Antelope Valley Press

The Antelope Valley Press, commonly known as the Valley Press or AV Press by its team and local residents, is the top daily newspaper in Palmdale, California. This family-owned publication started out as a weekly newspaper back in 1915.

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Farenthold, who left office amid harassment allegations, is dead

4 days ago | avpress.com | Jennifer Sinco Kelleher

Former Texas Republican US Rep. Blake Farenthold, who left Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, has died. He was 63. He died in a Corpus Christi hospital and suffered heart and liver problems in recent years, Steve Ray, his former longtime political consultant, said. Farenthold’s wife, Debbie Farenthold, confirmed that he died Friday. Blake Farenthold was elected in 2010, upsetting long-serving Democratic US Rep. Solomon Ortiz.
AV coach pleads not guilty to killing

1 week ago | avpress.com | Terri Vermeulen Keith

LOS ANGELES — A youth soccer coach pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he murdered a 13-year-old boy who had traveled to Lancaster to see him, along with charges that he assaulted two other teenage boys. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Theresa R. McGonigle ordered Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 43, to remain jailed without bail while awaiting his next appearance Aug. 18 in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. Garcia-Aquino is charged with the March 28 slaying of Oscar “Omar” Hernandez.
Threats to lawmakers surge after killings

1 week ago | avpress.com | Mary Clare Jalonick |Kevin Freking

WASHINGTON — Threats to members of Congress are on the rise, security officials told senators on Tuesday at an emergency briefing in the wake of the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker in her home over the weekend.
Suspect in lawmakers’ shootings targeted 2 others

1 week ago | avpress.com | Steve Karnowski |Alanna Durkin Richer |John Seewer

MINNEAPOLIS — The man charged with killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another meticulously planned the shootings and intended to inflict more carnage against those on his hit list, driving to the homes of two other legislators on the night of the attacks, a federal prosecutor said Monday. But one of those state lawmakers was on vacation and the suspect left the other house after police arrived early Saturday, acting US Attorney Joseph Thompson said.
Trump family’s next venture: mobile phone company

1 week ago | avpress.com | Bernard Condon

NEW YORK — The Trump family is licensing its name to a new mobile phone service, the latest in a string of ventures announced while Donald Trump is in the White House despite ethical concerns that the US president could mold public policy for personal gain. Eric Trump, the president’s son running The Trump Organization in his absence, announced a new venture Monday called Trump Mobile.
Guilford going to the mat

1 week ago | avpress.com | Alan Hendry

Eastside High graduate Dymond Guilford will be facing a familiar opponent on the wrestling mat today in New Jersey. Guilford will be competing in the Final X at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., to determine the women’s freestyle 170-pound weight class position on Team USA, facing Kylie Welker in a best of three series. Welker leads the head-to-head matches against Guilford, 3-2, including a 5-4 decision at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which was the last meeting between the two.
Families file suit challenging Arkansas law that requires Ten Commandments be posted

1 week ago | avpress.com | Andrew DeMillo

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Seven Arkansas families filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging an upcoming state requirement that public school classrooms have posted copies of the Ten Commandments, saying the new law will violate their constitutional rights. The federal lawsuit challenges a measure Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law earlier this year, similar to a requirement enacted by Louisiana and one that Texas’ governor has said he’ll sign.
Lamb explores human cruelty, grace in prison

2 weeks ago | avpress.com | Anita Snow

Corby Ledbetter is in trouble. In Wally Lamb’s new novel, “The River Is Waiting,” Corby has lost his job as a commercial artist and has developed a secret addiction to alcohol and pills, setting him on a dangerous path that leads to an unfathomable tragedy. Corby starts staying at home during the day with his twin toddlers — one boy and one girl — while his wife works as the family’s sole breadwinner.
China grants rare earth export permits after US talks

2 weeks ago | avpress.com | Josh Funk |Didi Tang

OMAHA, Neb. — The high-level negotiations over China’s export controls of rare earths is giving US businesses some relief, even though it may be only for now. China has approved “a certain number” of export permits for rare earth elements and related items, its commerce ministry said on Thursday, one day after US President Donald Trump declared that Beijing would supply to the US companies those key elements and the magnets made from them following a two-day trade talk in London.
Fiery Air India crash kills 241 people

2 weeks ago | avpress.com | Ajit Solanki |Rajesh Roy

AHMEDABAD, India — An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said. One passenger who was thrown from the plane survived. At least five medical students in a college hostel were killed when the plane hit the building and burst into flames, according to a medical association officer.