By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A player in California won a $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, ending a long stretch without a winner of the top prize. The winning numbers were: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10. The winning ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — While revealing new details about one of the most famed CIA operations of all times — the spiriting out of six American diplomats who escaped the 1979 U.S. Embassy seizure in Iran — the intelligence agency for the first time has acknowledged something else
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press GREENWOOD, Ark. (AP) — An Oklahoma man who was freed after being imprisoned for decades on a murder conviction says there are more cases like his. Ricky Dority used his pandemic relief money to hire a private investigator, who worked to free him along with students from Oklahoma City University’s
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday as investors awaited the release of U.S. consumer price data and kept a cautious watch on the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.6% to 32,442.08. Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.1% to 7,097.50.
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One of the bills recently signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom was sponsored by Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin. Anyone convicted of drug-related offenses will soon need to complete a treatment or education program. Senate Bill 46 goes into effect beginning January 1. Check Out Our Fentanyl Crisis Section for Local Stories Hestrin
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Having won the nomination to be the next House speaker, Rep. Steve Scalise is heading straight into a familiar Republican problem — skeptical GOP colleagues are reluctant to give their support, denying him the majority vote needed to win the gavel. On
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis is the last living suspect in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries — the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Davis, 60, is accused of orchestrating the drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip that also wounded rap
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis is the last living suspect in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries — the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Davis, 60, is accused of orchestrating the drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip that also wounded rap
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ third straight 100-win season led to a third consecutive postseason flop. A three-game Division Series sweep by the Arizona Diamondbacks that ended with a 4-2 defeat Wednesday night highlighted how much expanded playoffs have devalued the regular season. “There’s some things with the format that people can dissect
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the investigation into the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur ramped up, prosecutors dug into the past and took the grand jury back to some of the most pivotal moments in the East-West Coast rap rivalry. The animosity began when Shakur was ambushed and
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the investigation into the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur ramped up, prosecutors dug into the past and took the grand jury back to some of the most pivotal moments in the East-West Coast rap rivalry. The animosity began when Shakur was ambushed and
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Within hours of the horrific attack by Hamas, the U.S. began moving warships and aircraft to the region to be ready to provide Israel with whatever it needs to respond. A second U.S. carrier strike group departs from Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday. Scores of aircraft are heading
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Geraldo Perdomo got the Arizona Diamondbacks started with an unexpected homer, then Ketel Marte made the 48,000-plus at Chase Field giddy with another blast. Christian Walker followed with a line-drive shot into the left-field seats and then Gabriel Moreno polished off the onslaught with a 420-foot
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Geraldo Perdomo got the Arizona Diamondbacks started with an unexpected homer, then Ketel Marte made the 48,000-plus at Chase Field giddy with another blast. Christian Walker followed with a line-drive shot into the left-field seats and then Gabriel Moreno polished off the onslaught with a 420-foot
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With his walker positioned on the mound, Rep. Steve Scalise threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Washington Nationals ballpark, a breathtaking comeback for the Republican congressman who just months earlier was fighting for his life after a gunman had opened fire on lawmakers
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The Coachella Valley Economic Partnership is focusing on some big issues like affordability and health care in preparing for the future. CVEP presented its 19th annual economic report today in Indian Wells. “A 50-Year Plan is how you transform a valley from something that it is into something that would be clearly better and more
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Lauren Izso, CNN Dead Sea, Israel (CNN) — People from Be’eri sometimes used to say the reason the Israeli kibbutz was so close to the Gaza Strip was because otherwise, it would be too perfect. “It was a joke, something we used to say because Be’eri is so beautiful. It’s the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit’s big three carmakers, although approval of the workers’ other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll found that 36% of Americans
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States likely eased again last month, though the decline might have slowed since summer, a reminder that the outsize price pressures of the past two years will take more time to cool. Thursday’s consumer inflation data could bolster — or undercut —
Continue ReadingBy INDRAJIT SINGH Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — A passenger train has derailed in eastern India, killed at least four passengers and injuring dozens. All 21 coaches of the North-East Express Train derailed near a railroad station in Bihar state late Wednesday. Two of the coaches overturned. Local residents rushed to the scene and
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