Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ third bid to be released on bail won’t be decided until next week
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says he’ll rule next week on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ third request to be released from jail on bail…
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National monument proposed for North Dakota Badlands, with tribes’ support
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups and Native American tribal citizens have asked President Joe Biden to…
Continue ReadingAlice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Brock has died at age 83. Her Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard,…
Continue ReadingA police chief in Mexico kills himself as troops try to arrest him in a corruption probe
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The police chief of a small town in central Mexico took his own life as troops closed in to arrest him as part of a large-scale…
Continue ReadingLouisiana lawmakers pass income and corporate tax cuts, raising statewide sales tax to pay for it
Associated Press/Report for America BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate…
Continue ReadingOfficer kills pet dog mistaken for a coyote in Massachusetts town. The owner says it was unnecessary
Associated Press An animal control officer shot and killed a pet dog in a Massachusetts town after mistaking it for a coyote in an incident that has…
Continue ReadingCheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New York, with the repeal of a little-known 1907 law
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has repealed a seldom-used law over a century old that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse. The…
Continue ReadingUSC WR Kyle Ford, who spent last season at UCLA, brings unique perspective to rivalry game
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The usual rivalry week platitudes were present ahead of the 94th game between Southern California and UCLA on…
Continue ReadingSpanish sailors ride wave of $2M win, Olympic gold medal to lead Los Gallos into SailGP’s Season 5
AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Spaniards Diego Botin and Florian Trittel experienced an adrenaline rush last summer that’s never been seen in…
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Candlelight vigil to be held for Jacob Sims
A vigil will be held for a victim of a recent homicide, whose remains were found in a…
Continue ReadingTexas Supreme Court overturns ruling that state Attorney General Ken Paxton testify in lawsuit
Associated Press The Texas Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that state Attorney General Ken Paxton testify in a whistleblower…
Continue ReadingCNN wants the North Carolina lieutenant governor’s defamation lawsuit against it thrown out
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — CNN wants a defamation lawsuit against it filed by North Carolina’s lieutenant governor dismissed. Mark…
Continue ReadingAs atmospheric river soaks California, farmworkers await flood aid promised in 2023
CalMatters After flood waters from heavy rainstorms deluged two small farmworker towns in January 2023, California set aside $20 million each for the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court steps into fight over FCC’s $8 billion subsidies for internet and phone services
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize…
Continue ReadingEx-Colorado football player dedicates time to fulfilling wishes for older adults
AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Former Colorado wide receiver and Olympic freestyle skier Jeremy Bloom has made it his mission to fulfill as…
Continue ReadingCharges dropped against pro-Palestinian protester arrested under mask ban for wearing a kaffiyeh
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a pro-Palestinian protester arrested under a local face mask ban for…
Continue ReadingCalHOPE Courage Award winners Gayles, Daniel-Dalton overcame physical and mental health struggles
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Aaliyah Gayles had a bright future ahead after being named a McDonald’s All-American and receiving an offer to play…
Continue ReadingSchool district defends decision to punish parents for wearing pink ‘XX’ wristbands
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — School district officials who punished two parents for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” during a…
Continue ReadingCalifornia case is the first confirmed bird flu infection in a US child
Associated Press Health officials on Friday confirmed bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor. The child had mild…
Continue ReadingCounty official in Arizona pleads guilty to embezzling over $38M in public funds
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An elected official for an Arizona county has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $38 million in public funds that she used…
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