DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi Royal Air Force F-15SA fighter jet has crashed, killing its two crew members on board. The state-run Saudi Press Agency, quoting military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Turki al-Maliki, said the crash occurred Thursday during a training mission at King Abdulaziz Air Base in Dhahran in the kingdom’s east.
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden has been charged with nine criminal counts in connection with a long-running Justice Department investigation into his taxes. Biden, according to special counsel David Weiss’ team, “engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million” in taxes that he owed from 2016 through 2019. Though
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Kuznia, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Alex Leeds Matthews, Kyung Lah, Anna-Maja Rappard and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN (CNN) – By the time the FBI first showed up at Kevin Patrick Smith’s home in early February, he’d already left dozens of threatening voice messages for US Senator Jon Tester. “You stand toe to toe with
Continue ReadingMONTREAL (AP) — Quinton Byfield had two goals and an assist, Cam Talbot earned a shutout and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 Thursday night for their NHL record 11th road victory to open the season. The Kings (16-4-3), who eclipsed the mark of 10 straight road wins set by the Buffalo
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It was a dramatic 911 call during Tropical Storm Hilary. An emergency dispatcher’s “Hello” was answered by a caller’s panic. A man shouting, “The house is getting flooded!” That call in Cathedral City August got through despite traditional 911 connections being down throughout the Coachella Valley during the height of the storm. We all know to
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A multi-threat storm will traverse through the eastern half of the US this weekend, unloading heavy rain and snow across several states. Powerful wind gusts could also knock out power and disrupt travel in busy cities as the adverse weather stretches more than 1,200 miles from the Gulf
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82 years ago, the U.S. Armed Forces were attacked in Pearl Harbor. The surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service killed 2,403 service members and civilians. 1,178 people were wounded. On Thursday morning at the Palm Springs Air Museum, community members gathered in remembrance of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the men
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane was all alone in front of the net with a point-blank shot to score in his debut with the Detroit Red Wings. Ping. Kane hit the left post early in the third period and the San Jose Sharks went on to beat the Detroit
Continue ReadingBy DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Mikael Granlund scored 37 seconds into overtime and the San Jose Sharks spoiled Patrick Kane’s Detroit debut, overcoming a four-goal deficit to beat the Red Wings 6-5 on Thursday night. Nico Sturm and Tomas Hertl each scored twice for San Jose. Hertl, who has five goals in
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Adele paid homage to the many women — including her mother, grandmother and aunts — who helped shape her world and personality since she was a child. The superstar singer then praised actor Kerry Washington and found herself in awe while in the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press It’s called “Article 99.” And it hasn’t been used for decades. Until this week. With an intensifying Israeli offensive and escalating civilian casualties, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked a rarely exercised power this week to warn the Security Council of an impending “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. He urged members to demand
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Adele paid homage to the many women — including her mother, grandmother and aunts — who helped shape her world and personality since she was a child. The superstar singer then praised actor Kerry Washington and found herself in awe while in the
Continue ReadingCNN, KVVU, KTNV, KSNV By Elizabeth Wolfe, Taylor Romine and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — The 67-year-old career college professor who fatally shot three faculty members this week at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, kept a “target list” of faculty at the school and elsewhere, said authorities searching for a motive. Investigators found ammunition
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — When league officials decided to play the semifinals and championship game of the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament in Las Vegas, they knew it wouldn’t be an understated affair. And it hasn’t been. Though the semifinals Thursday count in the standings and half a million dollars
Continue ReadingCNN By Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Images from Gaza circulating on social media Thursday showed a mass detention by the Israeli military of men who were made to strip to their underwear, kneel on the street, wear blindfolds, and pack into the cargo bed of a military vehicle. The exact circumstances and dates of the detentions are
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Four investment banks have announced during a meeting of leaders of trade bloc Mercosur they will put $10 billion for infrastructure works aiming to better connect South America. Potential projects that could receive funds include ports, airports, roads, electricity transmission lines, railways, and others. The “Routes
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Defending champion Argentina opens next year’s Copa América on June 20 in Atlanta against the winner of a Canada-Trinidad and Tobago playoff, and the U.S. starts vs. Bolivia three days later at Arlington, Texas. Argentina also faces Chile at East Rutherford, New Jersey, on June 25 in a repeat of the 2016
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — The son of North Dakota Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer has been charged with manslaughter after crashing into an unoccupied patrol vehicle that struck and killed a sheriff’s deputy who was outside of the car on Wednesday. Responding to a report of a stolen vehicle in Bismarck, law enforcement began
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two television networks have said they will hold separate Republican presidential debates at the same location in New Hampshire just ahead of that state’s GOP primary next month, but officials at Saint Anselm College said they were only aware of one of the events. CNN announced Thursday
Continue ReadingBy EMILIE CHETTY Associated Press VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — The president of Seychelles has declared an emergency after a huge blast at an explosives depot that followed deadly flooding on the country’s main island. President Wavel Ramkalawan said three people have died in the flooding. The health ministry said 178 people were injured in the
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