California police investigate apartment deaths
Fremont police were at the scene gathering evidence Monday. Neighbors said mother and two young children were found dead inside the apartment.
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Japan, Australia, US to fund undersea cable connection in Micronesia to counter China’s influence
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it has joined the United States and Australia in signing a $95 million undersea cable project that will connect East Micronesia island nations to improve networks in the Indo-Pacific region where China is increasingly expanding its influence. The approximately 1,400-mile undersea cable will connect the
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Authorities search for missing Arizona man
New revelations in the Daniel Robinson case as his family and investigators are going on two years of searching for the missing geologist, who vanished in late June 2021.
Continue Reading World Bank offers dim outlook for the global economy in face of higher interest rates
By PAUL WISEMAN and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is likely slowing sharply this year, hobbled by high interest rates, the repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the latest outlook of the World Bank, a 189-country anti-poverty agency, which estimates that
Continue Reading Plane that crashed in Virginia lost contact with air traffic controllers during ascent, feds say
By SARAH BRUMFIELD, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BEN FINLEY Associated Press Only minutes into a doomed journey that ended on a remote Virginia mountain, the pilot of a business jet was not responding to air traffic control instructions and the situation was soon reported to a network that includes military, security and law enforcement agencies, according
Continue Reading AP Election Brief | What to expect in New Jersey’s primaries for state legislature
By The Associated Press New Jersey voters will cast ballots in 21 primaries for state legislature on Tuesday. Democrats hold majorities in both chambers. Without any statewide races on the ballot, turnout is expected to be low. Races to watch include the Democratic primary in the 27th Senate District, which features two longtime incumbents who
Continue Reading Lawyer: Health of Gadhafi’s son, detained in Lebanon, deteriorating 3 days into hunger strike
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The lawyer of a son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi says his client’s health is deteriorating three days into a hunger strike in his prison cell in Lebanon. He said Tuesday that Hannibal Gadhafi is suffering from headaches, muscle pain and difficulties moving around. Hannibal started
Continue Reading Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dead at 83
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on “The Girl from Ipanema” made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83. Musician Paul Ricci, a family friend, confirmed that she died Monday. He did not provide
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Former USFL president launching spring football league for high school players
By The Associated Press The former president of the latest version of the United States Football League is launching a spring football league for high school players. Brian Woods, who stepped down as the USFL’s president at the end of last year, said his Prep Super League will begin next year with a six-week season.
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California man arrested in probe of threats to high school, football players
Eugene Thomas Jenkins, 29, was arrested this weekend in the Bay Area city of San Rafael — more than 400 miles (644 kilometers) north of the school targeted by the threats, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
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Ex-correctional officer at federal prison in California convicted of sexual misconduct
A jury found the officer, John Russell Bellhouse, guilty on five counts of sexual abuse for incidents involving the two women between 2019 and 2020 at FCI Dublin, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) east of Oakland.
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California investigating whether DeSantis involved in flying asylum-seekers from Texas to Sacramento
Officials were investigating Tuesday whether Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis was behind a flight that picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border and flew them — apparently without their knowledge — to California’s capital, even as faith-based groups scrambled to find housing and food for them.
Continue Reading 4.9 magnitude quake strikes southern Haiti; 4 dead, dozens injured
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck southern Haiti early Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring 36 others, authorities said. The quake struck before dawn near the southwestern coastal city of Jeremie at a depth of six miles (10
Continue Reading Supreme Court tossed out the heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago. Next ruling could go further
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press
Continue Reading Supreme Court tossed out the heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago. Next ruling could go further
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press
Continue Reading Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago, prompting wave of new voting rules
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press
Continue Reading Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago, prompting wave of new voting rules
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press
Continue Reading At least $900,000 stolen by employees of US-based aid group operating in Congo
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An American-based aid group says at least $900,000 was stolen from it’s Congo programs by members of the organization who conspired with outside actors. GiveDirectly said that it learned that people on its Congo team worked with those outside the organization to defraud the cash transfer
Continue Reading Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown, Lil Wayne headline iHeartRadio festival
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown and Lil Wayne are among the headliners this fall at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival in La Vegas, which will be broadcast live throughout the country. The lineup for the two-day event Sept. 22-23 at T-Mobile
Continue Reading Legal officials say Myanmar’s Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of Suu Kyi’s bribery conviction
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Legal officials in Myanmar say the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a special appeal of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s bribery conviction for allegedly receiving gold and thousands of dollars from a former political ally. Suu Kyi was arrested when the army toppled her elected
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