By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Belarus Red Cross says it is examining a call by the international Red Cross to fire its chief, who made headlines earlier this year for bragging that his organization was ferrying children from Russian-occupied Ukraine to Belarus. The International Red Cross said Wednesday wants Dzmitry
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The architect of legislation to give the Milwaukee Brewers more than $614 million to cover repairs at American Family Field is defending the proposal to fellow lawmakers. Republican state Rep. Robert Brooks said during a hearing Thursday before a state Assembly committee that the plan would
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a judge Thursday to dismiss the Washington federal election subversion case against him, arguing the Republican is immune from prosecution for actions they say were taken in his official role as president. The motion amounts to the most
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — If Saudi Arabia could have designed a process for choosing future World Cup hosts, it might look similar to what FIFA has unveiled for the 2030 and 2034 men’s soccer tournaments. The Saudi Arabian soccer federation has become the favored candidate to host in 2034. It
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El Concilio de Desert Hot Springs votó unánimemente para nombrar a Frank Luckino para el puesto de Administrador de la ciudad a partir del 6 de noviembre. El alcalde Scott Matas dijo que el concilio confía en las habilidades de liderazgo y la amplia experiencia de Frank quien actualmente es administrador de Twentynine Palms. También
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California has what might be the best offense in college football, leading the FBS at 53.6 points per game and 8.89 yards per play. But with chances to use their ground game to salt away wins in the second half each of the past two
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La compañía de luz Southern California Edison está aceptando aplicaciones para su programa académico 2024 que premiará a 30 estudiantes de high school con una beca de $50 mil dólares a quienes planeen estudiar ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas. Cabe recordar que el año pasado, Priscilla Márquez, estudiante de Cathedral City High School, fue una
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE and LEA SKENE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Supreme Court is scrutinizing the outcome of a hearing that vacated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction after he spent 23 years behind bars. The victim’s family says they weren’t given adequate opportunity to take part in the proceedings. The case became known
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that fragments of a hand grenade have been found in the bodies of people who died in an August crash of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane. Putin added that experts investigating the crash found no indication that the plane had suffered an “external impact.” All
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is slipping Thursday, as pressure from the bond market stays high due to worries about a too-hot U.S. job market. The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower in afternoon trading, a day before a highly anticipated report on the job market that could sway
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has directed federal agencies to use all available authorities and resources to restore “healthy and abundant” salmon runs in the Columbia River Basin, a move that conservationists and tribes call a potential breakthrough. Biden’s order on Thursday stops short of calling for the removal
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian health official says the drone strikes on Thursday at a military graduation ceremony in the central city of Homs have killed 67 people, both civilians and military personnel, and wounded 180. It was one of the deadliest attacks on the Syrian army
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY and TOM KRISHER Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy’s transport minister is questioning the spread of electric vehicle technology following the fiery crash of a fully electric shuttle bus that killed 21 people in mainland Venice. But the battery chemistry used by the Chinese bus maker makes it less prone to catastrophic
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who prosecutors say was the helmeted motorist who stomped in the back window of a car in Philadelphia and waved a gun at the vehicle’s driver in a weekend assault that was recorded on video is in custody. Bail is set at $2.5 million for Cody M. Heron. Court records
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A shooter who wounded 10 in a rush hour attack on a New York City subway is scheduled to be sentenced. Frank James pleaded guilty to terrorism charges earlier this year for the April 2022 mass shooting. He faces the possibility of life in prison at
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration announced they waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of sweeping executive power to pave the way for building more border barriers — a tactic used often during the Trump presidency.
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, Brad Parks, Dakin Andone and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A man who was arrested Wednesday after bringing a handgun to the Wisconsin Capitol and saying he wanted to see Gov. Tony Evers returned with an assault rifle that night after posting bail and again asked to see Evers, according to state
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia has successfully tested an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, while also warning that the country’s parliament could revoke its ratification of a treaty banning nuclear tests. In a speech at a forum of foreign policy experts, Putin announced that Russia has effectively completed the development of the
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy has shown remarkable resilience but still bears deep scars from the coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine and rising interest rates. That’s according to the head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva. She spoke Thursday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, ahead of next
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The WNBA is coming to the bay. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced Thursday an expansion franchise will come to the San Francisco Bay Area and begin play in 2025. Engelbert has faced constant questions about when the league would expand, to which she would reply
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