Month: June 2019

The man accused of driving under the influence and crashing into another car, killing that driver, pleaded guilty in court Wednesday. San Luis Police said Brian Silva-Lopez was involved in a two-vehicle collision on Christmas Eve 2018. SLPD said Silva-Lopez was speeding in his blue Pontiac traveling northbound on 10th Avenue when he struck a

One man was taken to the hospital after being involved in a rollover in Somerton. The Somerton Cocopah Fire Department responded to the single vehicle rollover at County 17 ½ and S. Somerton Avenue at 8:20 Wednesday morning. Upon their arrival they found the lone occupant, a 20-year-old man, sitting on the side of the

The Border Patrol says a new record was set in May for the number of migrant families apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. Agents apprehended 132,887 people in May, the largest figure in more than a decade. It set a record with 84,542 adults and children apprehended. Another 11,507 people were children traveling alone, and 36,838

JOSEPH PISANIAP Retail Writer Amazon says it expects to be delivering orders to shoppers’ homes by drones in the coming months. The online shopping giant did not give exact timing or say which locations the self-driving drones will be making deliveries. Amazon has been working on drone delivery for years. Back in December 2013, Amazon

On June 4, United States Senator Martha McSally commemorated the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment by the U.S. Senate. McSally joined the Senate to unanimously pass a resolution introduced by all 25 female Senators to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, McSally’s team said.

A jury convicted a South Carolina father of murder Tuesday in the deaths of his five young children, allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty. The Lexington County jury considered the case for about six hours over two days before returning the five guilty verdicts for murder against Timothy Jones Jr., who showed no reaction.

Police in the Dominican Republic is investigating an attack on a U.S. tourist in Punta Cana that the woman recently made public on social media, detailing a vicious hours-long assault by a man she said was wearing the uniform of an all-inclusive resort. Police spokesman Col. Frank Durán said that immediately after authorities heard of

An Ohio critical-care doctor was arrested and charged with murder Wednesday in the deaths of 25 hospital patients who authorities say were deliberately given overdoses of painkillers. Dr. William Husel, who was fired from the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System in December and stripped of his medical license after the allegations came to light, turned

A year after Kate Spade took her own life, the foundation that bears her name has announced the completion of a $1 million pledge to support mental health services. The Kate Spade New York Foundation said in a statement Wednesday it is donating $200,000 to The Jed Foundation, which partners with schools to strengthen mental

Authorities say a 74-year-old hiker whose head and face was injured in a fall on a Phoenix mountain endured a wild ride in a stretcher as she was being hoisted into a helicopter. Phoenix Fire Department officials say the woman was treated for dizziness and nausea but suffered no other ill effects when the stretcher

Phoenix Zoo officials say the first litter of endangered Mexican gray wolf pups has been born there in 20 years. Zoo spokeswoman Linda Hardwick says a wolf named Tazanna delivered a litter of six pups in early May. Tazanna and the pups’ father Tulio are both 3 years old and arrived at the zoo the

Over 16 APS customers are without power in Yuma Wednesday morning. Arizona Public Service reported the power outage is due to a planned upgrade. The areas affected include 3rd Street to 4th Street and 14th Avenue to 13th Avenue. Estimated restoration time is set for 9:00 p.m., according to the APS website.

Five days before a Maryland couple were found dead in their hotel room in the Dominican Republic, a Pennsylvania woman collapsed and died at the same resort shortly after she checked in, a family spokesman says. Miranda Schaup-Werner, 41, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, had just checked in May 25 and enjoyed a drink from a minibar

New York would be the first state in the U.S. to ban the declawing of cats under legislation approved by lawmakers at the request of cat owners, animal welfare advocates and many veterinarians who call the procedure cruel and needless. The bill, which would subject veterinarians to $1,000 fines for performing the operation, now heads

Oakland on Tuesday became the second U.S. city to decriminalize magic mushrooms after a string of speakers testified that psychedelics helped them overcome depression, drug addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The City Council voted unanimously to decriminalize the adult use and possession of magic mushrooms and other entheogenic, or psychoactive, plants and fungi. Denver voters

In a rare confrontation, Republican senators declared deep opposition Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on all goods coming into the U.S. from Mexico. But it’s unclear they have the votes to stop him, and Trump said they’d be “foolish” to try. All sides, including officials from Mexico meeting with Trump negotiators in Washington

A former deputy assigned to the Florida high school where 17 people were fatally shot will have to stay in jail for now on charges of child neglect and negligence for failing to intervene. Broward Judge Jackie Powell ruled Wednesday that Scot Peterson must first surrender the passport, which is now at his home in

El martes se dieron los argumentos iniciales a los 15 jurados que decidirán el destino de Ralph Sivyer cuando se enfrente a cinco cargos de los que dice que no es culpable. El abogado de Sivyer dice que los informes de la policía no coinciden y que el caso se trata de un arma que

The trial of the man accused of attacking two police officers and stealing one of their guns began Tuesday. Jury selection ended Tuesday morning in the trial of 41-year-old Ralph Sivyer . The case stems from an incident that happened in June 2018. The Yuma Police Department said officers approached Sivyer in front of a