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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sheriff: Suspect in killing of Catholic bishop in California is housekeeper’s husband, had done work at his home. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — James Reimer stopped 26 shots for his second shutout of the season and the San Jose Sharks beat the Seattle Kraken 4-0 on Monday. Logan Couture, Evgeny Svechnikov, Noah Gregor and Michael Eyssimont scored for San Jose, which snapped a three-game skid. Erik Karlsson had two assists. Martin Jones made 19 saves against his former team but lost his fourth straight start as Seattle was […]

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea security forces are prepared to use lethal force to free a foreign national and three citizens of the South Pacific island nation from armed criminals, the police commissioner said. The foreign national and three Papua New Guinea university students were “being held by criminals in the border region of South Highlands, Hela and Western Provinces,” the police commissioner, David Manning, said in a […]

UN Confrontation Avoided, But Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Headed For Further Escalation Israel told the US that in the coming months it will not regularize any new settlements, aside from the nine West Bank outposts already approved, the Prime Minister’s Office said Monday By Keren Setton/The Media Line A resolution condemning Israel for West Bank settlement expansion that was supposed to be discussed Monday at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was […]

Lebanon to Start Gas Drilling by Summer, But Reaping Benefits Will Take Time Middle East and North Africa Director at World Economic Forum tells TML that the gas revenue should not be expected to be the beleaguered country’s ‘savior’ or a replacement for long-delayed political reforms By Debbie Mohnblatt/The Media Line Lebanese Energy and Water Minister Walid Fayad announced Friday that the country will start drilling gas in its maritime […]

A former owner of two NBA teams, an NFL franchise and longtime Texas businessman, Billy Joe “Red” McCombs has died at his home in San Antonio, according to a statement from his family on Monday. McCombs was 95 and preceded in death by his wife, Charline, in 2019. “The entire McCombs family is heartbroken to announce that our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Red McCombs passed away Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023,” […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed to use zero-interest loans to help local governments in the arid, Southwest state repair or replace public infrastructure damaged by wildfires or subsequent flooding. The law follows last year’s historic Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon blaze that exploded into the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history. Begun in early April as a prescribed burn by the U.S. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a man convicted of killing eight people along a Manhattan bike path say prosecutors are seeking “eye for an eye” justice by using tearful testimony from victims and their families to convince a jury to order death. They asked the judge presiding over the death penalty phase of Sayfullo Saipov’s trial to declare a mistrial over the issue. “The government’s victim-impact evidence has been […]

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The death toll from a jihadi attack on a Burkina Faso army unit in the north of the country last week has risen to 51, military officials said Monday, after 43 new bodies were found. The military unit was ambushed in the Sahel region’s Oudalan province, between the towns of Deou and Oursi, the Burkinabe military said Monday. Reinforcements have been sent to the area […]