GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Today we’ll wake up from some chilly but mild overnight lows, and we won’t warm up very much. It’s shaping up to be the coldest day of the week, with temperatures in the low 50s for most of us. We’ll continue to have a chance of rain, but the likelihood falls
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday he would declare his allegiance to King Charles III at the monarch’s coronation despite believing that Australia should have its own head of state. Albanese voted in a failed referendum in 1999 for an Australian citizen to replace the
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for a Colorado woman who repeatedly stabbed and then shot her 11-year-old stepson before driving his body across the country says the brutality of the attack is the strongest evidence that the killing was the result of a “psychotic break.” The claim came during closing
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three fired police officers who pleaded to misdemeanor charges in the death of an 8-year-old girl killed when they opened fire outside a high school football game near Philadelphia have been sentenced to 11 months of house arrest during five years of probation. Former Sharon Hill officers
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — American bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for a May 5 commemoration that is barely celebrated south of the border. In the United States, the date is largely seen as a celebration of
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul and Manveena Suri, CNN Authorities in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur have issued “shoot-at-sight” orders after violence broke out this week between tribal and non-tribal groups that saw properties and vehicles set ablaze. The state’s governor, Anusuiya Uikey, issued the order on Thursday in a bid to “maintain public order and
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Carly Keenan is back with another trio of fun High Desert doings this first weekend of May. To find plenty more, you know where to go: http://events.ktvz.com.
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Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Joe Pavelski wasn’t alone scoring in his second game back, and the Dallas Stars got even in their first-round series against Seattle. “Everybody was good,” coach Pete DeBoer said. “In Game 1, Joe Pavelski was great. Tonight, we didn’t have any passengers.” Pavelski scored his fifth
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show might look pretty simple: Get a dog. Groom it. Pose it. Lead it around a ring. But there’s a lot more than that to getting to and exhibiting in the United States’ most prestigious
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show might look pretty simple: Get a dog. Groom it. Pose it. Lead it around a ring. But there’s a lot more than that to getting to and exhibiting in the United States’ most prestigious
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Continue ReadingBy ED KOMENDA Associated Press Oregon Republicans blocking bills about abortion, gun control and gender-affirming health care in the Statehouse say they are simply following a decades-old law requiring that bill summaries be easy to read. The 1979 state law requires a score of at least 60 on something called the Flesch readability test. That’s
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — Dos turistas europeos fueron expulsados este jueves de Machu Picchu cuando personal de vigilancia del parque arqueológico encontró a uno de ellos desnudo y a su amigo intentando tomarle una fotografía cerca al sector conocido como la Casa del Guardián. Los ciudadanos de origen suizo y francés violaron el reglamento
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Tennessee organizers booked more than 50 drag entertainers for next month’s Midsouth Pride festival in Memphis now that the state’s new law placing strict limits on cabaret shows is temporarily on hold. But they are being cautious, making adjustments to performances should the
Continue ReadingNEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — The pharmaceutical plant where a powerful blast killed a Massachusetts worker is set to move into the cleanup phase. Firefighters paused work overnight at the Newburyport plant, where a hazardous materials call went to seven alarms Thursday. The search for the man who died was initially hampered by concern about the
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has joined Prince Harry to celebrate the athletic grit of wounded service members. She has discussed the value of early childhood education with Princess Kate. And she has sipped tea poured by Queen Elizabeth II. Now the first lady is back in London for another
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN The company operating the famed Kentucky Derby has indefinitely suspended racehorse trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. following what it calls two “highly unusual” horse deaths — meaning one of his other horses cannot run as planned in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Churchill Downs Inc.’s decision Thursday comes after two horses, both
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — That big infusion of cash that Congress approved last year to shape up the beleaguered IRS is having an unexpected side benefit. The funding increase has helped the agency to catch up on processing new and backlogged tax returns. And that, in turn, has allowed federal bean-counters
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Authorities say a gunman apparently firing at random killed eight people and wounded 14 in two Serbian villages. Thursday’s attack shook a nation still in the throes of grief over a mass shooting at a school a day earlier. Police arrested a suspect
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