Original Report 3:30 p.m. Flames were first reported in Cabazon South of the I-10 in the hills near Ida and Helen Avenue around 9:20 a.m. Saturday morning. As of 2:30 p.m. the flames spanned 65 acres and the fire was 15% contained. Cal Fire reports the forward rate of spread has been stopped, and crews
Continue ReadingBy CRAIG MERZ Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cucho Hernandez and Yaw Yeboah scored in the first half and the Columbus Crew held on to beat defending champion LAFC 2-1 on Saturday to win their third MLS Cup. The Crew added the title to their championships in 2008, when they beat the New York
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Wes Phillips was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after being stopped for speeding on a Minneapolis interstate highway. Phillips is 44. He was driving a Tesla when he was stopped around 9:45 p.m. Friday. The Minnesota State Patrol says he showed “signs of impairment,” and his blood
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The National Rifle Association will be represented by the American Civil Liberties Union in an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court. The New York-based civil liberties group confirmed Saturday that it would provide legal representation for the gun-rights group in its First Amendment case against New
Continue ReadingCNN By Kit Maher, CNN West Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — Casey and Ron DeSantis are seeking to clarify comments the Florida first lady made on Friday that appeared to encourage out-of-state voters to participate in the Iowa caucuses. “We’re asking all of these moms and grandmoms to come from wherever it might be, North
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military pushed ahead with its punishing air and ground offensive in Gaza on Saturday, bolstered by a U.S. veto derailing U.N. Security Council efforts to end the war and word that an emergency sale of $106 million worth of tank
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The University of Pennsylvania’s president has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy. The departure of
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A British Palestinian surgeon who spent weeks in the Gaza Strip during the current Israel-Hamas war as part of a Doctors Without Borders medical team said he has given testimony to a British war crimes investigation unit. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a plastic surgeon specializing in conflict medicine,
Continue ReadingJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that crashed in southeast Alaska during a rescue mission last month has been recovered. The Coast Guard says the helicopter was recovered Friday. An investigation into the Nov. 13 crash continues. The agency says all four crewmembers who were taken to Seattle for treatment have been
Continue ReadingBy Macie Goldfarb and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Kenneth Dodson and younger brother Axel visited the birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta Thursday to take a picture. For a moment, it was like the retired New York City Police Department officers were back on the job. Someone called out that
Continue ReadingBy Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela and Guyana have agreed to a high-level meeting over the status of the disputed and oil-rich Essequibo region, following a flurry of diplomacy involving leaders of both countries as well as Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, St. Vincent and Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, and United Nations
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s governor has called on the state’s colleges to swiftly address antisemitism and what she described as “calls for genocide” on campus. In a letter to college and university presidents on Saturday, Gov. Kathy Hochul said her administration would enforce violations of the state’s Human
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a warning about the danger of high-powered, pea-sized magnets found in toys. It says it is aware of seven deaths linked to their ingestion and announced that one company had recalled them. The federal agency estimates that ingestion of the magnets led to 2,400 hospital emergency room
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has condemned Russia’s intention to organize presidential election voting in occupied Ukrainian territory next year. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said any such balloting held in the occupied regions in the country would be “null and void” and pledged that any international observers sent to monitor the Russian election would “face
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — A trio of Republican presidential candidates shared stories of family and faith before hundreds of voters in northwest Iowa on Saturday, having congenial individual conversations with their hosts not long after dueling at the campaign’s latest fractious debate. But off the stage at a small
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has set a financial record to go along with his singular on-field performance, getting $700 million to make a 30-mile move up Interstate 5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers. His agent, Nez Balelo, issued a midafternoon news release Saturday announcing the 10-year contract,
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani agreed Saturday to a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal was announced after days of speculation where the unique, two-way star would continue his career after six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels. “This is a unique,
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani agreed Saturday to a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal was announced after days of speculation where the unique, two-way star would continue his career after six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels. “This is a unique,
Continue ReadingNATURAL BRIDGE, Va. (AP) — Court documents show that over 100 animals – both living and dead – have been taken from a roadside zoo in western Virginia. State authorities say it happened at the Natural Bridge Zoo in Rockbridge County. A search warrant executed Wednesday shows that it was issued in relation to the
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — An officer in a small city in western Alabama was placed on administrative leave after video surfaced showing her using a stun gun on a handcuffed Black man last week. The video, posted by a witness, starts with a White female officer from the Reform Police Department and a
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