By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles audit finds that a $1.2 billion program intended to quickly build housing for the city’s homeless residents is moving too slowly, and costs are climbing. The report from city Controller Ron Galperin found one project under development is expected to hit as
Continue ReadingBy Giselle Rhoden and Nicole Chavez, CNN Black male immigrants are less likely to be approved for United States citizenship than White immigrants, a new study released this week shows. Researchers at the University of Southern California analyzed more than 2 million citizenship applications filed by US permanent residents between October 2014 and March 2018,
Continue ReadingCNN, WAVE, WCCO By Aaron Cooper, Eric Levenson and Steve Almasy, CNN The former Louisville Metro Police detective who was part of the botched raid of Breonna Taylor’s apartment in March 2020 testified through tears at his trial Wednesday as he defended his decision to open fire into the home. Former Detective Brett Hankison testified
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Air France and Lufthansa are the latest airlines to suspend flights into Ukraine as fears of a Russian invasion grow. The French carrier said that it would cancel flights to and from the capital Kyiv on Tuesday as a “precautionary measure,” citing the security situation. “Air France will
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as “child abuse.” Opponents say the directive by the two-term Republican is a first by any governor over GOP efforts to restrict transgender rights. But
Continue ReadingBURNLEY, England (AP) — Antonio Conte has questioned his future as Tottenham manager after seeing his team lose 1-0 at relegation-threatened Burnley for a fourth defeat in its last five games in the Premier League. Conte says he will be speaking to the hierarchy at the London club to see if he is the right
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against Ukrainian government websites and affiliated organizations added to the confusion of Russia’s military assault Thursday, including data-wiping malware activated a day earlier that cybersecurity researchers said infected hundreds of computers including in neighboring Latvia and Lithuania. Researchers said the malware attack had apparently been
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against Ukrainian government websites and affiliated organizations added to the confusion of Russia’s military assault Thursday, including data-wiping malware activated a day earlier that cybersecurity researchers said infected hundreds of computers including in neighboring Latvia and Lithuania. Researchers said the malware attack had apparently been
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Key Ukrainian government websites were down early Thursday morning local time following a day in which Ukrainian agencies dealt with multiple cyberattacks and as concerns mounted over Russian troop movements into Ukraine‘s separatist regions. The websites of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, and those of the ministries of foreign affairs, infrastructure,
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton, CNN The Canadian government announced Wednesday it will lift the Emergencies Act, nine days after it was invoked, saying police have the tools they need to continue to deal with unlawful protesters. “Today, after careful consideration, we’re ready to confirm that the situation is no longer an emergency. Therefore, the federal government
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child tax credit payments, according to a new study. Advocates fear the lapse in payments could unravel what they say were landmark achievements in poverty reduction. Columbia University’s Center
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan federal judge says lawyers for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are seeking a new trial on her defamation claims against The New York Times. Palin’s lawyers are also seeking the judge’s removal from the case. Judge Jed Rakoff made the disclosure during a conference call with lawyers Wednesday. Rakoff
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A limousine driver testified that in 2013 he was driving Harvey Weinstein around Beverly Hills on the night prosecutors allege Weinstein raped an actor at a hotel there. The driver, Alfred Baroth, gave conditional testimony Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom that was recorded on
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Newsom administration officials say they are in no rush to make changes to one of California’s key climate change programs despite concerns it won’t be able to meet its emissions reduction goals. The program in question is called cap and trade, and it requires companies that
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There are 35 newly reported COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, one from Jefferson County, raising the state’s death toll to 6,519, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
Continue ReadingMIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A West Texas man has pleaded guilty to hate-crime charges relating to an attack on an Asian family at a warehouse store. In a statement, federal prosecutors say Jose Gomez III could get life imprisonment for his Wednesday guilty plea to three hate-crime counts from his March 2020 attack at a
Continue ReadingMIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A West Texas man has pleaded guilty to hate-crime charges relating to an attack on an Asian family at a warehouse store. In a statement, federal prosecutors say Jose Gomez III could get life imprisonment for his Wednesday guilty plea to three hate-crime counts from his March 2020 attack at a
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils are returning from an eight-day break refreshed and as healthy as they have been in a while. When Lindy Ruff’s struggling young team faces the Penguins in Pittsburgh on Thursday night, $63 million defenseman Dougie Hamilton is going to be back
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The judge overseeing the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights has sealed the names of the jurors for at least 10 years. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson issued the order around five hours
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has extended an order preventing the two largest unions at BNSF from going on strike over a new attendance policy the railroad imposed this month. The judge ruled that a strike by the unions that represent 17,000 BNSF workers would violate federal
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