By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The longest, busiest, most grueling season in Major League Soccer history is almost over for Los Angeles FC. And there’s still a chance to end it with a trophy. LAFC hosts the Houston Dynamo on Saturday in the Western Conference final, which will be its
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans want to redraw the state’s congressional districts to create a new court-ordered Black majority district while maintaining the current 9-5 Republican congressional majority. The proposal released Friday shows they are again targeting Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath’s district for wholesale transformation. It’s unlikely that any
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Olympic gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller, who threw his USA team jacket in a trash can after he stormed the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced on Friday to six months of home detention for joining the mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the seat of American democracy. At
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Cathedral City Fire crews were called out to the Big Lots on East Palm Canyon Drive and Date Palm Drive around 11:30 a.m. when smoke was reported billowing into the business. According to Cathedral City Fire Officials the smoke-filled building forced them to evacuate customers and staff from the store. Cathedral City Fire says they
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for the victims of a racist episode of police torture say new policies unveiled by a Mississippi sheriff’s department this week were introduced so the sheriff can escape liability in a civil lawsuit and forestall a federal probe. Criminal sentencing for six former
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press Friday was a day for speechmaking at the United Nations annual climate conference known as COP28, as heads of state each gave short speeches to deliver their views on the planet’s climate crisis, what their nation is doing and what they think others should do. It was also a day
Continue ReadingBy Rafael Romo, Jaide Timm-Garcia and Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A person was in critical condition Friday after setting themselves on fire outside the Israeli consulate in what Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said was “likely an extreme act of political protest.” The incident happened around noon outside the Consulate General of Israel, according to
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A broad rally on Wall Street closed out a fifth straight week of gains for the market Friday, driving the S&P 500 to its highest level in more than a year. The benchmark index rose 0.6%, eclipsing its previous high for the year set in
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An alternative mental health court to compel treatment for people with severe mental illness has received more than 100 petitions since launching in seven California counties in October, state officials said Friday. The state believes between 7,000 and 12,000 people statewide will eventually be eligible for
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An alternative mental health court to compel treatment for people with severe mental illness has received more than 100 petitions since launching in seven California counties in October, state officials said Friday. The state believes between 7,000 and 12,000 people statewide will eventually be eligible for
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer A group of female athletes has filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Oregon alleging Title IX violations by the school. Thirty-two women, all varsity beach volleyball and club rowing athletes, are plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which accuses the school of depriving women of equal treatment and
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A series of earthquakes have rumbled through southern Imperial County since late last night. The largest so far has been a 4.8 quake at 11:43 p.m. That was preceded by a 3.3 magnitude quake at 11:35 p.m. Most recently, a 3.4 tumbler hit at 5:12 a.m. Our newsroom received a number of calls about these
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press An incarcerated former gang member and FBI informant was charged Friday with attempted murder in the stabbing last week of ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at a federal prison in Arizona. John Turscak stabbed Chauvin 22 times at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson and said
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The International Red Cross has suspended the Belarusian chapter after its chief stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies halted the membership Friday of the Belarus
Continue ReadingWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The family of a 22-year-old woman who died in an apartment fire in Kansas’ largest city following mistakes by the 911 dispatch center says the center has systemic issues. The statement from Paoly Bedeski’s family in Wichita was reported by The Wichita Eagle two days after the local firefighters union called
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Flacco isn’t exactly a rah-rah guy, but the veteran quarterback’s steady presence might be exactly what the Cleveland Browns need to stay in the playoff chase. Flacco will start Sunday for the Browns, kicking off his 16th NFL season by becoming the team’s fourth starting
Continue ReadingBy MATT BROWN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — At a moment of record visibility and influence for Black attorneys in the United States, debates over race, criminal justice and democracy are increasingly at the center of the public conversation. Many of these Black litigators and law enforcement officials have made history, from the White House
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to the Mideast this week pressing for agreements to extend the Gaza cease-fire, step up the release of hostages held by Hamas and limit Palestinian civilian casualties if fighting with Israel resumed. He left Friday with
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — George Santos is gone from Congress, but his disastrous tenure will not be forgotten by party leaders as they prepare for what is expected to be a fiercely contested and expensive special election to replace him in New York’s 3rd Congressional District. Voters will not have a say in
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An attorney for former President Donald Trump said Friday it would amount to “election interference” if his client is the Republican nominee for president while on trial in Georgia in the months running up to the general election. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee opened the
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