NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The FBI has ended its investigation of a fiery car wreck that killed two people at a border checkpoint in Niagara Falls after finding no evidence that it was a terror attack, easing a period of high tensions as Americans headed into the Thanksgiving holiday. The FBI’s decision late Wednesday
Continue ReadingBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California basketball coach Mark Madsen says Fardaws Aimaq, whose parents are Afghan refugees, was called “a terrorist” by a heckling fan after a game against UTEP this week in the SoCal Challenge. “Throughout and after Monday’s game, Fardaws Aimaq was allegedly subjected to abhorrent and offensive comments from a fan, including
Continue ReadingBy Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — After “fighting for months” for access to the footage, the family of a Black man who died after being tased by an Alabama police officer in July was finally able to view body camera video from the incident Wednesday. “This is one of the worst videos of a police killing that I have ever witnessed,” family attorney Harry Daniels told reporters at a news conference following the viewing. “And I’ll put it right up there with George
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Three young children and a woman were injured Thursday in Dublin’s city center in what Irish police have termed “a serious public order incident.” A man also suffered injuries during the violence, which took place outside a school shortly after 1:30 p.m. Citing witnesses at the scene, Irish media said some of
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer It is not a stretch to say the Black Friday game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets is Amazon’s Super Bowl. Not only does it mean an additional game on Prime Video that Amazon hopes to make into a yearly tradition, but it comes on the busiest
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer It is not a stretch to say the Black Friday game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets is Amazon’s Super Bowl. Not only does it mean an additional game on Prime Video that Amazon hopes to make into a yearly tradition, but it comes on the busiest
Continue ReadingQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, was sworn in Thursday as Ecuador’s president, a role that citizens are demanding he uses to restore the public safety that drug cartels and other criminal organizations robbed them of at the decade’s start. Noboa’s term
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to decades in prison after pleading guilty to driving under the influence and then striking and killing two state troopers and a pedestrian on an interstate in Philadelphia last year. Twenty-three-year-old Jayana Webb of Eagleville pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Philadelphia courtroom to three counts each of
Continue ReadingPLANO, Texas (AP) — A pilot who died when the small plane he was flying crashed and burned on the doorstep of a strip mall in Texas was aborting a landing, according to an incident report released Wednesday. Plano police on Wednesday identified the pilot of the single-engine Mooney M20 as 87-year-old Elzie Monroe McDonald,
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It’s a Cloudy, Cool and overall Cozy start to Thanksgiving Day. Overnight we saw clouds move into Southern California, and they will continue to linger on top of the valley floor up until the midday hours. We’ll start to see some gradual clearing, sunshine and temperatures in the mid 70s throughout the day. At around
Continue ReadingUTTARKASHI, India (AP) — Officials say the rescue of 41 construction workers who have been trapped for nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India ran into another delay during what was described as the final phase of digging to reach them. A spokesperson for the Uttarakhand state government said late Thursday that
Continue ReadingLIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — Cindy Bradley had just finished cooking for Thanksgiving when an official knocking loudly urged her to leave her small Kentucky home as soon as possible because a train had derailed, catching fire and spilling chemicals. She ended up at Rockcastle County Middle School in Livingston — unsure what was next as
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders said Thursday that he is ready to join the next Dutch coalition government after he surged to a huge election victory that marked a stunning lurch to the far right for a nation once famed as a beacon
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has told Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet, Milei’s office said Thursday. The office did not give a date for when Trump intends to be in Buenos Aires.
Continue ReadingCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Court records show that a man who fatally shot a security guard at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital moments before being killed by a state police trooper was not allowed to have guns, ammunition, or any other dangerous weapons following an arrest in 2016. At that time, police seized an assault-style
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November 22nd – 26th Local organizations and people are continuing their efforts to support families and individuals experiencing loneliness and financial hardships during the holidays. See the options below for free holiday meals in the Coachella Valley. During Thanksgiving week, from Wednesday through Sunday, volunteers gather at Coachella Valley Rescue Mission will serve a special
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993, according to a legal summons filed Wednesday. The three-page filing does not contain details of the alleged assault but names Adams, the transit bureau of the New York Police Department and the New York Police
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German police have arrested two men following raids targeting organized migrant-smuggling in the country’s capital and the northern state of Lower Saxony. About 260 officers took part in Thursday’s raids and searches at eight properties in Lower Saxony and another six in Berlin. The suspects are accused of smuggling more than 200
Continue ReadingBy LISET CRUZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Beloved characters like Snoopy and SpongeBob SquarePants soared through the skies above New York City on Thursday and bands marched along the streets below as the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ushered in the holiday season. The parade started on Manhattan’s Upper West Side making its
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, NAJIB JOBAIN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A four-day cease-fire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas was set to begin Friday morning, Qatar said after a daylong delay extended the agony for those hoping for some relief from the deal, which is to bring the release
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