By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case Tuesday that the United States should immediately send aid to Israel and Ukraine, testifying at a Senate hearing as the administration’s massive $105 billion emergency aid request for conflicts in those countries
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Connecticut are investigating after swastikas were found drawn on a high school campus in Stamford for the second time since Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel earlier this month, the school district said. Students found swastikas drawn on the tennis courts of the Academy of
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — State media report the remains of former Chinese premier Li Keqiang are to be cremated on Thursday, with flags around the country to be flown at half-staff to mourn the official who helped guide the world’s second-largest economy for a decade. Li died Friday of a heart attack at 68. Mourners gathered
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A local staple is going international! Brandini Toffee loaded up their largest Costco distribution today. The company has worked with Costco for over a decade on a local and regional level, but next month, Brandini will load up more goodies to ship across the country and into Mexico. Brandini co-founder Brandon Weimer said he hopes the company
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Three astronauts have returned to Earth after six months aboard China’s orbiting space station. Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao emerged from the return capsule at a Chinese space center Tuesday morning. They are reportedly in good health. The station’s new three-person crew arrived to
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Mookie Betts hopes major league teams consider signing his former teammate, pitcher Trevor Bauer, this winter. “It’s something to think about,” Betts told the Los Angeles Times on Monday at the World Series in Phoenix. Betts was invited by Major League Baseball to Game 3 between the Texas
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Corey Seager smashed a homer that rocketed off his bat at a speed few other mortals can match. Then he made a sliding stop and started a double play in the eighth inning that might have saved the game. The star shortstop is once again playing
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three foreign residents have been confirmed among the 47 dead from Hurricane Otis as the search for the missing focused on submerged boats that sunk in the storm. Mexico’s navy secretary said 29 boats were known to have sunk in Acapulco Bay and a crane would
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mostly lower Tuesday as investors looked ahead to a week that could se e more swings in financial markets, including key reports on U.S. consumer confidence and the job market. Eyes are also on the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing its next move
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui police held a news conference on Monday to show 16 minutes of body camera footage taken the day a wildfire tore through Lahaina town in August, including video of officers rescuing 15 people from a coffee shop and taking a severely burned man to a hospital.
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Two people, including a 10-year-old, were hospitalized after a head-on crash in Desert Hot Springs Monday afternoon. The crash occurred in the area of Palm Drive and Yucca Drive just before 2:45 p.m. Police said a driver in a white Subaru was northbound on Palm Drive approaching Yucca Drive when they drifted into the southbound
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Alabama’s redrawn congressional map is setting up the first member-on-member US House primary of 2024, with GOP Rep. Barry Moore set to challenge fellow Republican Rep. Jerry Carl in the new 1st District. Under a new map approved by a federal court earlier this month, Moore’s current 2nd District
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Closing arguments wrapped up on Monday in the retrial of one of several suspects accused in the 2008 killing of a retired art dealer in Palm Springs. Daniel Carlos Garcia is charged with one felony count each of murder, conspiracy to commit a crime, using the personal identity information of another to obtain credit, and
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After Stephen Curry let it fly from 31 feet for his seventh made 3-pointer of the night, he crouched at mid-court and punctuated his latest memorable performance by punching his chest once with both fists. Curry scored 42 points in 30 minutes and the Golden
Continue ReadingBy DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Anaheim Ducks forward Mason McTavish sat in the penalty box, hoping that his teammates could kill a 5-on-3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins’ power play in the final two minutes of a tie game. When the Ducks successfully killed his penalty, McTavish made sure to take care of
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A shocking video of a Rottweiler mauling a 2-year-old girl in China has prompted a crackdown by local authorities on stray dogs that some argue has now gone too far. Authorities were initially praised for their swift response to the incident, but netizens soon began sharing accounts
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats say they will subpoena Republican megadonor Harlan Crow and conservative activist Leonard Leo for more information about their roles in organizing and paying for luxury travel for Supreme Court justices. The announcement by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee comes as
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer has announced that he won’t be running for reelection next year. Blumenauer has represented a solidly Democratic district that includes north and southeast Portland since 1996. He has served in public office for roughly five decades. He notably served on the House’s powerful Ways and
Continue ReadingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked California’s ban on gun shows at county fairs, ruling that the state is violating the rights of sellers and would-be buyers by prohibiting transactions for firearms that can be bought bought at any gun shop. The decision by U.S. District Judge Mark Holcomb halts
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Monday that they planned to schedule a vote to authorize a round of subpoenas related to their investigation into ethics reform at the Supreme Court after an array of stories over the last several months have suggested that some of the
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