Associated Press DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. were still drawn to Death Valley National Park on Monday, even though the desolate region known as one of the Earth’s hottest places is being punished by a dangerous heat wave blamed for a motorcyclist’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. were still drawn to Death Valley National Park on Monday, even though the desolate region known as one of the Earth’s hottest places is being punished by a dangerous heat wave blamed for a motorcyclist’s
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Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — After Hurricane Beryl slammed into Texas early Monday, knocking out power to nearly 3 million homes and businesses, unleashing heavy rain and killing at least three people it moved east and later weakened to a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said Monday evening. The fast-moving tempest threatened to carve
Continue ReadingJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A landslide triggered by torrential rains has crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 11 people. Officials say more than 100 villagers were digging for grains of gold on Sunday in a traditional gold mine in remote Bone Bolango district in Gorontalo province when
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers A subdued day of trading on Wall Street ended Monday with a mixed finish for the major stock indexes and more market milestones. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite each notched all-time highs after finishing with gains of 0.1% and 0.3%, respectively. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave up an early gain
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel is a trusted aide to Donald Trump and a swaggering campaign surrogate who mythologizes the former president while promoting conspiracy theories and his own brand. Patel is poised to take on an influential role in the federal government if Trump wins a second term. He frequently cites his
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — “Les tiré mi granada real a los pies”. Así es como el presidente de Francia Emmanuel Macron habría considerado su convocatoria de elecciones anticipadas tras la contundente victoria de la extrema derecha en las elecciones europeas de junio. Fue una apuesta explosiva y los resultados finales cogieron al país por
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican National Committee moved Monday to adopt a party platform that reflects former President Donald Trump’s position opposing a federal abortion ban and ceding limits to states, omitting the explicit basis for a national ban for the first time in 40 years. Trump imposed his priorities on the RNC’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are about evenly split on whether former President Donald Trump should face prison time for his recent felony conviction on hush money charges, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Among U.S. adults, 48% say the former president and presumptive Republican nominee should
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrats are circulating several high-profile names as potential presidential alternatives, including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the co-chair of the Biden-Harris campaign. Whitmer is releasing a memoir this week that hints at her political future. However, she shuts down the possibility of stepping into the race this year in an
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The future Republican vice presidential candidate’s plane is currently parked in an undisclosed hangar, an empty spot on its fuselage where a decal featuring his or her name will soon be placed. Fundraisers have been planned. All that’s left: an announcement from former President Donald Trump unveiling his pick.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people, the Justice Department said late Sunday, after the government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years. Federal prosecutors gave Boeing the choice
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel is a trusted aide to Donald Trump and a swaggering campaign surrogate who mythologizes the former president while promoting conspiracy theories and his own brand. Patel is poised to take on an influential role in the federal government if Trump wins a second term. He frequently cites his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ruben Berrios knows the scorching truth: When it comes to extreme heat, where you live can be a matter of life and death. The 66-year-old lives in Mott Haven, a low-income neighborhood in New York’s South Bronx, where more than 90 percent of residents are Latino or Black. Every
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden stood firm Monday against calls for him to drop his reelection candidacy and called for an end to the intraparty drama that has torn apart Democrats since his dismal debate performance last month, as key lawmakers expressed support for him to remain in the 2024 presidential race.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will shift this week from focusing on campaigning for reelection to hosting a NATO summit. But that won’t quiet the increasingly urgent questions about his precarious political situation now threatening to consume his own party. European leaders gather in Washington starting Tuesday to celebrating the alliance’s 75th
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Moscow on a two-day visit, his first since Russia sent troops into Ukraine, which has complicated the relationship between the longtime partners and pushed Russia closer to India’s rival, China. Modi is to have dinner with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Alec Baldwin ’s role as a producer of the Western film “Rust” isn’t relevant to the involuntary manslaughter trial over a fatal shooting on set, a New Mexico judge decided Monday. The move is a major setback for prosecutors just as trial was about to begin. They had planned to present evidence that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue during a meeting with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Orbán made a surprise visit to China on Monday after similar trips last week to Russia and Ukraine to discuss prospects for a
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It’s somehow somewhat fitting that the close-knit community of Prineville, like much of the High Desert, was under a Red Flag Warning on Saturday, meaning a combination of extreme heat, winds and low humidity brought what forecasters call “critical fire weather conditions.”
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