A 67-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting a child in the High Desert was arrested in Desert Hot Springs, authorities announced on Tuesday. Jerry Wheeler of Landers was arrested on Oct. 11 in the 18000 block of Corkill Road in Desert Hot Springs. Wheeler’s arrest came nearly a month after San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two deer struggling in the waters of southeast Alaska’s famed Inside Passage finally made it to land, thanks to two Alaska Wildlife Troopers who gave the deer a lift in their boat. Sgt. Mark Finses and trooper Kyle Feuge were returning from a patrol in nearby
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government and a faction of the opposition have formally settled on working together to reach a series of basic conditions for the next presidential election. The conditions are spelled out in one of two partial deals signed Tuesday in Barbados by representatives of President
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Jury selection in the first Georgia election subversion trial is set to begin Friday as planned, after the judge issued a slew of rulings Tuesday rejecting attempts to throw out the charges. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee denied eight motions from co-defendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell,
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two Alaska Wildlife Troopers wound up playing the role of rescuers last week while boating to Ketchikan in southeast Alaska’s famed Inside Passage. The troopers spotted two deer struggling against the current while trying to swim from one island to another. The troopers cut their boat’s
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are struggling to paper over their differences as a cacophony of opinions and reactions mar the bloc’s response to the Israel-Hamas war. But at a video summit Tuesday, they claimed to stand united in recognizing Israel’s right to defend itself within
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Special prosecutors are seeking to recharge actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie in 2021, describing Tuesday their preparations to present new information to a grand jury. New Mexico-based prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Special prosecutors are seeking to recharge actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie in 2021, describing Tuesday their preparations to present new information to a grand jury. New Mexico-based prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer It was all like something out of some sort of feel-good sports movie. Aaron Rodgers ditched the crutches and walking boot, strolled onto the field during pregame warmups Sunday and the New York Jets quarterback started throwing passes again. Less than five weeks after tearing his left
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Leonard Cure was trying to make up for lost time in the three years since his release from prison after Florida officials concluded he had been wrongfully convicted of armed robbery. Now authorities in Georgia are investigating a traffic stop Monday that ended
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — For a conference with teams about to scatter in all directions, the Pac-12 sure looks rosy at the moment. Overall attendance is up around the league through the halfway mark ( thanks, Deion Sanders ). Ratings, too, are booming (tip of the cap to Sanders
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan is facing strong opposition to his speakership bid as 20 fellow Republicans voted against him on a first ballot. Those GOP lawmakers voted for a candidate other than Jordan on Tuesday, leaving him well short of winning the gavel. The House is expected to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge turned to Ted Henifin after infrastructure breakdowns in Mississippi’s capital city caused residents to go days and weeks without safe water last year. In an interview with The Associated Press earlier this month, he offered an insider’s look at efforts to
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — About eight hours after convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante crab-walked out of a Chester County prison in August, a prison official sent the acting warden a message: Cavalcante had been “planning an escape” for months. Chester County Prison Sergeant Jerry Beavers emailed Cpt. Harry Griswold about information he’d received
Continue ReadingBy Casey Gannon (CNN) — Ryan Kelley, a former Republican candidate for governor of Michigan, was sentenced to 60 days behind bars on Tuesday for his participation in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. DC District Judge Christopher Cooper said Kelley was not the most culpable January 6 defendant he has seen,
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Poland’s presumptive next leader, Donald Tusk, has urged the country’s president not to frustrate the handover of power, after final results from a tight election confirmed he is on course to remove the populist ruling party from government. Tusk’s opposition Civic Coalition (KO) party finished a close second
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department and the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey have opened an investigation into the Trenton Police Department and the City of Trenton that will focus on the use of excessive force and unlawful stops, searches and arrests, officials announced Tuesday. The pattern-or-practice investigation
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has released footage of some of the more than 180 intercepts of U.S. warplanes by Chinese aircraft that have occurred in the last two years — more than the total amount over the previous decade and part of a trend U.S. military officials called concerning.
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors on Tuesday delivered split verdicts in a case that stemmed from the search for a 3-year-old boy who went missing from Georgia. He was found dead hundreds of miles away at a squalid compound in northern New Mexico. The boy’s father was convicted of
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Palm Springs’ parade season will kick off Wednesday with the Homecoming Parade, featuring a “Viva Las Vegas” theme. The parade, which includes the Palm Springs High School football team, is set to begin at 3:30 p.m. Attendees can watch the floats passing along Palm Canyon Drive from Barsito to Amado roads. The football team’s annual
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