By Paul LeBlanc and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lamented the civilian death toll in Gaza on Friday, it marked a subtle but notable shift in US language toward the Israeli government. For weeks, the Biden administration has strongly backed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s military offensive following Hamas’
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s immensely powerful ruling party may face its biggest test yet Friday, as it announces its candidates for the 2024 gubernatorial elections. The challenge isn’t coming from flagging opposition parties. Rather, the party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has to prove it can really hold together and prevent the desertion
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British judge has expressed profound concerns about the tactics of the parents of a terminally ill infant as he refused to allow them to take her home from the hospital to die. The decision by Court of Appeal Justice Peter Jackson came after the parents of
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, ISABEL DEBRE and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians sheltering from the Israel-Hamas war at Gaza City’s main hospital fled south Friday after several reported strikes in and around the compound overnight. They joined a growing exodus of people escaping intense urban fighting in the
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In Wisconsin, the old fashioned cocktail comes with brandy, not bourbon. Now, state lawmakers have made it somewhat official. A resolution declaring the brandy old fashioned as the official Wisconsin state cocktail cleared the state Assembly on a bipartisan voice vote. It’s a resolution, not a
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — While workers were counting ballots for primary elections in August, the elections office in King County, Washington, received a suspicious envelope that turned out to contain trace amounts of fentanyl. It happened again this week, and not just in Washington state, where the office was processing
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — While workers were counting ballots for primary elections in August, the elections office in King County, Washington, received a suspicious envelope that turned out to contain trace amounts of fentanyl. It happened again this week, and not just in Washington state, where the office was processing
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Israel’s national soccer team has arrived in Kosovo amid tight security measures at the airport ahead of a postponed European Championship qualifier. The team’s two buses were accompanied by several police vehicles and armed officers as it left the airport. There was also tight security at the hotel where the team
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leaders of the Polish opposition parties that together won the most votes in last month’s election have signed a coalition agreement. The deal vows to restore the nation’s legal order and strengthen its international position and security in light of Russian aggression against neighboring
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Update Nov. 10 News Channel 3 has obtained new information regarding the possible cause of the most recent 9-1-1 phone line outage. On November 8, 2023, at 10:59 p.m., a report was received regarding theft of wire and fiber in the area of Whitewater north of Interstate 10, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Education announced it will use “secret shoppers” to help monitor the student loan repayment process, as payments for millions of borrowers restarted last month following a pause during the Covid-19 pandemic that lasted more than three years. The department outlined framework Thursday for a student loan oversight program
Continue ReadingBy Abigail Holmes and Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — A pond in Hawaii looks like something right out of a fairy tale. Water at the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge, one of the few coastal salt marshes on the island of Maui, has been bright pink since at least October 30, officials say, after its salt
Continue ReadingCNN By Abigail Holmes and Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — A pond in Hawaii looks like something right out of a fairy tale. Water at the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge, one of the few coastal salt marshes on the island of Maui, has been bright pink since at least October 30, officials say, after its
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With new categories, SZA, and “Barbie” — there’s a lot to discuss regarding the 2024 Grammy Award nominations. Who didn’t make the cut? What were the best surprises of all? Let’s take a look. NEW BLOOD? There’s a lot to love about the nominations for
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With new categories, SZA, and “Barbie” — there’s a lot to discuss regarding the 2024 Grammy Award nominations. Who didn’t make the cut? What were the best surprises of all? Let’s take a look. NEW BLOOD? There’s a lot to love about the nominations for
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz is dropping her bid for the governor’s office to run for Congress. Franz, a Democrat who lives in Grays Harbor County, is running to replace retiring Rep. Derek Kilmer, who has served the 6th Congressional District since 2013. Franz has spent
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With just a week left to avert a government shutdown, new House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan — a task that looks increasingly difficult amid stubborn divisions
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It’s going to be a very special Veterans Day for 100-year-old Corporal Dorothee Irwin, one of the oldest Marines in the Coachella Valley. It’s been 80 years since Corporal Irwin first enlisted in the United States Marines. She says it was a message on the radio that piqued her interest. It “interrupted the programs to say, ‘women give up
Continue ReadingCNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — An illegal voting scheme in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has become a rallying cry for former President Donald Trump and his supporters who are still pushing false claims about 2020 election security and trying to sow doubts ahead of the 2024 presidential contest. While election experts say this fearmongering about fraud in US elections is overblown, they say
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Environmental activist Jill Stein is launching another long-shot Green Party bid for the presidency. The physician from Lexington, Massachusetts, says she’s running to offer people a choice outside of what she calls “the failed two-party system.” The rise of third-party and independent candidates has sparked concerns among Democratic and
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