A 23-year-old schizophrenic and chronic marijuana user today was found sane when he fatally shot a young man and woman as they watched a movie at a Corona theater. Late Tuesday afternoon, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Hollenhorst summarily announced his ruling after the defense and prosecution concluded closing statements in the roughly two
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Slugging South Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a $113 million, six-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the agreement had
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Spanish fashion brand Zara has pulled advertising images that to some appeared to reference Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. The images for a line of jackets included what the company called “unfinished sculptures in a sculptor’s studio.” But some online critics said one image of a model holding a
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — A Florida high school has been placed on one-year administrative probation and fined $16,500 for allowing a transgender girl to play on the girls’ volleyball team, state athletic officials announced Tuesday. In a three-page letter to Monarch High School’s interim principal, the Florida High School Athletic Association accused
Continue ReadingWSVN, FHSAA, TWITTER, @COMMMANNYDIAZJR, @EQUALITYFL, CNN, Twitter/@CommMannyDiazJr, Twitter/@equalityfl By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — A Florida high school has been placed on one-year administrative probation and fined $16,500 for allowing a transgender girl to play on the girls’ volleyball team, state athletic officials announced Tuesday. In a three-page letter to Monarch High School’s interim
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The birth of their daughter should have marked the beginning of a joyful chapter for the young Palestinian couple. Instead, the devastating war in Gaza, now in its third month, has turned childbirth and parenthood into a time of worry and
Continue ReadingBy DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Tuesday announced a sharp devaluation of its currency and cuts to energy and transportation subsidies as part of shock measures new President Javier Milei says are needed to deal with an economic emergency. Economy Minister Luis Caputo said in a televised message the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Al Michaels won’t be calling an NFL playoff game for NBC for the first time since the network returned to televising the league in 2006. NBC confirmed to The Associated Press that Michaels won’t be working the playoffs. It was first reported by the New York Post. The 79-year-old
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Current and former inmates of the Alabama prison system have filed a lawsuit challenging the prison labor program. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court says prisoners are forced to work for little and sometimes even no pay in jobs that benefit government entities or private companies. They called it a
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 lost her election oversight duties in a vote by county commissioners. After taking six hours of public comment on Tuesday, two commissioners voted in favor of the county hiring an independent
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The people who sued to overturn Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts are attacking plans that Republican state lawmakers claim cure illegal dilution of Black votes while preserving GOP power. The three sets of plaintiffs on Tuesday asked the federal judge overseeing the case to reject Georgia’s proposed
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants made three offers to Shohei Ohtani, including a final proposal that president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi called “very comparable if not identical” to the record $700 million, 10-year contract the Japanese two-way star agreed to with the rival Los Angeles
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told America his country was fighting for “our freedom and yours” as he made an impassioned plea Tuesday for Congress to approve more assistance to fight Russia’s invasion. But prospects for additional U.S. aid to Ukraine appeared seriously
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE MA AP Education Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Over five hours at a congressional hearing, lawmakers pressed the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT on the topic of antisemitism. In some instances, they were unable to say whether calls for the genocide of Jews would violate their schools’ conduct policies.
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert’s fourth year as an NFL starting quarterback is over with four games remaining in the season. The Los Angeles Chargers placed Herbert on injured reserve Tuesday after he had surgery to repair the broken index finger on his right hand. With Herbert
Continue ReadingBy Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN (CNN) — Four women who say they were subjected to sexual assault and harassment at the US Coast Guard Academy testified to Congress on Tuesday about how they were silenced, retaliated against and left battling severe mental trauma while alleged perpetrators continued to thrive within the service. Their
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — In the aftermath of the University of Pennsylvania’s president quitting after critiques of her handling of antisemitism on campus, a group of Republican state representatives announced a legislation package promoting education about antisemitism in the commonwealth’s schools. “I can’t believe I have to stand here at a podium in 2023 to
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A 44-year-old man accused of accosting a Jewish couple in their 70s in Beverly Hills, attacking the man with a belt while allegedly making antisemitic comments and attempting to rob the woman, was charged today with elder abuse and other charges, along with a hate crime allegation. Jarrin Jay Silagi was also charged with assault
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who spent 35 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit has been freed after a judge vacated his conviction. Brian Beals told The Associated Press after his release Tuesday that he feels relief and happiness and is ready to begin life again.
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told America his country was fighting for “our freedom and yours” as he made an impassioned plea Tuesday for Congress to approve more assistance to fight Russia’s invasion. But prospects for additional U.S. aid to Ukraine appeared seriously
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