By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — In an occasionally dark and profane speech, Donald Trump on Friday sought to win over Republicans in California by complaining that rich people in Beverly Hills smell bad because they’re denied water, reiterating lies about widespread election fraud and calling on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations north of San Francisco to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay — and also to sell or shut their businesses, with any sale proceeds going to the Department of Labor. Federal investigators said franchise owners
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations north of San Francisco to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay — and also to sell or shut their businesses, with any sale proceeds going to the Department of Labor. Federal investigators said franchise owners
Continue ReadingBy ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer WAKE FOREST, N.C. (AP) — A long-awaited viability study says the endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but it’s going to take “substantial management efforts beyond many of those currently implemented.” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also released an updated red wolf recovery plan Friday
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — A parent whose daughter was one of several high school marching band students injured in a fatal bus crash in upstate New York last week has filed a lawsuit against the bus company and the driver, court records show. Lawrence Doreson, the father of a 14-year-old Farmingdale High School
Continue ReadingBy Maria Sole Campinoti and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A female sea lion briefly escaped from her enclosure in New York’s Central Park Zoo Friday when heavy rain caused her pool to flood. The sea lion managed to swim out of the flooded pool and roam throughout the surrounding area before returning to her
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press South Dakota cowboys and cowgirls are rounding up a herd of more than 1,500 bison as part of an annual effort to maintain the health of the species, which has rebounded from near-extinction. Visitors came from across the world watched the thundering wooly creatures run over hills and grasslands Friday.
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department continues to search for a suspect that escaped during a pursuit in Mecca early Friday morning. According the the Sheriff Department they attempted to pull over a suspected DUI driver in the area of Highway 111 and Bay Drive in Mecca, just before 10:00 am. The vehicle failed to yield
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for six death row inmates out of appeals in South Carolina are asking the state Supreme Court to not immediately restart executions after the state announced it has a drug to restart lethal injections. The attorneys want the justices to give full consideration to the
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Strauss, Alayna Treene, Steve Contorno, Fredreka Schouten and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Republicans opposed to Donald Trump are having to come to terms with an uncomfortable truth: Time is running out to deny him the party’s presidential nomination and thus far almost nothing has worked. That fact has been glaringly apparent from
Continue ReadingALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former investigative journalist for ABC News has been sentenced to six years in prison for possessing and transporting child sexual abuse images. James Gordon Meek pleaded guilty in July. He admitted in a plea agreement that he used an iPhone to exchange illicit materials during a chat session with two
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Supporters of a proposed ballot measure for congressional age limits in North Dakota are suing to be able to use out-of-state petition circulators to gather signatures. The push comes amid age-related concerns for federal officeholders. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California died Thursday at age 90.
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It’s a once in a lifetime performance for Shadow Hill High School’s choir. Students will be joining 80s rock band ‘Foreigner’ on stage at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino this weekend. Zoe Fitch Salas, a choir member at Shadow Hills said, “I mean, I have been bragging a little bit. It’s pretty cool. Like all my
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A bail bondsman charged alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others in the Georgia election interference case has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges. He is the first defendant to accept a plea deal with prosecutors. Scott Graham Hall pleaded guilty Friday to five
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A former Staples Inc. executive whose fraud and bribery convictions in the sprawling college admissions cheating scandal were thrown out by an appeals court has been sentenced to six months of home detention for a tax offense. John Wilson was sentenced Friday in Boston’s federal appeals court months after the 1st U.S.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations north of San Francisco to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay — and also to sell or shut their businesses, with any sale proceeds going to the Department of Labor. Federal investigators said franchise owners
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court ordered the owners of 14 Subway locations north of San Francisco to pay employees nearly $1 million in damages and back pay — and also to sell or shut their businesses, with any sale proceeds going to the Department of Labor. Federal investigators said franchise owners
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama attorney general’s office said Thursday that it opposes all three congressional maps proposed by a special master as federal judges begin drawing new districts. The plaintiffs, who won before the U.S. Supreme Court in the redistricting case, wrote that two of the proposed plans
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a contractor with the Internal Revenue Service who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high-ranking government official. A source familiar with the matter told CNN that official is former President Donald Trump. The man, 38-year-old Charles Edward Littlejohn, worked
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — With the clock ticking down toward a government shutdown, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz approached a Democratic lawmaker on the House floor this week with a surprising pitch. Gaetz, who has been threatening Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s speakership almost daily, explained that his rebellion
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