By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A strong earthquake has shaken northwestern Nepal, and officials say at least 128 people are dead and dozens more injured as rescuers search mountain villages. Officials said Saturday that the toll was expected to rise, saying communication was cut off with many villages. Officials say the
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The Living Desert Zoo & Gardens is helping the endangered Desert Tortoise by housing dozens of hatchlings. “They’re not only a native California species,” said Dr. James Danoff-Burg, Vice President of the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens. “They’re also our state reptile.” The Living Desert Zoo & Gardens is partnering with the San Diego Zoo
Continue ReadingESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) — Police in Escondido shot and killed a man Friday after he fired a gun at them during a chase, authorities said. The man, believed to be 48 years old, died at a hospital after the shooting that occurred shortly before 7 a.m. His name wasn’t immediately released. Police in the San
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Greater Palm Springs Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride officials are responding to conservative state lawmakers as they are advancing and passing bills that aim toward drag performers. This year’s pride theme is ‘Drag Now, Drag Forever’. A federal judge in September struck down a Texas law that LGBTQ advocates feared would ban drag shows
Continue ReadingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say the U.S. Department of Justice has closed its review of the case of a drug suspect who was repeatedly punched, elbowed and kneed by police officers during a traffic stop in northeast Florida. A Friday letter from the department to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says the arrest of Le’Keian
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sheryl Crow and Chaka Khan made the crowd roar at the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Friday night, with the Queen of Funk doing a medley of her hits including “Ain’t Nobody” and the Southern singer-songwriter knocking out an electric version
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s President, Laurentino Cortizo, signed into law an indefinite moratorium on new mining concessions Friday. The law also prohibits renewing existing concessions. Panama’s National Assembly approved the bill Thursday. An article was removed, however, that would have revoked a controversial mining contract that sparked nationwide protests over the past two weeks.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Marine Corps veteran who served as a politically appointed State Department official in former President Donald Trump’s administration has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for attacking police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Federico Klein declined to address
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Gaza director for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says the average Gazan is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour that the U.N. had stockpiled in the region. And he adds that the refrain from people on the street now
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Connor Stalions, the low-level Michigan football staffer who is at the center of an NCAA investigation into impermissible scouting of opponents and sign stealing, has resigned, the school said Friday. A person with knowledge of the situation initially told The Associated Press that Stalions, who was suspended
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles who was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing student patients can be retried on charges involving additional women, a judge ruled Friday. A Superior Court judge granted a prosecution request to retry Dr. James Heaps on nine charges after a jury
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles who was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing student patients can be retried on charges involving additional women, a judge ruled Friday. A Superior Court judge granted a prosecution request to retry Dr. James Heaps on nine charges after a jury
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Australia’s troubled ties with China in recent years have had far-reaching costs – sweeping trade curbs from Beijing devastated the Australian wine industry, hit the livelihoods of farmers and fishers across the country, and impacted billions of dollars in trade. Now, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is headed
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has pulled Defense Department support for congressional visits to Israel and restricted official visits nearly a month into the Israel-Hamas war, according to a memo obtained by CNN. The memo, written by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and dated October 31, discourages members of Congress and their staff
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — US officials are anticipating a new phase of the Israel-Hamas war in the coming days in which Israel decreases the scale of its air campaign and focuses on a more tactical ground operation. As humanitarian aid continues to flow into Gaza, a senior administration official told
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The tiny, half-pint cartons of milk served with millions of school lunches nationwide may soon be scarce in some cafeterias, with districts across the country scrambling to find alternatives. The problem is not a shortage of milk itself, but the cardboard cartons used to package and serve it, according
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer The tiny, half-pint cartons of milk served with millions of school lunches nationwide may soon be scarce in some cafeterias, with districts across the country scrambling to find alternatives. The problem is not a shortage of milk itself, but the cardboard cartons used to package and serve it, according
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies used de-escalation techniques and a “less lethal device” to take a man who authorities said refused to drop his machete into custody Friday afternoon in Coachella. At 2:54 p.m., deputies were called to the area of Van Buren Avenue and Avenue 48 in regards to a battery. According to the Riverside
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sheryl Crow and Olivia Rodrigo kicked off the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Friday night with an electric rendition of the Crow’s hit “If It Makes You Happy,” two generations of singer-songwriters bonding over a crunchy 1990s rocker. The two singers
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Michigan has fired Connor Stalions, the football staffer who is at the center of an NCAA investigation into a impermissible scouting of opponents and sign stealing, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The person said Stalions, who was suspended with pay two
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