The Yuma Fire Department (YFD) responded to a brush fire near Avenue 5E and 30th Street, causing a small evacuation in order due to a large propane tank that is involved but venting properly at this time.
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple has a long history of designing products that aren’t the first to be introduced in a particular category but still redefine the market. With the company unveiling a headset equipped with virtual and augmented reality technology already available in other devices, here is a look back at some
Continue Reading By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A judge in Argentina has dismissed a long-running money laundering case against Vice President Cristina Fernández, after prosecutors and state agencies said there was no evidence she was involved in a crime. Federal Judge Sebastian Casanello ruled that Fernández de Kirchner be removed from the
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The company, SYDCOL, wants more time to address community concerns.
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The mother of slain Black woman Breonna Taylor has endorsed a grassroots campaign aimed at defeating Republican Daniel Cameron’s bid for Kentucky governor. The campaign revives grievances stemming from a criminal investigation led by Cameron, the state’s Black attorney general, which resulted in
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Moscow in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history, died in prison Monday. Hanssen, 79, was found unresponsive in his cell at a federal
Continue Reading By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of activists are at Atlanta’s City Hall ahead of a council vote over whether to approve tens of millions in public funding for a police and firefighter training center. Monday’s meeting is a culmination of nearly two years of activism against the project that activists decry
Continue Reading BEND, Ore. (AP) — The Central Oregon Diversity Project has called for the resignation of Republican state Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson over her son’s Nazi salute photo. KTVZ-TV reports the Diversity Project said in a Saturday Facebook post that it was demanding Breese-Iverson’s immediate resignation. The photo was posted on social media and shows her son
Continue Reading By MARÍA VERZA and LISSETTE ROMERO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The ruling party of Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has won the governorship of the country’s most populous state. The victory in the State of Mexico deals a life-threatening blow to the old ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party — or PRI — which
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state school board in Oklahoma voted Monday to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state’s attorney general that the decision was unconstitutional. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 3-2 to approve the
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A sonic boom. The U.S. military had dispatched six fighter jets on Sunday to intercept an unresponsive business plane that was flying over restricted airspace. The Air Force gave the F-16s permission
Continue Reading BISHOP, Calif. (AP) — A wolverine was spotted three times last month in the eastern Sierra Nevada, a rare occurrence for an animal that’s only been seen one other time in California over the last 100 years, state wildlife officials said. While wolverines are native to California, they’ve been essentially extinct from the state since
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The writer’s strike is still ongoing, but it looks like directors now have a deal with major film studios.
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Neighbors nearby were told to stay away from the scene as officials continue the cleanup process Monday. A resident near the crash scene said it sounded like “multiple fighter jets” were right on top of her house.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A former part owner of the Minnesota Vikings who defrauded a short-lived professional football league known as the Alliance of American Football in a $700 million cryptocurrency scam was sentenced Monday to over six years in prison. Reginald Fowler, 64, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to six
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The owner of iRepair Tech in Miami Gardens, Jeremias Berganza, shared the video that shows the man sporting a cardboard box on his head, shattering the glass displays and reaching in to grab the phones.
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In his announcement video, West pledged to fight to end poverty and mass incarceration, and support health care, education and living wages.
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Autoridades en California investigan cómo es que un grupo de migrantes de Venezuela y Colombia llegó a Sacramento en un avión privado y luego fue abandonado a las puertas de una iglesia local.
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The cause of global warming is showing no signs of slowing as heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has increased to record highs in its annual Spring peak. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations says carbon dioxide levels in the air are jumping at one of the fastest rates
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say a lawyer was linked to a series of sexual assaults in Boston about 15 years ago by DNA obtained from a drinking glass he used at a corporate event earlier this year. Matthew Nilo, of New Jersey, was ordered held on $500,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty at his
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