By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawyers trying to overturn Scott Peterson’s conviction in the sordid slaying of his pregnant wife 20 years ago have completed their questioning without shaking a former juror. Richelle Nice is sticking to her crucial testimony that she acted properly before and during his 2004 trial. Peterson’s
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors is joining a host of other companies in cutting off its business with Russia. The Detroit-based automaker announced Friday it is halting all exports to the country which is currently invading neighboring Ukraine. Cutting off exports to Russia will not be terribly costly to GM, though. GM only
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN Longtime Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s husband, Richard Blum, died Sunday evening following “a long battle with cancer,” according to an announcement from Feinstein’s office. Feinstein, a California Democrat, said in a statement that her “heart is broken today.” “My husband was my partner and best friend for more
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE DE GRACIA, Mexico (AP) — Mexicans are left wondering what happened to about a dozen men who were seen lined up against a wall by drug cartel gunmen. In a video apparently shot by a neighbor, bursts of gunfire broke out and smoke covered the scene. The camera cut away, but some assumed
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN Vietnam was the only destination added to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s highest-risk Level 4 category for travel on Monday. The “very high” risk category still contains more destinations than all the other levels put together, with nearly 140 places now at Level 4. In
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are all taking tougher stances on content from Russian state media amid intensifying pressure from European officials for the Big Tech platforms to act against pro-Russian propaganda and address the escalating information war in Ukraine and across the internet. But there are concerns that cracking down
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Airbnb is offering free short-term housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainians who have been displaced by the war with Russia, the company announced Monday. The stays will be funded by donations to the Airbnb.org Refugee Fund as well as with help from hosts on the platform. Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Republican Party is asking the state Supreme Court to rule that vote by mail is unconstitutional. The GOP’s request would upend the election procedures used by 90% of voters in a battleground state that will be crucial to determining which party controls the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles is home to many from the Eastern European diaspora, a place where Russians, Ukrainians and others often pray, work, shop and eat together. The invasion of Ukraine has resulted in raw and painful emotions in the pews of shared churches and in the broader
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand and Barbara Starr, CNN Ukrainian forces have so far managed to stave off Russian ground forces massed less than 20 miles north of the embattled capital Kyiv — but though they’ve defied US intelligence predictions that the city would likely fall within one to four days of a
Continue ReadingBy Paul P. Murphy, Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Tim Lister, Josh Pennington and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, is believed to have been one of the invading Russian military’s first strategic targets. Home to 1.4 million people, it is located less than 20 miles from the Russian border, in northeast Ukraine. It
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Las fuerzas ucranianas han logrado hasta ahora mantener a raya a las fuerzas terrestres rusas, las cuales se encuentran a menos de 32 kilómetros al norte de la asediada capital de Ucrania, Kyiv. Pero, a pesar de que han desafiado las predicciones de los servicios de inteligencia de Estados Unidos, según las
Continue ReadingBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says 40% of COVID-19 tests ordered through its program to distribute free at-home rapid tests have gone to Americans in distressed areas. That’s an upward revision from an estimate of around 20% of free tests ordered by people in “high vulnerability Zip Codes” that
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Paula Reid, CNN Lawyers for former President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are appealing a New York state judge’s decision earlier this month ordering them to sit for depositions in the New York attorney general’s civil investigation into the Trump Organization. The notice of appeal, filed on Monday,
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Beth Pratt first explored the wonders of Yellowstone National Park through the pages of a book. Inside a tattered hardcover entitled “National Parks of the U.S.A.,” she still has a list where she penned in five Western parks she dreamed of visiting. Among the quintet was Yellowstone. “I can still remember
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has announced it is expelling 12 members of Russia’s U.N. mission, accusing them of being “intelligence operatives” engaged in espionage. The U.S. Mission to the United Nations said in a statement Monday that the Russian diplomats “have abused their privileges of residency
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City FC has signed 14-year-old midfielder Maximo Carrizo to a homegrown contract that makes him the youngest first-team signing in MLS history. Carrizo signed his deal on the same day he celebrated his 14th birthday. The contract runs through the 2027 season with an option for 2028. He’s the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has appealed a judge’s decision requiring he answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices — a widely expected move that’s likely to prolong the fight over his testimony by months. Lawyers for Trump and
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn now will run for reelection in a district that largely follows the boundaries of the mountain district he currently represents. The first-term Republican had filed in December to run for an open seat that was further east. But that district
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The Bend Park and Recreation District said Monday it is starting a project at Drake Park that has been in the planning stages for several years. The Drake Park Bank and Trail Project will retain the character of the park while also improving accessibility and safety with modern design standards.
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