By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have made California the first U.S. state to outlaw caste-based discrimination. Caste is a division of people related to birth or descent. Those at the lowest strata of the caste system, known as Dalits, have been pushing
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Within the first 15 seconds of his victory speech in May 2022, newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese forewarned the country of the next big vote. There would be a referendum within his first term to recognize Indigenous Australians in the constitution and create a permanent
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez and Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Nearly two months before the march of Cadets and Midshipmen into Gillette Stadium for the annual Army-Navy game, another battle is brewing in Massachusetts. The fight is far more consequential than a football game and revolves around the state’s 40-year-old right-to-shelter law, which guarantees families
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have made California the first U.S. state to outlaw caste-based discrimination. Caste is a division of people related to birth or descent. Those at the lowest strata of the caste system, known as Dalits, have been pushing
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Dillon Gabriel threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Nic Anderson with 15 seconds left and 12th-ranked Oklahoma remained undefeated with a 34-30 win over No. 3 Texas. It was their last Red River rivalry game as Big 12 members before moving to the SEC. The pocket
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California governor vetoes bill that would have made California the first US state to ban caste-based discrimination.
Continue ReadingWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A demonstration planned by a Roman Catholic diocese in Kansas that would have blocked the only entrance to a Wichita abortion clinic Saturday morning was canceled. That came after a judge issued an order Friday to stop it. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Catholic Diocese of Wichita had been granted
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Large businesses in California will have to disclose a wide range of planet-warming emissions under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Saturday — the most sweeping mandate of its kind in the nation. The law requires more than 5,300 companies that operate in
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Large businesses in California will have to disclose a wide range of planet-warming emissions under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Saturday — the most sweeping mandate of its kind in the nation. The law requires more than 5,300 companies that operate in
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Evan Perez, Katie Bo Lillis, Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — American officials said Saturday they received no warning through intelligence that Hamas was preparing to attack Israel, leading to confusion among some at how Israel failed to detect signs of the rocket assault. The capability of Hamas
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — Millions of Israelis were jolted awake on Saturday by the sounds of explosions and blaring emergency sirens. The Palestinian group Hamas had launched an unprecedented assault on the country hours after the 50th anniversary of what Israelis call the Yom Kippur War and Arab countries call the October 6 War. It
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his top aides are absorbing the explosion of violence in Israel on Saturday and contending with a complicated diplomatic situation unlike any previous conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Ties between Biden and his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, friends for
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, Paul P. Murphy, Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Kareem Khadder, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — Hamas captured a number of Israelis during its deadly attack on Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military said, as videos emerged of Israeli soldiers and civilians being taken away by fighters from the Palestinian militant
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis huddled in bomb shelters pleading for help as Hamas fighters broke into their houses and shot at anyone they saw. Thousands of Israeli party-goers at a desert rave screamed and ran for their lives as bloodied victims collapsed around them. Family members searching for missing loved
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has condemned what he says is the “unconscionable” assault by Hamas militants and his administration is pledging to ensure Israel has “what it needs to defend itself.” He spoke after the surprise attack that’s drawing drew worldwide condemnation and anger
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police officers shot and killed an armed man in a pickup truck outside a shopping center early Saturday in the San Fernando Valley, authorities said. Officers responded around 1 a.m. to reports of someone with a gun in a parking lot in the Canoga Park neighborhood, police said. Police
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers left off infielder Amed Rosario and reliever Ryan Yarbrough from their roster for the NL Division Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks ahead of Game 1 on Saturday. The NL West champions who won 100 games will carry 13 pitchers and 13
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Update at 11:30 a.m. The CHP confirmed the driver of the Camry was uninjured and arrested for DUI. Update at 9:20 a.m. An official with California Highway Patrol said a silver Toyota Camry was the first to crash while driving on Eastbound I-10, just west of Washington Street. The driver reportedly got out of the
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers left infielder Amed Rosario and reliever Ryan Yarbrough off their roster for the NL Division Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks ahead of Game 1 on Saturday. The Dodgers will carry 13 pitchers and 13 position players for the best-of-five series. Four
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA HROZA, Ukraine (AP) — U.N. and local investigators searched for answers on Saturday at the site of a Russian missile strike on a small Ukrainian village that days earlier turned its sole cafe to rubble and killed nearly 52 people gathered for a dead soldier’s wake, according to President
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