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The number of divorces recorded in China has fallen by more than 70% since the introduction of a mandatory “cooling-off” period earlier this year. According to statistics released by the country’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, 296,000 divorces were registered in the first quarter of 2021, compared to 1.06 million in the final quarter of last
Continue Reading The trial of millionaire Robert Durst, the subject of the HBO crime documentary “The Jinx,” restarted Tuesday in Los Angeles after a break of more than a year because of Covid-19. The day began with a juror being dismissed and ended with the prosecution finishing its opening statement. Court is scheduled to resume Wednesday at
Continue ReadingRepublican Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, kicked off his 2022 New York gubernatorial campaign on Tuesday with a barrage of attacks on current Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo — plus a head-scratching explanation for why he has not been vaccinated against Covid-19. At a news conference Tuesday afternoon in Lower Manhattan,
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Riverside County will remain in the orange tier of reopening for at least another two weeks, based on new reopening metrics released Tuesday. The county’s adjusted case rate is 2.8 new cases per 100,000 residents. It needs to drop below 2 for the county to move into the yellow tier. That means certain local businesses,
Continue ReadingPeople who live in rural areas have an increased risk of hospitalization and death from Covid-19, yet as of April, the vaccination rate in rural areas lagged behind cities — and that could hinder the end of the pandemic, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of
Continue ReadingA mix of fines and warnings were handed down to a group of House Republicans on Tuesday who had defied the chamber’s mask mandate on the House floor, a Capitol official told CNN. Reps. Brian Mast of Florida, Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa and Beth Van Duyne of Texas all received $500 fines for second offenses
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Below is the schedule for the virtual commencement ceremonies for graduates of College of the Desert and Cal State University San Bernardino – Palm Desert Campus. CSUSB – Palm DesertDate – Saturday, May 228:00 am Social & Behavioral Sciences10:00 am Natural Sciences12:00 pm Arts & Letters + Education2:00 pm Business & Public Administration You can
Continue ReadingMark McCloskey, the St. Louis homeowner who catapulted into national headlines last summer after video surfaced on social media showing him and his wife, Patricia, pointing guns at demonstrators, is running as a Republican for US Senate in Missouri, he announced Tuesday. “I’ve always been a Republican, but I have never been a politician,” he
Continue Reading At least 6,000 people, including around 1,500 minors, swam from Morocco to the bordering Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday in the largest influx of illegal migration there in a single day, Spanish authorities said. The migrants swam from two locations, with some entering southern Ceuta at Tarajal beach, and a larger group entering the
Continue Reading A federal jury has awarded $75 million to two brothers in North Carolina, decades after they were convicted of rape and murder they did not commit. Leon Brown and Henry McCollum were arrested in 1983 and spent nearly 31 years in prison before the half-brothers were exonerated in 2014. The award is significant because not
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(CNN Español) — Alias Jesús Santrich se fue sin responder por supuestos crímenes de narcotráfico en Estados Unidos y sin responder por sus crímenes durante los años en que fue guerrillero de las ya extintas Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC. Su nombre real era Seuxis Paucias Hernández Solarte, pero todos lo conocían como «Jesús
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SchoolDateTimeDesert Learning AcademyMay 274 p.m.Palm Springs High SchoolMay 277:30 p.m.Rancho Mirage High SchoolJune 17 p.m.Cathedral City High SchoolJune 28 p.m.Desert Hot Springs High SchoolJune 37 p.m.
Continue ReadingGoogle tried to make up for lost time at its annual developer conference this week by announcing a massive Android redesign and new features to help users work from home, shop and do more to protect their personal data. After it canceled Google I/O last year due to the pandemic, the company kicked off a
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Graduation ceremonies for the Desert Sands Unified School District’s Class of 2021 start at the end of the month. Below is the schedule for school’s graduation dates in chronological order. Every ceremony will also be streamed virtually, with the stream link available under each respective school. May 25 – Amistad High School (Students with last
Continue Reading A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted so-called qualified immunity to Louisiana officers who were accused of forcing an unarmed Black man to the ground and beating him into compliance, a case that experts say exemplifies how difficult it can be for victims of police brutality to overcome the controversial doctrine in court. The Fifth
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SiteDateTimeLocationWest Shores HSMay 28, 20217:30 pmWSHS Football FieldCoachella Valley HSJune 1, 20217:00 pmCVHS Football FieldDesert Mirage HSJune 3, 20217:00 pmDMHS Football FieldLa Familia HSJune 3, 202111:00 amCVHSAdult EducationJune 17, 20218:00 amPolo Field
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An Aug. 6 preliminary hearing date was confirmed today for a 34-year-old man accused of gunning down his octogenarian grandparents inside a gated community in Palm Desert. Frank Scott Castro III was arrested in September 2019 on suspicion of killing Frank Castro, 83, and Carolina Castro, 81, whose bodies were found in their home in
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In 2020, Tom Napper was scared to embark on his first solo vacation. In 2021, Tom Napper is considering never having a permanent address ever again. The English-born artist and graphic designer was so nervous about traveling by himself that he decided to join a group bike tour through New Zealand, where he’d have lots
Continue Reading (CNN) — Estados Unidos alcanzó un «día histórico» en la pandemia de coronavirus, ya que el 60% de los adultos de este país han recibido al menos una dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19, informó la directora de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus
Continue Reading (CNN) — En un clima cada vez más cálido, los efectos dominó o las reacciones en cadena podrían provocar alteraciones en los patrones meteorológicos de todo el mundo como consecuencia del derretimiento de la capa de hielo de la Antártida, según un nuevo estudio. El estudio, publicado en la revista Nature Geoscience, ha descubierto que,
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