By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hornets forward Miles Bridges’ latest legal issues have clouded his future on and off the basketball court. A criminal summons that was issued Wednesday for Bridges accuses him of violating a protection order stemming from a domestic violence case that derailed his career last year.
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The chief of NATO says the alliance will hold a major nuclear exercise next week. The announcement by Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg came after Russia warned it would pull out of a global nuclear test ban agreement. NATO’s “Steadfast Noon” exercise is held annually and involves fighter jets
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET and LARRY NEUMEISTER The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer struggled through a meandering cross-examination of the FTX founder’s former girlfriend Thursday, keeping both the judge and the public guessing as to the defense team’s strategy in countering the testimony of the government’s key witness. Caroline Ellison had testified
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is supporting the city’s effort to suspend a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to homeless people, as a large influx of migrants overwhelms the city’s shelter system. Hochul endorsed the city’s challenge to the requirement in
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The forecast for Florida citrus, the state’s signature crop, is expected to improve in the upcoming season compared to last year when twin hurricanes battered the state at the start of the citrus season, according to estimates released Thursday. Florida is expected to produce 20.5 million boxes of oranges during the
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The forecast for Florida citrus, the state’s signature crop, is expected to improve in the upcoming season compared to last year when twin hurricanes battered the state at the start of the citrus season, according to estimates released Thursday. Florida is expected to produce 20.5 million boxes of oranges during the
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin plans to visit Israel on Friday, the second high-level U.S. official to visit Tel Aviv in two days, in a deliberate show of support and an effort to determine what additional military aid is needed in the war with Hamas. Austin
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Danish wind energy company Orsted has put up a $100 million guarantee that it will build New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm. But it will lose that money if the project is not operating by Dec. 2025 — a year after the deadline approved
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court plans to soon hear the NFL’s appeal of a ruling denying a request to move former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden’s lawsuit against the league from a public courtroom into closed-door arbitration. The lawsuit, filed in November 2021, accuses the NFL
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — For a few hours, Krystal Curley and her Indigenous women’s work group took over a college auditorium to share traditional Navajo practices regarding this weekend’s highly anticipated solar eclipse. More than 50 people — young and old — showed up for the chance to either connect with
Continue ReadingPRINCETON, Minn. (AP) — Five drug task force officers were shot and wounded Thursday while serving a search warrant near the east-central Minnesota city of Princeton, authorities said. The suspect was arrested after a standoff that lasted several hours. A news release from Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck said the officers exchanged gunfire with the
Continue ReadingBY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. Thursday’s study says as those problems intertwine and intensify, it likely will hit coffee lovers right in the mug. And that one-two punch will
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson isn’t practicing, and it’s looking more likely that he won’t be playing this week either. Cleveland’s starting quarterback missed his third straight practice on Thursday as he continues to rehab a bruised rotator cuff in his right shoulder, an injury that may keep
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Medical and relief workers are pleading for safe passage for the 2 million civilians in Gaza as Israel pounds the enclave with airstrikes and imposes a complete siege, in response to the brutal attack launched by the militant group Hamas. Time is running out for
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The White House has selected the Philadelphia area and West Virginia for two regional hubs to produce and deliver hydrogen fuel, which is an important part of the Biden administration’s clean energy plan. That word comes from a person familiar with the plan who spoke on
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Counties in Pennsylvania are telling Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers that it’s too late to move up the state’s 2024 presidential primary date. In a letter last week, the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania said there’s not enough time for counties to successfully administer the
Continue ReadingBy MARCIO SANCHEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) — A liquor store in a tiny California mountain town reverberated with excitement Thursday after word that the winning ticket for a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot was sold there. The drawing Wednesday night ended a long stretch without a winner of the top
Continue ReadingBy MARCIO SANCHEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) — A liquor store in a tiny California mountain town reverberated with excitement Thursday after word that the winning ticket for a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot was sold there. The drawing Wednesday night ended a long stretch without a winner of the top
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Ayer en la junta del concilio de Cathedral City, volvieron a declarar estado de emergencia por la tormenta del pasado 20 de agosto ya que siguen esperando la ayuda federal. El administrador de la ciudad informo que los daños provocaron un millón de dolares en gastos de los cuales $47 mil dolares se gastaron en
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Four dozen Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30% since 1997 and 28 of those have lost more than half of their ice in that time, reports a new study that surveyed these crucial “gatekeepers’’ between the frozen continent’s massive glaciers and open ocean. Of the continent’s
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