By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his record governing the nation for four years without any new wars, and criticized President Joe Biden’s foreign policy as the world watches a war that has already claimed 2,300 lives unfold in Gaza, ignited by Hamas’ attack on
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Nets coach Jacque Vaughn says their opponent from Israel still wants to play an exhibition game Thursday night in Brooklyn, days after the country was attacked by Hamas militants. Maccabi Ra’anana will be opening a three-game tour against NBA teams. Nets center Nic Claxton questioned Wednesday after practice whether the game
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A seventh person has been arrested on murder charges in the death of a South Korean woman whose body was found decaying in a car trunk in suburban Atlanta. Police arrested Mihee Lee, 54, on Wednesday. She’s the mother of three others already accused of murder in
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea in a demonstration of strength against North Korea. South Korea’s Defense Ministry says the USS Ronald Reagan and its battle group came on Thursday, after participating in a trilateral South Korean-U.S.-Japanese maritime exercise earlier this
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks became the first team to hit four home runs in a postseason inning when Geraldo Perdomo, Ketel Marte, Christian Walker and Gabriel Moreno went deep off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Lance Lynn in NL Division Series Game 3 on Wednesday night. Arizona, which won the first two games at
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to faking her own kidnapping, has been found guilty of two misdemeanor charges related to the case, according to CNN affiliates WBMA and WVTM. Russell had pleaded not guilty to one count of false reporting to law enforcement authorities and one count
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is set to announce new measures to raise the cost of Russia’s attempts to skirt a limit set on the price for its oil, senior administration officials told CNN, as the West aims to enforce more strictly a price cap first introduced nearly
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — José Abreu homered for the third time in two games, a two-run rocket in the fourth inning that launched the Houston Astros to their seventh straight AL Championship Series appearance with a 3-2 win that eliminated the Minnesota Twins in Game 4 of their AL Division
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A local family is mourning the loss of their loved one killed in the Hamas Attacks in Israel. They received the tragic news Tuesday night that their 20-year-old nephew’s body had been found after he went missing on Saturday. “He was amazing, great, great boy, was only 20 years old, he finished his school and
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has honored a former defense secretary whose high-profile arrest in the U.S. three years ago strained relations between the two countries. General Salvador Cienfuegos was charged with ties to a international drug trafficking network in October 2020. After he was returned to Mexico for investigation, all charges were dropped
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Boyette and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The woman who authorities say fled to Costa Rica and was missing for more than a month after allegedly killing an elite professional cyclist in Texas attempted to escape custody on Wednesday, authorities said. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong is accused of fatally shooting Anna Moriah “Mo”
Continue ReadingBy EBRAHIM NOROOZI and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press CHAHAK, Afghanistan (AP) — Another strong earthquake has shaken western Afghanistan days after one of the most destructive quakes in the country’s recent history. Saturday’s temblors killed more than 2,000 people and flattened whole villages in Herat province. Wednesday’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake was centered about 17 miles
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — A sculpture commemorating the famous 1967 meeting of Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and other athletes — now known as the Ali Summit — has been unveiled on the site of the original gathering. The carbon steel art piece is a representation of the press conference table
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Payton Pritchard scored 17 points to lead Boston in scoring for a third straight preseason game and the Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers for the second time in four days, 112-101 on Wednesday night. Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Holiday and Derrick White each had 11 points in the first half, and Pritchard added
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A pedestrian was hospitalized with severe injuries after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday evening in Cathedral City. The crash was reported at around 5:20 p.m. at the intersection of Date Palm Drive and Dinah Shore. Police told News Channel 3 that the investigation showed that it appears the pedestrian will be at fault for
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Sean McVay admits the Los Angeles Rams didn’t improve their team when they traded veteran receiver Van Jefferson to the Falcons. The coach also says Rams fans shouldn’t expect any major additions this season to counter the steady subtraction of the past several months,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — To run or not to run? The crowded, wide-open race to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in California has hit a suspenseful turn as candidates wait for newly appointed Sen. Laphonza Butler to decide if she will enter the 2024 contest for
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TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An abandoned office park in Sacramento will be the site of the first group of 1,200 tiny homes to be built in four cities to address California’s homelessness crisis, the governor’s office announced Wednesday after being criticized for the project experiencing multiple delays. Gov. Gavin Newsom is
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for enforcement of a public health order that suspends the right to carry guns at public parks and playgrounds in New Mexico’s largest metro area. The order from U.S. District Judge David Urias rejects a request from gun
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Three books that explore and celebrate the diversity of American culture were awarded Kirkus Prizes on Wednesday night, with each winner receiving $50,000. James McBride’s “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” a novel set in an eclectic Pennsylvania town in the 1930s, won in the fiction category. Héctor Tobar’s “Our Migrant
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