LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lexi Thompson delivered star-power moments built for a stage like Las Vegas, and when she poured in a pair of long birdie putts Friday, she was on the cusp of history. Thompson was 4 under with seven holes to play. In her sights was a chance to become the first woman
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The New York attorney general’s office says police officers in an upstate town will not face criminal charges in connection with the death of a man who doused himself with hand sanitizer and caught on fire when one of the officers shot a stun gun at him. Jason Jones was
Continue ReadingBUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) — An ammonia leak at a Southern California business sent 11 people to the hospital Friday morning, authorities said. The leak was reported shortly before 9:15 a.m. in a commercial building in Buena Park, the Orange County Fire Authority said. The building was evacuated and 12 people were decontaminated, with 11
Continue ReadingBUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) — An ammonia leak at a Southern California business sent 11 people to the hospital Friday morning, authorities said. The leak was reported shortly before 9:15 a.m. in a commercial building in Buena Park, the Orange County Fire Authority said. The building was evacuated and 12 people were decontaminated, with 11
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge has ordered an attempted murder trial for a New Mexico man in the September shooting of a Native American activist. The shooting occurred amid confrontations about aborted plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador outside government offices in northern New Mexico.
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana is continuing to block enforcement of a law that puts restrictions on drag shows and bans drag reading events in public schools and libraries. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris said the law targets free speech and expression and that
Continue ReadingSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The University of Notre Dame has announced the Rev. John Jenkins will give up the school’s presidency at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year to return to teaching and ministry. Jenkins, the university’s 17th president, has led the school since 2005. He said Friday that serving as Notre Dame’s
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi, Sarah El Sirgany, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Allegra Goodwin and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN Southern Lebanon (CNN) — The journalists were wearing body armor clearly labeled as “press” when Israeli forces struck Lebanon on Friday; the sudden blast killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and wounded at least six others, according to official statements and videos
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off the front of his lower jaw is ready to return home after five weeks in a Utah hospital, a physician and his family said Friday during a news conference. Rudy Noorlander, who answered most questions at
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The toll of heat-associated deaths in Arizona’s most populous county — still being tallied after the area’s hottest summer ever recorded — has soared over 360, alarming public health officials who say the final count will surely set a new record. Maricopa County, the hottest metropolitan area
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Court records filed Friday indicate Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, intends to plead guilty in a federal case accusing him of trying to extort money from the missing teen’s mother. A federal judge set an Oct. 18 plea and sentencing hearing for van der
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the torture of two Black men has asked a federal court to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him. Michael Corey Jenkins and
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer has been shot and killed and a second officer has been wounded after they confronted people breaking into a car at Philadelphia International Airport. Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford says officers Richard Mendez and Raul Ortiz had just arrived at
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An ex-Murrieta detective accused of taking bribes to facilitate a South American art dealer’s entry to the United States pleaded guilty today to a federal charge. Paul John Gollogly, 74, of Temecula admitted a single count of bribery under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. U.S. District Judge Sunshine Sykes scheduled a sentencing
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho law restricting which bathrooms transgender students can use in schools will go into effect while a court challenge plays out. The Idaho Statesman reports Chief U.S. District Judge David Nye on Thursday denied a request to keep the law from being enforced until the lawsuit is resolved. Nye said
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A climber scaling a rock face today in the San Bernardino National Forest east of Idyllwild suffered a leg injury, requiring firefighters and sheriff’s personnel to mount a rescue operation. The “climber down” call was received about 2 p.m. in the vicinity of Humber Park and Devil’s Slide Trail, according to the Riverside County Fire
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, Jeff Zeleny, Steve Contorno and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Top officials from the campaigns of Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and Tim Scott made their case Friday to major Republican donors, as they compete to position themselves as the most viable alternative to former President Donald Trump. To a room of prospective
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Nine students from Indio Middle School who were hospitalized due to stomach issues after eating an unknown substance were released from the hospital and doing well, school officials said today. Desert Sands Unified School District public information officer Mary Perry said that the students were released by early Thursday evening. “DSUSD thanks the community
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A Cathedral City man who killed another man in 2017 in Banning out of jealousy over a woman was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Ronald Dean Ricks, 37, was convicted Aug. 16 of first-degree murder and jurors also found true a special-circumstance allegation of discharging a firearm from a
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and FATIMA SHBAIR Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Watching the pulverized alleys of Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza empty of people, Naji Jamal was frozen with indecision. Should he heed the Israeli army’s demand that all Palestinians evacuate and make the risky trip to Gaza’s south, where his
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