By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’ s corporate executives once boosted the estimated worth of his Trump Tower penthouse by $20 million partly because of the value of his celebrity, according to trial testimony Thursday. Another $100 million hike in the estimate was based on a
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Teams usually go into the bye week looking back at their accomplishments. Brandon Staley, though, is trying to look ahead. After four games, Staley’s Los Angeles Chargers squad is on its earliest in-season break since 2009. Instead of the usual intensive self-scouting done during bye weeks, Staley said his
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press PENROSE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities said Thursday they were investigating the improper storage of human remains at a southern Colorado funeral home that performs “green” burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets. The investigation centers on a building owned by the Return to Nature Funeral Home outside Colorado Springs in
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — In a story published Oct. 4, 2023, about public access and use of voter registration rolls, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a public interest law firm. It is the Public Interest Legal Foundation, not the Public Interest Law Foundation.
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Vivek Ramaswamy’s presidential campaign says protesters upset about his remarks in opposition to aid for Ukraine yelled and swore at him in Iowa before jumping into a vehicle, ramming a campaign car and speeding off. Ramaswamy spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said no
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A radio, batteries and a trap door on the side for stretching are some of the things pilots are relying on to endure what’s been called the world’s oldest gas balloon race. It’s been 15 years since elite ballooning pilots have gathered in the United
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press HROZA, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian rocket blast turned a village cafe and store in eastern Ukraine into rubble Thursday, killing at least 51 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks in the war in months, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials in Kyiv. Rescuers searched for
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Assembly says he won’t pursue impeachment for the state’s top elections official, despite calls from Senate Republicans to do so. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Thursday that lawmakers should wait until the court rules on whether the state Senate had the authority to vote last
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Evan Perez, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Justice Department has directed an FBI special agent not to testify before the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee in a dispute over the agent’s request to have both his personal lawyer and a Justice Department attorney present during his deposition, a source familiar with the
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Scientists charged with ensuring the aging U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go — if needed — say they’ll start shipping key components to Nevada’s desert next year to prepare for underground testing they call “tickling the dragon’s tail.” Experts at national defense laboratories
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX’s co-founder has begun to tell a New York jury that he and Sam Bankman-Fried committed financial crimes and lied to the public before the cryptocurrency trading platform collapsed last year. Gary Wang started testifying in Manhattan federal court late Thursday, the first of three former
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2024 is already shaping up to be a fun year for Coachella Valley Firebirds fans. To share the excitement, News Channel 3 and the KESQ station group are teaming up with the AHL hockey team to televise live hockey games. Following is the list of games, times, and channels that are planned for broadcast: Wednesday,
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON, MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Biden administration will resume deporting Venezuelan migrants, the largest single group encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border last month, back to their economically troubled country as their arrivals continue to grow. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, speaking in Mexico City
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says protesters in Iowa slammed a car into his vehicle while he was campaigning in the early voting state. He posted on X that he had a “civil exchange with protestors” on Thursday “before two of them then got into
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal customs agents pooh-poohed the plans of a Iowa woman who wanted to make jewelry from giraffe feces she picked up on a trip to Kenya and brought back to the U.S. in her luggage. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the woman declared the small box of feces when she was
Continue ReadingBy Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — Former University of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall, who was accused of sexually abusing his patients, was found dead Wednesday in his home, according to his attorney. A friend of Tyndall’s went to check on him after he wasn’t picking up his phone, Tyndall’s attorney, Leonard Levine, told CNN
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A notorious cybercriminal group is still active and attempting to conduct ransomware attacks despite an FBI attempt to sabotage the group’s operations in August, cybersecurity researchers said Thursday. The hackers have in the last two months sent a flurry of malicious emails written in English, Italian and German in
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By SOPHIE AUSTIN AND TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday. The law, which takes effect in January, also increases the amount of sick
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Missouri asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to revive its controversial law that prohibits local law enforcement from helping federal officials enforce certain federal gun laws. The Second Amendment Preservation Act imposes up to $50,000 in penalties for assisting with the enforcement of federal laws
Continue ReadingSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Police in the Dominican Republic say they are looking for a cemetery caretaker as part of an investigation into the bodies of six newborns found discarded near a cemetery. A spokeswoman for a nearby hospital said earlier this week that the institution had turned over the bodies of six
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