By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Lincoln Riley took over Southern California’s four-win football program one year ago this week, the coach stood on the top rim of the Coliseum and boldly declared his Trojans should be competing for championships right away. Riley chuckled Tuesday when he was reminded of
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — El papa Francisco describió a dos de los grupos étnicos minoritarios de Rusia, los chechenos y los buriatos, como algunas de las tropas “más crueles” que luchan en Ucrania. El pontífice habló en una entrevista con una revista jesuita, America, que se publicó el lunes pero la entrevista tuvo lugar el
Continue ReadingCNN By Nectar Gan and Philip Wang, CNN China’s vast security apparatus has moved swiftly to smother mass protests that swept the country, with police patrolling streets, checking cell phones and even calling some demonstrators to warn them against a repeat. In major cities on Monday and Tuesday, police flooded the sites of protests that
Continue ReadingBy Katharina Krebs and Radina Gigova, CNN A prominent Belarusian opposition figure, who has been serving an 11-year prison sentence after leading mass street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, is in intensive care after undergoing surgery, an opposition spokesman said Tuesday. Maria Kolesnikova was taken to a hospital in the southeastern city of Gomel, placed
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was convicted Tuesday of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn President Joe Biden’s election, handing the Justice Department a major victory in its massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection A Washington, D.C., jury found
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El arsenal de ojivas nucleares de China ha superado las 400 en una fracción del tiempo que había estimado previamente Estados Unidos, reveló un importante informe del Pentágono, en un momento en que Beijing está centrado en acelerar su expansión nuclear mientras busca desafiar al país norteamericano como la principal superpotencia
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN “Willow,” the 1988 fantasy film costarring Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer, tells the tale of an aspiring wizard in a magical world who, despite his small stature and a treacherous journey, is destined for greatness. The plot might be an allegory for the movie itself, as well as its legacy, since
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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department made a rare intervention Tuesday to try to bring improvements in the beleaguered water system in Mississippi’s capital city, which nearly collapsed in late summer and continues to struggle. The department filed a proposal to appoint a third-party manager
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Riverside County government’s “short-term” financial position is secure thanks to expanding reserves, but the long view is “uncertain” as inflation and other potential economic drags cloud the horizon, the county’s chief executive officer told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. “Our short-term projection is positive,” CEO Jeff Van Wagenen said during a presentation on the
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By HOPE YEN and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is asking Congress to intervene to avert a potentially crippling freight rail strike before Christmas and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling a vote this week to do so, even if it means handing a defeat to Democratic allies in the
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge threw out a lawsuit against the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed for causing psychotic behavior and neurological damage to U.S. servicemembers, ruling that the case had no right to be filed in California. The proposed class-action case brought last year by
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge threw out a lawsuit against the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed for causing psychotic behavior and neurological damage to U.S. servicemembers, ruling that the case had no right to be filed in California. The proposed class-action case brought last year by
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson, CNN US star forward Christian Pulisic was taken to the hospital after he scored a first-half goal that gave the Americans a crucial 1-0 victory over Iran during group play in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, according to Fox Sports. During post-match coverage, FoxSports broadcaster Rob Stone said of the 24-year-old American
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man who fired a BB gun from his car at Planned Parenthood in Pasadena on at least 11 occasions admitted he was trying to intimidate the doctors, staff and patients because the clinic provided abortions, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Richard Royden Chamberlin, 54, agreed to plead guilty in
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson and Matias Grez, CNN US Men’s National Team (USMNT) forward Christian Pulisic will “hopefully” play against the Netherlands, according to coach Gregg Berhalter. Pulisic was taken to hospital due to an abdominal injury he suffered while scoring the game-winning goal for the United States in its crucial 1-0 win over Iran at
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers on Tuesday reached a tentative labor agreement with the University of California but will remain on strike in solidarity with thousands of graduate student workers at all 10 of the university system’s campuses. The union representing the scholars and researchers hailed the deal as a major
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers on Tuesday reached a tentative labor agreement with the University of California but will remain on strike in solidarity with thousands of graduate student workers at all 10 of the university system’s campuses. The union representing the scholars and researchers hailed the deal as a major
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN The Supreme Court of South Carolina has ordered former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify before a special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. “We have reviewed the arguments raised by Appellant and find them to be
Continue Reading SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s government will make a second buyback of its sovereign debt bonds maturing in 2023 and 2025 as it tries to calm market concerns that it could default on its debt. In a statement Tuesday, the government set the maximum for the repurchase at $74 million. The 2023
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — Two men convicted of fraud for targeting Black voters with phony robocalls before the 2020 election must spend 500 hours registering voters in low-income neighborhoods of Washington, D.C., an Ohio judge has ruled. Jacob Wohl, 24, of Irvine, California, and Jack Burkman, 56, of Arlington, Virginia, pleaded guilty last month to a
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