Washington State Bar Association OKs far lower caseloads for public defenders
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington State Bar Association has approved far lower case limits for public defenders in an effort to stop them from…
Continue ReadingMonth: March 2024
Arizona’s most populous county has confirmed 645 heat-associated deaths in metro Phoenix last year
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Public health officials in Arizona’s most populous county on Wednesday reported they confirmed a…
Continue ReadingDorie Ann Ladner, civil rights activist who fought for justice in Mississippi and beyond, dies at 81
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press Civil rights activist Dorie Ann Ladner has died at age 81. Joyce Ladner confirms her sister died…
Continue ReadingFormer UFC stars Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal get rematch in the ring instead of the octagon
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal are set for a rematch. This one, though, will happen in the ring instead of the octagon. The…
Continue ReadingSouth Dakota legislator calls for inquiry into Gov. Noem’s Texas dental trip and promo video
By JACK DURA and JOSH FUNK Associated Press A Democratic legislator is calling for an inquiry into South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s trip…
Continue Reading
Kristi Noem faces lawsuit and toothy questions over her viral endorsement of Texas dentists
By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Gov. Kristi Noem is facing legal action after her latest endorsement caused an online furor that now risks…
Continue Reading Kristi Noem faces lawsuit and toothy questions over her viral endorsement of Texas dentists
CNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Gov. Kristi Noem is facing legal action after her latest endorsement caused an online furor that now risks…
Continue Reading Feds investigating whether hacked health care giant complied with law protecting patient data
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services is opening an investigation into whether a major US health care…
Continue Reading
Arkansas ends gender-neutral policy for driver’s licenses and IDs
By Shirin Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration rescinded a policy Tuesday that allowed state driver’s…
Continue Reading Arkansas ends gender-neutral policy for driver’s licenses and IDs
KATV By Shirin Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration rescinded a policy Tuesday that allowed state…
Continue Reading
Student detained after BB gun found at San Jose high school
Written by KTVU staff SAN JOSE, Calif. (FOX-35)- A student at San Jose’s Willow Glen High School was detained after police found a BB gun on campus…
Continue ReadingRight elbows of Cole, Giolito big topic before spring training game between Yankees and Red Sox
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer The topic before, during and after the spring training game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees on…
Continue ReadingWood pellet producer Enviva files for bankruptcy and plans to restructure
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America The largest industrial wood pellet supplier in the world has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.…
Continue Reading
FiscalÃa de Venezuela anuncia la detención de dos personas por presuntamente publicar amenazas contra Maduro
Mauricio Torres (CNN) — El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, dijo este miércoles que dos personas fueron detenidas en MaturÃn,…
Continue Reading Muere Paul Alexander, conocido como “Polio Paul” y quien vivió 70 años en un pulmón de acero
macamilarincon (CNN) –– Paul Alexander, quien pasó la gran mayorÃa de los últimos 70 años en un pulmón de acero y desafió las expectativas…
Continue Reading Biden announces $3 billion project to restore communities split by highways as he continues campaign blitz
By Michael Williams and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced $3 billion in funding meant to help…
Continue ReadingAncient lord’s tomb found filled with gold and multiple sacrificial bodies
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Excavations of an archaeological site in Panama have revealed the grave of a religious leader buried over 1,200…
Continue ReadingEllis scores 25, USC opens Pac-12 tourney with 80-74 win over Washington, face Arizona next
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boogie Ellis scored 25 points to eclipse 2,000 for his career and ninth-seeded USC survived two late turnovers to pull out an…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina voter ID lawsuit still heading for trial after judge declines to end challenge
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal trial over North Carolina’s photo voter identification law remains set for…
Continue Reading El Gobierno de Biden evalúa utilizar Guantánamo ante la posible llegada de migrantes haitianos
RocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El Gobierno del presidente Joe Biden evalúa la posibilidad de utilizar la BahÃa de Guantánamo para procesar a los…
Continue Reading Suspect in killing of Philadelphia journalist and advocate expected to plead guilty, authorities say
By Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of shooting and killing Joshua Kruger, a Philadelphia journalist and advocate, is expected to…
Continue ReadingNavarro beats Sabalenka in 3 sets, Gauff advances to quarters on her birthday at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Emma Navarro beat second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday…
Continue ReadingDozens more migrants reach a Greek island south of Crete as smugglers seek new routes
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A boat carrying 91 migrants has reached a small island south of Crete that is seeing a spike in the arrival of people…
Continue ReadingJames Conlon to retire as Los Angeles Opera music director after 2025-26 season, end 20-year tenure
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press James Conlon will retire as music director of the Los Angeles Opera at the end of the 2025-26 season, ending a…
