Skip to Content
Debra Barnes Wilson was 8 on “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama. She and her grandmother, Julia Barnes, joined the voting rights marchers, filing in at the back of the column, but turned back because the elder, an asthmatic, grew short of breath. The girl’s grandmother, who raised her, lived in George Washington Carver Homes, across
Continue Reading The fridges are here but the shots are not. Doctor Sibylle Katzenstein spent thousands kitting out her Berlin practice so she could administer Covid-19 vaccines as fast as possible, but she is yet to receive a single dose. “It would have been nice if I had at least 10 vaccines in my fridge. It cost
Continue Reading They say a dog is a man’s best friend. For one New Jersey man, his rescue dog has become much more than that. Sadie, a 100-pound German Shepherd, had been turned away by three shelters by the time she arrived at the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge in Oakland, New Jersey, in early 2020. Sadie was very
Continue Reading One person was shot to death Saturday night in Minneapolis at the same intersection where George Floyd died last year — an area that has since become a memorial site. “The victim and the suspect had a verbal disagreement, and the suspect shot the victim,” Minneapolis Police Department spokesman John Elder said. Police responded to
Continue Reading
At least one person was seriously injured in a rollover crash Saturday afternoon. The crash happened on Highway 111 near Windy Point in Palm Springs just before 2 in the afternoon. No word on the cause of the crash. We’ve reached out to the California Highway Patrol for more information. Stay with News Channel 3
Continue Reading
This time of year organizers would have been putting the final touches on the BNP Paribas Open, which was scheduled to kick off on Monday. Amid the sweeping cancellations and postponements of large events throughout the Coachella Valley, the tournament was also postponed until further notice, making it the second year in a row that
Continue Reading
(CNN Español) — El presidente de Paraguay Mario Abdo Benítez anunció este sábado el cambio de cuatro miembros de su gabinete, incluyendo al de Salud, en medio de una crisis desatada tras las protestas por el manejo de la crisis del covid-19 que este viernes dejaron una veintena de heridos en Asunción. Abdo dijo que
Continue Reading When Australia’s attorney general last week outed himself as the minister accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in 1988, his denial was emphatic. “The things that I have read did not happen, and to suggest that they could be forgotten is ridiculous,” said Christian Porter, who oversees legal affairs and national security, before starting a
Continue Reading
It has been a big week for our local high school sports programs. Tuesday, all outdoor youth sports in Riverside County were approved to play, allowing high school football and water polo teams to start up and finish what is left of the modified fall sports season. Football games start in two weeks, but this
Continue Reading (CNN) — El gobierno de Joe Biden se enfrenta a un número cada vez mayor de niños migrantes sin compañía que cruzan a Estados Unidos, lo que aumenta la presión sobre un sistema que funciona con una capacidad limitada debido a la pandemia del coronavirus. La Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de EE.UU. ha
Continue Reading
Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to campaign against GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska next year when she’s up for reelection, intensifying his pledges to oppose GOP lawmakers who have bucked him. “I will not be endorsing, under any circumstances, the failed candidate from the great State of Alaska, Lisa Murkowski,” Trump
Continue ReadingThe US Chamber of Commerce will not suspend financial contributions to members of Congress who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to a memo released Friday. “We do not believe it is appropriate to judge members of Congress solely based on their votes on the election certification,” Chamber of Commerce National Political Director
Continue Reading The Police Accountability Board in Rochester, New York, is calling for fundamental changes in the city’s police department after police said a Black mother was pepper-sprayed during an arrest, which body camera footage showed took place in front of her 3-year-old child. The incident is the latest involving Rochester police officers that have prompted widespread
Continue ReadingA lawyer with deep expertise in racketeering cases has been retained by the Atlanta-area district attorney’s office investigating former President Donald Trump. John Floyd is expected to assist the district attorney’s office on multiple cases in the white collar, gang and public corruption units, said Jeff DiSantis, a spokesman for Fulton County District Attorney Fani
Continue ReadingLawyers for former President Donald Trump sent out cease-and-desist letters Friday to the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee for using his name and likeness on fundraising emails and merchandise, a Trump adviser tells CNN. The three entities are the largest fundraising organizations within the GOP that
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is expected to put together a task force to deal with major cyber intrusions that Microsoft said this week were linked to China, according to a US official. There are an estimated 30,000 affected customers in the US and 250,000 globally, though those numbers are expected to increase, the US official told
Continue ReadingIf they’re vaccinated, they will come. At least, that’s the hope of many state and federal officials who are trying to envision the road ahead in the coronavirus pandemic. If more people get vaccinated, there will be more people who are protected against Covid-19. That means fewer people will get sick and be hospitalized, more
Continue Reading
High pressure in place has kept temperatures above seasonal. We will stay near the 80s all weekend, but changes are on the way. High pressure is being replaced by a low pressure system that will cause areas of gusty winds, cooler temperatures and even the chance for precipitation mid-week.
Continue Reading Newly-released police body camera footage shows a California man telling Fresno police officers, county sheriff’s deputies and paramedics that he can’t breathe as they restrain him in the moments before he died in 2017. In an introduction to the edited video released Friday, former Fresno Police Chief Andrew Hall said 41-year-old Joseph Perez was contacted
Continue Reading A 12-year-old boy was arrested Thursday evening after a series of attempted armed carjackings and one successful one in Washington, DC. All four incidents happened in the span of one hour, according to a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) news release. The boy was arrested by the MPD on the same day and charged with four
Continue Reading