By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Goodbye, Jimmy Kimmel. Hello, Rob Gronkowski to the world of bowl games. The LA Bowl announced on Saturday that Gronkowski has signed a multiyear agreement to partner with the college football postseason game. LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk will take place at SoFi Stadium on
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators are marching in London and other cities to demand Israel stop its bombardment of Gaza. Protesters gathered at London’s Marble Arch before marching to the government district, Whitehall on Saturday. They called for an end to Israel’s blockade and airstrikes launched in the
Continue ReadingBy FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The envoys of the European Union and the United States urged Kosovo and Serbia to resume dialogue as the only way to de-escalate the soaring tension between the two nations. The visit Saturday is the first of its kind since Sept. 24 when
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Night after night for six weeks, Erika Hernández knelt outside her home in central Mexico and prayed: “Please, God, don’t let my son turn into a criminal.” “I prayed a lot. I fasted. My faith was huge,” said the 46-year-old woman, fearing her son would
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Night after night for six weeks, Erika Hernández knelt outside her home in central Mexico and prayed: “Please, God, don’t let my son turn into a criminal.” “I prayed a lot. I fasted. My faith was huge,” said the 46-year-old woman, fearing her son would
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money for Ukraine by mixing in billions of dollars for securing the U.S.-Mexico border. The idea came up last month, after Ukraine assistance was stripped out of a measure to keep the government running due to
Continue ReadingBy GARY FIELDS and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For many Americans, the Republican dysfunction that has ground business in the U.S. House to a halt as two wars rage abroad and a budget crisis looms at home is feeding into a longer-term pessimism about the country’s core institutions. The lack of faith
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — There is still no end in sight for the high-stakes speakership battle after House Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy more than two weeks ago. The search is on for a new GOP speaker nominee after Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday became the latest exit from the race, and it’s already
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks accused a union representing thousands of its baristas of damaging the brand and endangering co-workers with a pro-Palestinian tweet. The CEO of a prominent tech conference resigned amid backlash for his public statements suggesting that Israel was committing war
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks accused a union representing thousands of its baristas of damaging the brand and endangering co-workers with a pro-Palestinian tweet. The CEO of a prominent tech conference resigned amid backlash for his public statements suggesting that Israel was committing war
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, Erin Burnett and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — Lit by the ghostly glow of a rapidly depleting mobile phone light, Mahmoud Shalabi says conditions in northern Gaza have become “really dire” without adequate access to medicine, clean water, electricity or safe passage after nearly two weeks of Israeli bombardment. “My wife is
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A man was arrested after deputies from the Morongo Basin’s Multiple Enforcement Team (MET) served a search warrant in Joshua Tree. The search was reported around 11:00 a.m. Thursday at a home off Valley View Street, near Hilltop Drive. Deputies reportedly located currency in various denominations, along with methamphetamine, fentanyl, and other drug paraphernalia. After
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off and began pounding it with airstrikes following Hamas’ bloody
Continue ReadingBy NEBI QENA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least two civilians were killed and others wounded across Ukraine as Russian forces continued to shell frontline areas and other parts of the country, local Ukrainian officials reported Saturday. In Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine, a 60-year-old man died on Friday
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A storm battered Britain, northern Germany and southern Scandinavia for a third day with powerful winds, heavy rain and storm surges that caused floods, power outages, evacuations, and traffic disruptions. Since Thursday, at least four people have died in the storm, named Babet by the UK Meteorological Office. The latest victim
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus have arrested four Syrians on suspicion of setting off a small explosive device that caused no damage not far from Israeli Embassy in the capital Nicosia. Police say the four, ranging in ages between 17 and 21, face charges of attempted destruction of property using explosives, possession and
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Nawaz Sharif, the fugitive former prime minister of Pakistan, has returned to the South Asian nation after nearly four years in self-exile, stirring up the country’s already fraught political scene as it awaits what is expected to be a tumultuous national election.
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Baltimore has agreed to pay $48 million to three men who were wrongfully convicted of murder as teenagers and spent 36 years in prison. “These are men who went to jail as teenagers and came out as young grandfathers in their 50s,” Baltimore Police Department chief legal counsel Justin
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer INZAI CITY, Japan (AP) — Justin Suh shot a 3-under 67 on Saturday to lead the third round of the Zozo Championship, the first time he’s the leader going into the final day of a PGA Tour event, and also looking of his first PGA Tour victory. Just one
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off in the wake of Hamas’ bloody rampage two
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