The fake elector certificates from two critical battleground states were stuck in the
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks drifted to a mixed finish in muted trading on Wall Street Thursday as markets approach the end of 2023. The broader market remained mostly quiet ahead of the final trading day of the year, though every major index is on track for weekly gains. The S&P 500
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Four storage units at Store America on the 4500 block of Mesquite Avenue in Palm Springs were damaged in a fire, that broke out just after noon Thursday. According to Palm Springs Fire, two units actually caught fire while two others were damaged by smoke. The contents in the two that caught fire are
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged higher on Wall Street in muted trading as 2023 nears its finish. The S&P 500 rose less than 0.1% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 53 points, or 0.1% and the technology-heavy Nasdaq fell less than 0.1%. Treasury yields edged higher. Markets have held on
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A hard-hit Israeli kibbutz on Thursday announced the death of Judih Weinstein — an American-Canadian-Israeli woman who had been thought to be held hostage in Gaza. The news came six days after Weinstein’s husband, Gad Haggai, was also pronounced dead. Weinstein, 70, and Haggai, 73,
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One person wanted to get past anger issues. Others sought to turn the page on medical bills, work stress, insecurities, taxes, regrets, bad habits, bad hair days, COVID-19, worrying about what other people think, and “all negativity of 2023.” People hoping to shed those and other
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powerful surf rolled onto beaches on the West Coast and Hawaii on Thursday as a big swell generated by the stormy Pacific Ocean pushed toward shorelines, causing localized flooding. Forecasters urged people to stay off rocks and jetties, and to not turn
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powerful surf rolled onto beaches on the West Coast and Hawaii on Thursday as a big swell generated by the stormy Pacific Ocean pushed toward shorelines, causing localized flooding. Forecasters urged people to stay off rocks and jetties, and to not turn
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The California Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to navigate the roads safely this holiday season. CHP Officer David Torres said, “Last weekend statewide there were 20 people killed in crashes within CHP jurisdiction between Dec. 22 and Dec. 25. Additionally CHP arrested 900 impaired drivers.” Within that same period CHP Indio investigated over 50 crashes.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Two days before the January 6 insurrection, the Trump campaign’s plan to use fake electors to block President-elect Joe Biden from taking office faced a potentially crippling hiccup: The fake elector certificates from two critical battleground states were stuck in the mail.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller has disputed the allegations of him assaulting the mother of his children, who is pregnant, by calling them “100% false” and “blown out of proportion.” In addressing the media for the first time since turning himself into police in suburban Dallas on Nov.
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement. The lawsuit accuses Dr. Kevin Molldrem of Molldrem Family Dentistry in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, of providing negligent treatment that caused significant injuries to
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alabama is covering every angle when it comes to preparing for Monday’s College Football Playoff semifinal game against Michigan at the Rose Bowl. That includes making sure their equipment and films do not get hacked in the wake of the Wolverines’ sign-stealing allegations from earlier
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro ordered Venezuela’s armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom sent a warship toward Guyana’s territorial waters as the South American neighbors dispute a large border region. In a nationally televised address Thursday, Maduro said that 6,000
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg and Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who admitted to helping her boyfriend kill her abusive mother in a case that generated national attention, was released from prison on parole Thursday, a Missouri corrections official told CNN. Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 after confessing that she convinced
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A Russian poet was given a 7-year prison sentence Thursday for reciting verses against Russia’s war in Ukraine, a tough punishment that comes during a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent. Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court convicted Artyom Kamardin on charges of making calls undermining national security and inciting hatred, which related to
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. The worldwide growth rate in the past year was just under 1%. At
Continue ReadingSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco failed to show up Thursday for a meeting with a prosecutor who is investigating him for an alleged relationship with a minor. Prosecutor Olga Diná Llaverías said the investigation will continue regardless of Franco’s no-show. She waited for the All-Star player and his
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