LOS ANGELES (AP) — A mountain lion studied by biologists in wilderness areas near Los Angeles has given birth to three healthy kittens, the National Park Service said Thursday. The three females estimated to be a month old were found May 18 nestled in a patch of poison oak in the Simi Hills area about
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Cut from the same cloth as a former state champion while being surrounded by the deep roots of wrestling, a success story with extremely high expectations sounds inevitable.
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Governor Katie Hobbs (D-Arizona) looked to Yuma for the next head of the Arizona Department of Agriculture.
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have widened their case against members of a small polygamous group that resides near the Utah-Arizona border, detailing its leader’s sexual encounters with children he took as wives in new charges filed earlier this month. A grand jury accuses Sam Bateman of recording the
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is imposing sanctions on the leader of Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group in Mali. The Treasury Department cites indications that the Kremlin is trying to use the West African nation as a way-station for arms shipments to Russian forces in Ukraine. The sanctions target Wagner Group local official Ivan
Continue Reading By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Georgia has dismissed the murder and child cruelty charges against a man whose toddler died in a hot car nine years ago. Justin Ross Harris was convicted in November 2016 on eight counts including malice murder in the death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper.
Continue Reading By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware woman is facing decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and dumping her burned remains on a softball field. Kristie Haas, 31, pleaded guilty Thursday to murder by abuse or neglect, abuse of a corpse, and three counts of endangering
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Lithium is key for electric car batteries and as demand skyrockets for electric vehicles (EV), there’s hope a new lithium rush could save the dying Salton Sea, and super-charge America’s EV industry.
Continue Reading By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin say drugs laced with fentanyl that killed one person and caused three more to overdose were purchased at a bar owned by a state lawmaker. Republican state Rep. Rob Brooks has owned the bar located just north of Milwaukee since 2007.
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A Jamaican man who volunteered for the Royal Air Force and flew bombing missions in World War II was remembered at his funeral as a dignified, gracious, quiet man with an old-school charm. Former flight Sgt. Peter Brown died alone in his London home in December at
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The Yuma Police Department (YPD) said a Cibola High School student brought a gel blaster that appeared to look like a real handgun to school Thursday morning.
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette has pleaded not guilty in Nevada to felony charges and his lawyer is challenging his indictment alleging he displayed a handgun during an argument with Las Vegas Strip casino valets in January 2022. “He never brandished a gun. He never pointed
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — German airline Lufthansa on Thursday signed a deal with the Italian government for a minority share in the long-struggling ITA Airways, formerly Alitalia. ITA Airways and its Alitalia predecessor have long been searching for an industrial partner as the Italian airline lost out on domestic and
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The archbishop of Chicago is urging the Illinois attorney general to provide information about newly uncovered cases of priests who sexually abused minors that were included in a statewide investigative report. Cardinal Blase Cupich says he would gladly include them on his list of credibly accused clergy
Continue Reading By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A hard-right Pennsylvania state lawmaker said Thursday night that he will not challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, leaving the GOP field wide open as Republican Party officials try to recruit a strong candidate in the moderate battleground state to help capture a Senate majority in 2024.
Continue Reading By AARON MORRISON and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, and the fervent protests that erupted around the world, looked to many observers like the catalyst needed for a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing. For more than nine minutes, a white officer
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Chick-fil-A Yuma recently held a brownies for benefit fundraiser to support the growing issue of homelessness across the state.
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (AP) — Virgin Galactic completed what is expected to be its final test flight Thursday before taking paying customers on brief trips to space, marking what the space tourism company described as a “fantastic achievement” in what has been a long road to commercial operations. Six of
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Karrin Taylor Robson, a wealthy Republican businessperson who was seen as the likeliest establishment candidate for a crucial Arizona Senate contest, said Thursday that she won’t run for the seat now held by independent Kyrsten Sinema.
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La noche de este miércoles, Marbella, la conductora responsable de la muerte de la Maestra Yenin Eden, se presentó en la corte con un amparo de por medio para enfrentar su proceso penal.
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