Continue ReadingJames Conlon to retire as Los Angeles Opera music director after 2025-26 season, end 20-year tenure
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press James Conlon will retire as music director of the Los Angeles Opera at the end of the 2025-26 season, ending a…
Continue ReadingFederal judge finds Flint, Michigan, in contempt over lead water pipe crisis
A federal judge has found the city of Flint, Michigan, in contempt for failing to comply with a court order that spelled out the steps it needed to…
Continue ReadingAI image-generator Midjourney blocks images of Biden and Trump as election looms
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney has started blocking its users from…
Continue ReadingAI image-generator Midjourney blocks images of Biden and Trump as election looms
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney has started blocking its users from…
Continue Reading SpaceX recibe luz verde para el tercer vuelo de prueba del enorme cohete Starship
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — SpaceX está lista una vez más para volar su gigantesco cohete Starship, el vehÃculo de lanzamiento más…
Continue ReadingUS could end legal fight against Titanic expedition
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government could end its legal fight against a planned expedition to the Titanic…
Continue Reading
This risk assessment tool helped Olivia Munn discover her breast cancer
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A tool that’s available as an online calculator played a key role in actress Olivia Munn’s discovery that…
Continue Reading Bayas de asaà y trabajo infantil: cómo los niños en Brasil trepan a árboles de 20 metros de altura para recoger el superalimento
Valeria Ordóñez Ghio Macapá, Brasil (CNN) — En el puerto de Igarapé da Fortaleza, en el extremo norte de Brasil, los trabajadores…
Continue ReadingU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents roll out body cameras to agents in five cities
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in five cities will start wearing body-worn…
Continue ReadingDeath of nonbinary teen Nex Benedict after school fight is ruled a suicide, medical examiner says
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The death of a nonbinary high school student the day after a fight inside an Oklahoma high…
Continue ReadingGeorge Widman, longtime AP photographer and Pulitzer finalist, dead at 79
TRAPPE, Pa. (AP) — George Parker Widman, a longtime Associated Press photographer and 1988 Pulitzer finalist, has died at the age of 79.  An…
Continue ReadingFormer Missouri child brides call for outlawing marriages of minors
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Adult women who left marriages they entered as children on Wednesday called on…
Continue ReadingFormer Missouri child brides call for outlawing marriages of minors
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Adult women who left marriages they entered as children on Wednesday called on…
Continue Reading RFK Jr.’s VP prospect Aaron Rodgers has shared false Sandy Hook conspiracy theories in private conversations
By Pamela Brown and Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has confirmed that among his potential…
Continue ReadingStorm carrying massive ‘gorilla hail’ hits parts of Kansas and Missouri
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Massive chunks of hail pelted parts of Kansas and Missouri on Wednesday night, bringing traffic to…
Continue Reading US military has completed additional review of deadly Kabul airport bombing
By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US military has completed an additional review of the deadly Abbey Gate bombing, which killed 13 service…
Continue ReadingZimbabwe police rescue 251 children used as labor and find graves in religious sect compound raid
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe police say they have rescued dozens of children used as labor at a religious…
Continue Reading ‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies at 78
By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung and defied expectations by becoming…
Continue Reading Una poderosa tormenta entierra Colorado bajo más de 1 metro de nieve y genera tornados en el centro de EE. UU. Asà seguirá el tiempo
urielblanco (CNN) — Una potente tormenta desató este miércoles nieve espesa, tornados y granizo masivo en el centro de Estados Unidos, y sus…
Continue Reading Doctors identify source of man’s migraines: tapeworm larvae, likely from undercooked bacon, in his brain
By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a…
Continue ReadingFormer Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges
By JASON DEAREN and MICHAEL REZENDES Associated Press A former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was featured in an…
Continue ReadingAnother mayoral hopeful is killed in southern Mexico, one of a half-dozen murdered this year
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A mayoral hopeful was killed in southern Mexico, one of at least a half-dozen local politicians murdered so far this year ahead…
Continue ReadingA blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study, expanding options for screening
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study published Wednesday, offering a new kind of screening…
Continue ReadingUK government says it will back legislation to ban foreign state ownership of British newspapers
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says it will back legislation banning foreign state ownership of British newspapers…
Continue ReadingSpaceX gets green light for third Starship test flight
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX is once again set to fly its gargantuan Starship rocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever…
Continue Reading US held indirect talks with Iranian officials in Oman earlier this year amid tensions in Middle East
By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — US officials held indirect talks with Iranian officials in Oman in January amid rising tensions in the Middle…
Continue Reading