By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Eric Andre Show” is ostensibly not a series that lends itself to longevity. Its titular star, who plays a version of himself and satirizes talk shows by putting unsuspecting celebrity guests through hellish interviews, has become considerably more famous since the series first aired over
Continue Reading By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has the country’s only single-chamber, nonpartisan legislature, and state leaders have long held up the unique system as an example of efficiency that rises above hyperpartisan politics. But this year’s acrimonious session may have changed that. The session began with conservatives still stinging from
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What to expect? Lots of colors, cheers, signs, chants, vendors, and even drag performances and live music at the Red Moon Ale House.
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Kaija Saariaho, who wrote acclaimed works that made her the among the most prominent composers of the 21st century, died Friday. She was 70. Saariaho died at her apartment in Paris, her family said in a statement posted on her Facebook page. She had been diagnosed in February 2021 with
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By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Monty Williams is taking over the Detroit Pistons. The team said Friday it reached an agreement with Williams to fill its coaching vacancy. Terms of the deal were not announced, but a person familiar with the situation told the AP on Wednesday night it was a
Continue Reading By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A new report finds several shortcomings in Buffalo’s response to a historic December blizzard in which 31 city residents died. The report was released Friday by New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. It says Buffalo’s snow-removal fleet was no match for heavy snow
Continue Reading MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Officials say a Washington state man who was trying to summit Mount Rainier collapsed and died near the top of the mountain in the national park. National Park Service officials say 41-year-old Brian Harper of Bremerton, collapsed about 7:30 a.m. near the top of the 14,441-foot mountain while
Continue Reading PANAMA CITY (AP) — The trial of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and 14 others for alleged money laundering related to their purchase of a publishing company concluded on Friday, starting the clock on the 30 days the judge has to issue a verdict. Martinelli, a 71-year-old supermarket magnate who hopes to seek re-election next
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The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) said Zombie Cookies and Peach Gas produced by Truinfusion is being voluntarily recalled.
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the deaths of two Michigan hunters filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $1.02 million for wrongful convictions, just a day after a prosecutor dropped murder charges and ruled out a second trial. “Jeff Titus is 71 years old.
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President Joe Biden celebrated a “crisis averted” in his inaugural speech to the nation from the Oval Office Friday evening, ready to sign a budget agreement that eliminates the potential for a first-ever government default that would have sent shock waves through the U.S. and global economies.
Continue Reading By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia on Friday to combat criminal gangs and migrant smugglers involved in record-setting migration through the perilous Darien Gap. Security officials said the “Shield” campaign is part of an agreement reached with the governments of Colombia
Continue Reading By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Connecticut lawmakers voted Friday to take steps to protect people from the state’s growing bear population. But they stopped far short of a bear hunt and restrictions on people unintentionally feeding the hungry animals. The legislation, which cleared the House of Representatives on a 115-32 vote after being revamped by
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Temperatures will rise to near normal
through this weekend with highs returning to the triple digits across the Desert Southwest.
Governor Hobbs made the announcement at Somerton City Hall, as local law enforcement thanked her for the much-needed money.
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Plenty more breezy days are expected for the Desert Southwest as things continue to warm up
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is calling for an immediate cease-fire in Sudan to be followed by a permanent halt to hostilities and new efforts to reach a lasting democratic political settlement in the conflict-wracked country. The U.N.’s most powerful body on Friday strongly condemned all
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Retired Phoenix Police Capt. Carroll Cooley, the arresting officer in the landmark case partially responsible for the Supreme Court’s Miranda rights ruling that requires suspects be read their rights, has died, the department confirmed Friday. He was 87. Phoenix police said in a brief statement that Cooley
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Retired Phoenix Police Capt. Carroll Cooley, the arresting officer in the landmark case partially responsible for the Supreme Court’s Miranda rights ruling that requires suspects be read their rights, has died, the department confirmed Friday. He was 87. Phoenix police said in a brief statement that Cooley
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children. And the Book of Mormon could
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