MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California university wrestling with the deaths of four seniors who were struck by a car sought to comfort students and faculty Thursday in a prayer service that recalled the young women as “bright lights with promise and aspirations.” Provost Jay Brewster gave that description of the Pepperdine University’s Seaver
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, the United States is now allowing Israelis wishing to visit the United States for 90 days or less to come visa-free. The U.S. announced Sept. 27 that it was admitting Israel into the visa waiver program. Forty mostly European and Asian countries are already in the program.
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of judicial employees, from administrative staff to judges, took to the steps of Mexico City’s largest federal court to launch a national, four-day strike against proposed budget cuts. In the first labor action to emerge in Mexico’s judiciary in decades, workers Thursday began protesting planned
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By Jamiel Lynch and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The City of Orlando announced plans to buy Pulse, the nightclub where 49 people were killed in a mass shooting, pending final approval from city council on Monday. At least 53 others were injured on June 12, 2016, when a 29-year-old shooter opened fire at
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President Joe Biden has approved federal disaster assistance to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by Tropical Storm Hilary from Aug. 19 – 21, 2023, FEMA announced on Thursday. The agency confirmed that public Assistance federal funding is available to the Tribal government and certain private nonprofit organizations on
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — There are explosions audible in the cramped, humid room where Azmi Keshawi shelters with his family in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis. The bombardments keep coming closer, he says, and they’re wreaking death and destruction. Keshawi, his wife, two sons,
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Norma has weakened slightly but remains a major storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast. The hurricane is continuing on a path expected to bring it near Los Cabos at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula by the weekend. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday that Norma had 120
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana judge says two attorneys representing a man accused in the 2017 slayings of two teenage girls are withdrawing from the case unexpectedly. Thursday’s development leaves 51-year-old Richard Allen temporarily without representation. His trial originally scheduled for early January 2024 is expected to be
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A San Diego federal judge today overturned California’s three-decades-old ban on assault weapons for the second time in recent years. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, who has frequently ruled in favor of firearm advocates seeking to overturn state laws governing guns and ammunition, issued an injunction Thursday prohibiting state officials from enforcing the ban. In
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anne Kirkpatrick, a veteran police official who has served as chief of departments in Spokane, Washington, and Oakland, California, won City Council approval as New Orleans’ new police chief Thursday on a 6-1 vote. Kirkpatrick had been serving as interim chief after Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced the appointment in June, pending
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anne Kirkpatrick, a veteran police official who has served as chief of departments in Spokane, Washington, and Oakland, California, won City Council approval as New Orleans’ new police chief Thursday on a 6-1 vote. Kirkpatrick had been serving as interim chief after Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced the appointment in June, pending
Continue ReadingLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government has enacted legal changes imposing harsh penalties for stealing cellphones, including life in prison for the person who kills someone while robbing a mobile device. Peruvian authorities say they decided to revisit the law after they saw that an increasing rate of robbery of mobile devices throughout the country.
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Originally Published: 19 OCT 23 17:09 ET By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — CVS is removing some over-the-counter allergy and cold medicines from their shelves one month after an independent advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration declared that phenylephrine, a popular ingredient in these medications, is ineffective when taken orally. “We are removing certain
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge who previously overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons did it again on Thursday, ruling that the state’s attempts to prohibit sales of semiautomatic guns violates the constitutional right to bear arms. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego conceded that powerful weapons like AR-15 rifles are
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This afternoon an investigation is underway into an officer-involved shooting. News Channel 3 was on the scene last night when gun fire broke out between a Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy and a suspected hit and run driver. It happened last last around 7 p.m. near Ramon and Robert Roads. The department is now reporting the
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Maricopa County set a new record Thursday for annual heat-associated deaths, with 425 tallied so far this year, the same number confirmed for all of 2022. Maricopa County, the hottest metropolitan area in the U.S. and home to Phoenix, said the 425 deaths were confirmed as of Oct. 14. Another 199
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVING FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Refusing to give up, Rep. Jim Jordan told GOP colleagues Thursday he was still running for the House gavel — leaving Republicans few viable options after his hardline backers resisted a plan to expand the temporary speaker’s powers to re-open
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Kraken has cracked. Lawyer Sidney Powell vowed to “release the Kraken” as she helped lead a legal battle for former President Donald Trump to overturn his 2020 election loss. She has now struck a deal with Georgia prosecutors this week that could have her
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of shoving a woman into the side of a moving New York City subway train has been captured in New Jersey. Newark’s public safety director that officers detained 39-year-old Sabir Jones on Thursday afternoon before transferring him to the U.S. Marshals Service. New York City Police were searching
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newly appointed California Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler announced Thursday she will not seek election to a full term in 2024, avoiding what would have been a costly and bruising race for the seat held for three decades by the late Dianne Feinstein. Butler —
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