By ADAM BEAM, SOPHIE AUSTIN and TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Legislative workers at the California Capitol are close to forming their first labor union. State lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that allows state workers in the Legislature to organize. The Democrats in charge of California’s Legislature have historically been friendly
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The Netflix golf documentary series “Full Swing” won’t have full access at the Ryder Cup. U.S. captain Zach Johnson says he spoke to his team when concerns were raised about a film crew in the team room. He says they agreed to keep certain areas off limits. Netflix is
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court plans to quickly consider former President Donald Trump’s claim that presidential immunity protects him from a New York writer’s assertion that he defamed her by saying she fabricated her claim that he sexually attacked her in the 1990s. The 2nd U.S. Circuit
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Después de que Danilo Cavalcante, el asesino que se fugó de una prisión en Pensilvania, fuera detenido y esposado este miércoles, varias decenas de agentes fuertemente armados se reunieron a su alrededor formando un arco. Fue antes de que lo subieran a la parte trasera de una camioneta blindada. Cavalcante estaba
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Skin scraped down to bloody patches. Sore bodies stinging in post-game showers. Aching shoulders, backs, hips, knees and ankles. Add in season-ending injuries like four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers tearing his left Achilles tendon in his debut with the New York Jets on Monday
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A report alleges that backers of an effort to repeal ranked voting in Alaska violated state campaign finance rules, including by channeling money through a church-affiliated organization in a way that initially concealed the source of the contributions. The report, from the staff for the Alaska
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government says it has met with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a threat by that country’s president to close all borders in response to a row over the construction of a supposed canal. Haiti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday both sides were seeking
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — While a federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, he declined to order an immediate end to the program and the protections it offers
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Texas ruled Wednesday that a regulation intended to preserve the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful, delivering a major blow to the Biden administration. Last year, the administration moved to preserve the program – which protects undocumented immigrants who were brought to
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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday it has seen a small increase in mule deer in and around Madras that are dying from what appears to be Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease (AHD).
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he will not run for reelection to the Senate and called for a “new generation of leaders” as he criticized both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. In a video message, Romney outlined a range
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — The top Air Force commander for Europe and Africa says the U.S. military has resumed counterterrorism missions in Niger, flying drones and other aircraft out of Niger air bases more than a month after a coup temporarily halted all those activities there. Since the July
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — American Eagle filed a lawsuit against shopping mall owner Westfield, accusing the company of allowing its San Francisco Centre mall to “deteriorate into disarray.” American Eagle, which has a shop in the mall, said that Westfield breached its lease agreement and its neglect of common areas in
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Capitol Hill, House Republicans were all-in Wednesday on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Down Pennsylvania Avenue, the president was holding forth at the White House on the importance of bipartisanship in fighting cancer — and ignoring shouted questions
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man who wrote on social media about wanting to “take over the Capitol building” before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, where he threw a flagpole at a police officer’s head, was sentenced on Wednesday to more than six years in prison. Joseph Padilla, of Cleveland, Tennessee, was
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Four former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal civil rights charges in the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop nine months ago. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley Desmond Mills and Justin Smith were led by U.S. Marshals into a
Continue ReadingBy Kara Kenney Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — An Indianapolis consultant will spend the next 10 months examining the city’s animal welfare crisis. Shelters are beyond full with dogs and cats, shelter volunteers and workers are burned out, and too many animals are being born every day in Central Indiana.
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — WhatsApp lanzó de manera oficial sus Channels, o canales, que según la empresa de Meta es una forma sencilla, fiable y privada de recibir actualizaciones importantes de personas y organizaciones. Aunque no se trata de una función abierta para todo el mundo aún, ya se encuentra disponible en más de
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — With just over 24 hours left before a strike deadline, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain says offers from Detroit automakers aren’t enough and the union is getting ready to strike. In an online address to members Wednesday, Fain said General Motors, Ford
Continue ReadingBy Taj Simmons Click here for updates on this story FISHERS, Indiana (WRTV) — Law enforcement officers are supposed to serve and protect, but a Fishers woman said a phone caller impersonating an officer tried to scam and exploit her instead. Barb Kiefer said a man pretending to be a Marion County Sheriff’s Officer recited
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