The Chargers desperately need a playmaker to team with standout quarterback Justin Herbert. That should be their offensive priority when they make the 22nd overall selection in the NFL draft Thursday, and it really should be a wide receiver with a sparkling collegiate resume. What matters most if the Chargers hope to improve on their…
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By AARON KESSLER and MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A commercial airliner was on final approach to San Francisco’s international airport in November when the crew spotted a drone outside the cockpit window. By then it was too late “to take evasive action,” the pilots reported, and the quadcopter passed by their windshield,…
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By JEFF McMURRAY A stylist was just starting her shift at a salon in Kansas City, Missouri, when a car smashed through the storefront window and landed in the waiting area a few feet away. Such crashes were so common along 31st Street that business owners regularly texted one another photos showing the damage caused…
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By JACQUES BILLEAUD, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled Monday afternoon at the Arizona trial for Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho woman with doomsday religious beliefs who’s charged with conspiring to murder her estranged husband in suburban Phoenix. Vallow Daybell, who isn’t a lawyer but has chosen to defend herself, told the…
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By KENYA HUNTER, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Allergy season can be miserable for tens of millions of Americans when trees, grass, and other pollens cause runny noses, itchy eyes, coughing and sneezing. Where you live, what you’re allergic to and your lifestyle can make a big difference when it comes to the severity of…
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LOS ANGELES — Woody Marks could run through the tackles, he could catch passes and turn upfield to make a play. He was capable of being a three-down running back. He just wasn’t in a system that called for that. Rather, at Mississippi State, where he played the first four years of his college career,…
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On a recent, drizzly afternoon in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County sheriff’s Deputy Ian Noel was staked out in an unmarked SUV in the Home Depot parking lot, waiting patiently. Then, over the police radio, he was informed that a woman had been seen placing items in her purse inside a Target store across the street.…
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Next year’s COVID vaccine recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appear likely to be less expansive than in previous years. Notes from a recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 Work Group show health officials are considering narrowing the recommended age range for universal vaccination from everyone…
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We came. We saw. We conquered. Here’s our 50 best photos from the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio Friday through Sunday, April 18-20. Post Malone headlines weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 20, 2025.…
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks during the 30-hour Easter ceasefire unilaterally declared by President Vladimir Putin over the weekend killed three people in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, a regional official said Monday. Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of Kherson’s administration, wrote on Telegram that the casualties occurred over the last 24 hours, adding that…
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