By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mourners are paying their respects Wednesday to the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in San Francisco City Hall, where she launched her groundbreaking political career and where she spent a decade as the city’s first female mayor. Feinstein’s casket was carried into the City Hall rotunda,
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a story published October 3, 2023, about California’s water year, The Associated Press erroneously reported that reservoirs in the State Water Project finished the water year with 27.4 million acre feet of storage. Reservoirs statewide finished the water year with 27.4 million acre feet of storage. The reservoirs in the
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The WNBA has agreed to grant the Golden State Warriors an expansion franchise in 2025, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. While the deal hasn’t been finalized, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is expected to be in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Kit Maher, David Wright and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s political operation announced raising $15 million for his Republican presidential bid during the third quarter of this year, but only $5 million of that haul was available to spend in the bruising primary fight ahead, a senior campaign official said.
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, Teele Rebane, Sahar Akbarzai and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — Activists have accused Iran’s morality police of assaulting a teenage girl for not wearing a headscarf in a Tehran metro station, leading to her hospitalization with serious injuries. A Norway-based group focused on Kurdish rights, the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, said
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor opened a criminal fraud trial Wednesday by telling jurors that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was on top of the world a year ago, hobnobbing with people like football star Tom Brady and ex-President Bill Clinton, before his historic fraud was exposed,
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp is returning to practice this week after missing the first four games of the season with a hamstring injury. Kupp rejoined his teammates Wednesday when the Rams (2-2) began their preparations to host unbeaten Philadelphia on Sunday. The
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El Mundial 2030 de la FIFA está todavía muy lejos en el tiempo. Unos siete años nos separan de ese evento futbolístico. Pese a ello, ya tenemos un poco de luz de lo que será ese torneo. Aunque está más cerca el Mundial 2026 de México, Estados Unidos y Canadá, el
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — You don’t expect to see a movie named “Dicks: The Musical” on the marquee and neither did its makers. It’s the nature of creating a delirious, Dadaist riff on “The Parent Trap” only with two obviously dissimilar gay men as long-lost identical twins and Bowen Yang
Continue ReadingCOLLEGE PARK, MD. (AP) — Authorities say a University of Maryland bus has crashed injuring 27 people. Prince George’s County Fire/EMS posted online that the bus hit a light pole Wednesday morning at the intersection of Baltimore Avenue and University Boulevard in College Park. The agency says crews took 27 people to hospitals with minor
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Three decades ago, the world held its breath as tanks blasted the Russian parliament building in central Moscow while the Kremlin moved to flush out rebellious lawmakers in a crisis that shaped the country’s post-Soviet history. While Russia narrowly avoided what many feared could be a civil war, the violent clashes
Continue ReadingHAVANA (AP) — A building in the historic center of Havana that housed 13 families has collapsed, leaving one person dead and at least two injured. Rescue forces have been working to access the building where two people remained trapped after Tuesday night’s collapse. While the reason for the collapse is not known, the area
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says it expects the U.S. to continue playing its key role in amassing multinational support that has helped keep Ukraine’s economy afloat during Russia’s invasion. That’s despite Congress recently passing a short-term funding package that averted a U.S. government
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Warned to mind his out-of-court comments, former President Donald Trump returned to his New York civil fraud trial Wednesday as his defense lawyers closely questioned an accountant who prepared financial statements at the heart of the case. Outside the
Continue ReadingBy ERIK VERDUZCO and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press PINEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot will again be up for grabs Wednesday night after an 11-week stretch without a big winner, but no matter how large the prize grows the odds stay the same — and they’re terrible. It’s those odds of 1
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — Californians are paying their respects to the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday, as the political titan lies in state at San Francisco City Hall. Feinstein, who died last week at 90, was born in San Francisco and was the first female mayor of the city, a position
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — In a story originally published Oct. 2, 2023, The Associated Press reported that The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation stepped back last year from financially supporting the rollout of GSK’s malaria vaccine. The foundation ended direct financial support for the shot’s development in 2015.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On notice to mind his out-of-court commentary, former President Donald Trump returned to his New York civil fraud trial Wednesday as his lawyers questioned an accountant who prepared financial statements at the heart of the case. New York Attorney
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas made his first court appearance Wednesday on a murder charge. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, stood shackled, wearing a dark-blue jail uniform and plastic
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996 made his first court appearance Wednesday on a murder charge. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, stood shackled, wearing a dark-blue jail uniform and
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