By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA’s Charisma Osborne appeared to have the final home game most players dream about last March 20 when she scored a career-high 36 points and got the Bruins into the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. It turns out it wasn’t Osborne’s last appearance at
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Jurors began deliberations Friday in the case of a Colorado police officer who stopped Elijah McClain as he walked home from the store and put the 23-year-old Black man in a neck hold. A prosecutor told jurors Nathan Woodyard abandoned McClain as his
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A fourth Republican presidential debate has been set for next month, with heightened polling requirements that could make the stage less crowded than before. Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said in a memo sent to campaigns Friday that the fourth debate would take place Dec.
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — The White House made clear Friday that the amount of money the US has available for Ukraine military aid is quickly running out as House Speaker Mike Johnson and the Senate remain at odds over the Biden administration’s multi-billion dollar request for more funding. A $425
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Former Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo has received two life sentences after being found guilty in the grisly killing of his 27-year-old pregnant lover. A federal judge sentenced Verdejo on Friday following emotional speeches by the family of Keishla RodrÃguez. She was killed in April 2021. Verdejo had been
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — Butler University will become the third US college to join a network that offers a two-year, debt-free associate degree program for students with a demonstrated financial need, university president James Danko announced Friday. After earning an associate degree, the new program will allow students to receive a bachelor’s degree from the
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street steamrolled even higher to add more gains to its best week nearly a year. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% Friday. The Dow added 222 points, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.4%. Stocks surged this week on rising hopes the Federal Reserve is finally
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Law enforcement officials say they found a staggering $8.5 million worth of psychedelic mushrooms during a bust in Connecticut. Federal, state and local authorities say they received a tip about possible drug-dealing at a rural home in Burlington and found dozens of dog-food-size bags of mushrooms there on Thursday. Police
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The Association of Fundraising Professionals Desert Chapter are hosting their 17th Annual National Philanthropy Day of the Desert. Every year for National Philanthropy Day, they host a celebratory award luncheon to honor all those who have done outstanding philanthropy work for our local Coachella Valley. Eye of the Desert’s Patrick Evans got to talk with
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN, PATRICK WHITTLE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden added a bouquet of white flowers Friday to a makeshift memorial outside Schemengees Bar and Grille, one of the scenes of the state’s deadliest mass shooting. They stood for a moment of silence
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When NASA’s Lucy mission flew by its first asteroid this week, its cameras captured a surprise. The Lucy spacecraft zoomed by the small asteroid Dinkinesh, located in our solar system’s main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. But what astronomers thought was one asteroid is really
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Election officials in Mississippi’s most populous county had to scramble to complete required poll worker training after an early September breach involving county computers. Hinds County Election Commissioner Shirley Varnado says such training is typically completed by early October before a November general election. Instead, office staff were still working this
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGOTN Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida dentist on trial in his ex-brother-n-law’s slaying says he never explained to authorities that he was a victim of extortion rather than the mastermind behind a 2014 murder-for-hire plot because no one asked him to reveal the truth. Prosecutors contend Charles Adelson paid to
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Authorities said the second of four men who escaped from a central Georgia jail last month has been captured. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that a team of local, state and federal law enforcement officers arrested 25-year-old Marc Kerry Anderson just before 3 p.m. Friday at an
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Less than a week after his death, a foundation has been established in the name of Matthew Perry to help people dealing with addiction. “In the spirit of Matthew Perry’s enduring commitment to helping others struggling with the disease of addiction, we embark on a journey to honor his legacy by
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Less than a week after his death, a foundation has been established in the name of Matthew Perry to help people dealing with addiction. “In the spirit of Matthew Perry’s enduring commitment to helping others struggling with the disease of addiction, we embark on a journey to honor his legacy by
Continue ReadingEl Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de San Bernardino informo que están disminuyendo en sus cárceles los casos de sobredosis de droga gracias a varios cateos que realizan para evitar que los presos tengan algún narcótico, además están tratando de educar a los presos acerca de los peligros del fentanilo. Según estadÃsticas el año pasado
Continue ReadingPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has requested guidance from the state’s Supreme Court about conflict-of-interest rules for lawmakers. Several weeks ago, South Dakota state lawmaker Jessica Castleberry resigned and agreed to repay the $500,000 in federal COVID-19 relief she received for her day care business. Castleberry violated a state Supreme
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — The man who served as look-out in a South Florida shooting that left three dead and 20 others injured has been sentenced to life in prison. A Miami-Dade circuit judge said Friday that 24-year-old Davonte Barnes played an integral role in the 2021 Memorial Day weekend shooting before handing down 23 concurrent
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