By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eric Weinberg, an executive producer and writer for the hit TV show “Scrubs” and many others, has been charged with sexually assaulting five women that he lured to photo shoots and there could be many more victims, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Wednesday. Weinberg, 62, was
Continue ReadingBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The playoff-bound Tampa Bay Rays lost their fifth straight game to finish the regular season, giving up a pair of home runs to J.D. Martinez in a 6-3 loss to last-place Boston. Xander Bogaerts also had a pair of hits in what could be his final
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN A group of California water agencies that together consume the largest proportion of lower Colorado River water each year are offering to voluntarily cut their usage in an effort to save the river basin and stave off a larger crisis. But one expert tells CNN the figure being floated doesn’t go
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A family is demanding answers in the death of a migrant who authorities say was shot to death in rural west Texas by a man who was formerly a warden of a detention facility accused of abuse and his brother. Twenty-two-year-old Jesús Iván Sepúlveda, of Durango, Mexico, was identified by family
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — David Villar hit two home runs and Austin Slater also connected for the San Francisco Giants, who beat the playoff-bound San Diego Padres 8-1 in a regular-season finale. The Padres head to New York to face the Mets in a wild-card series starting Friday night.
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Another group of nurses at St. Charles Health System filed a request Wednesday to join a union, the Oregon Nurses Association.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WAGNER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Josh Rojas and Corbin Carroll hit back-to-back home runs in the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 to close out the season. Arizona starter Merrill Kelly struck out seven over six innings as he surpassed the 200-inning mark for the first time
Continue ReadingPORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A respite center for families in the United States who have lost loved ones in combat since 9/11 will open Friday on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Betsy Reed Schultz led the work to renovate her Port Angeles bed and breakfast into a one-of-a-kind respite center for Gold Star families as
Continue ReadingPORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A respite center for families in the United States who have lost loved ones in combat since 9/11 will open Friday on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Betsy Reed Schultz led the work to renovate her Port Angeles bed and breakfast into a one-of-a-kind respite center for Gold Star families as
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor is trying to regain control of a debate over education in her tough race for reelection. That race recently featured Republican attacks over transgender athletes and what’s taught in the classrooms instead of her preferred focus on increases in public school
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press Debate over how to handle a North Korean ballistic missile launch over Japanese territory has again split an already deeply fractured U.N. Security Council. Wednesday’s emergency session on the North Korean launches ended with no consensus on any action by the Security Council. Russia and China insisted to fellow Security
Continue ReadingBy THANASSIS STAVRAKIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least 15 people have died after two boats carrying migrants sank in Greek waters, and rescuers were looking for dozens still missing, authorities said early Thursday. The coast guard said 15 bodies had been recovered near the eastern island of Lesbos after a dinghy carrying
Continue ReadingCNN, KSL By Jeff Zeleny and Alex Rogers, CNN Sen. Mike Lee stepped in line behind Donald Trump. Evan McMullin crossed it. In fewer than five weeks, the Utah Senate race will determine which of those decisions proved to be the wiser course for a conservative seeking elected office. Lee, a two-term incumbent Republican, is
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government plans to bring another lawsuit against U.S. companies it claims are responsible for the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico. Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard suggested Wednesday the new lawsuit could target gun shops or dealers in U.S. border states who sell guns to “straw” purchasers who intend
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a federal district judge in
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo and Caitlin Hu, CNN United States, South Korean and Japanese warships performed a missile defense exercise in the Sea of Japan on Thursday, two days after North Korean sent a ballistic missile over Japan, the US-Indo Pacific Command said in a statement. The two US warships, the guided-missile cruiser USS
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California resident who lost his home in a wildfire is suing a wood products company at the center of the blaze. Robert Davies of Weed, California, sued Roseburg Forest Products Co. on Tuesday. Davies’ lawsuit alleges the company failed to address on-site fire
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California resident who lost his home in a wildfire is suing a wood products company at the center of the blaze. Robert Davies of Weed, California, sued Roseburg Forest Products Co. on Tuesday. Davies’ lawsuit alleges the company failed to address on-site fire
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Religious organizations have long been involved in the debate over Idaho’s strict abortion laws, with Catholic priests, evangelical Christian groups and others frequently lobbying lawmakers and filing legal briefs in support of abortion bans. Now The Satanic Temple is also weighing in. The Salem, Massachusetts-based group,
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Religious organizations have long been involved in the debate over Idaho’s strict abortion laws, with Catholic priests, evangelical Christian groups and others frequently lobbying lawmakers and filing legal briefs in support of abortion bans. Now The Satanic Temple is also weighing in. The Salem, Massachusetts-based group,
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