Covid-19 vaccination rates in some regions need a boost to reach the levels that experts say the US needs to hit — and some state leaders have begun offering incentives to motivate those who are still wary. In Vermont, for example, that incentive comes in the form of a promise of an early return to
Continue ReadingFor many, a nationwide return to normalcy from the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to accelerate into the summer as more businesses and state governments prepare for a large-scale reopening. Sports stadiums are filling up, mask mandates are being shed, and travel and tourism industries anticipate a rebound with cruise lines planning for passengers once again.
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It was another busy night of sports with champions crowned in the Desert Empire League. Also, unfortunately, PD girls’ tennis came up short of a championship. Tribe Triple Title. @PSBasketball1 earn third consecutive league championship, sharing this year's crown with @HoopsAztec. 3-Peat.#TribeTrio#NameThatGoad#ABAGNB pic.twitter.com/AosCKHIVRY— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) May 22, 2021 Update: @PSBasketball1 won over RM to
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La Patrulla de Caminos de California está investigando un accidente donde murieron dos personas, otras dos fueron trasladadas al hospital esta noche. El accidente ocurrió cerca de la autopista 111 y Overture Drive en Palm Springs, al este de la salida de la I-10 en Whitewater. Según la Patrulla de Caminos de California, hay escombros
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Police in Minnesota brought a murder charge this week in the killing of a woman 11 years after her death. Nicholas James Firkus, is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Heidi Firkus, in their Minnesota home in 2010, according to a criminal complaint. “After years of tenacious work by investigators and our law enforcement partners,
Continue Reading(CNN) — La temporada de huracanes en el Atlántico no comienza oficialmente sino hasta dentro de 11 días, pero las primeras señales son que puede terminar siendo otra temporada muy movida. La Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA) emitió su pronóstico de huracanes estacionales en el Atlántico el jueves por la tarde. El pronóstico indica
Continue Reading Update – 5/24/21 CHP confirmed a third person was pronounced dead in the hospital. All three victims were minors. A fourth minor injured in the rollover remains hospitalized. Details: Third minor pronounced dead in Friday night rollover crash in Palm Springs ======================= Original Report – 5/21/21 The California Highway Patrol is investigating a rollover crash
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Local LGVTQ rights activists came together in Palm Springs Friday to push for the US Senate and the president to pass the Equalty Act. “I’ts time for this hatred and this violence to stop and it’s time to have some real strength in the Senate to get our first civil rights bill, the Equality Act,
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Two years after Ronald Greene died after an encounter with Louisiana State Police, the agency released the video footage recorded by body cameras that night, Superintendent Col. Lamar Davis said at a Friday news conference. The news comes the same day that CNN obtained an autopsy report from the night Greene died in 2019 as
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As countries ravaged by the coronavirus rushed to vaccinate their populations earlier this year, there was little sense of urgency to get inoculated in Taiwan. The island of 23 million people had recorded close to zero local infections for months, and demand for the vaccine was so low that only 1% of the population was
Continue ReadingSixteen years after winning his PGA Championship title, Phil Mickelson is roaring back — with a chance at history. The five-time major winner carved out a two-shot lead for himself on Friday at the 103rd edition of the competition. And, annoyingly for Mickelson, it could have been even better. The 50-year-old birdied six of his
Continue ReadingHe ended up on the beach, but Shane Lowry was looking for his ball rather than where he put his towel and flip-flops. The Irishman’s ball, after a wayward drive on the 16th hole of his second round at the PGA Championship, found the ultimate sand-trap — the beach of the Ocean Course on Kiawah
Continue Reading An autopsy report from the night Ronald Greene died in 2019 did not assign a manner of death and noted missing information from police. Greene died after a police chase on May 10, 2019, and his death has been the subject of a two-year investigation by the Louisiana State Police. The autopsy said the 49-year-old
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The two Bureau of Prisons workers tasked with guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself in a New York jail have admitted they falsified records, but they will skirt any time behind bars under a deal with federal prosecutors, authorities said Friday. The prison workers, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, were accused
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Homebound residents of Riverside County will now be able to get the COVID vaccine. The county announced on Thursday that it has reached an agreement with the Corona-based United Lab Services to provide vaccination services for homebound residents across the county. “This is such a critically needed service,” said Dr. Geoffrey Leung, public health officer
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El Departamento de Policía de Palm Springs operará el puesto de control de DUI en un lugar no revelado dentro de los límites de la ciudad, a partir de las 9 p.m. y continuando hasta aproximadamente las 2 a.m. Los oficiales buscarán a los automovilistas que conduzcan bajo la influencia de cualquier sustancia perjudicial, no
Continue ReadingFederal authorities investigating alleged sex trafficking by GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz have secured the cooperation of the congressman’s ex-girlfriend, according to people familiar with the matter. The woman, a former Capitol Hill staffer, is seen as a critical witness, as she has been linked to Gaetz as far back as the summer of 2017, a
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A federal lawsuit has been filed in Tennessee by the daughter of a man who died while in jail custody in May 2020, according to the complaint. In the complaint filed in October 2020 and amended in February 2021, Dominique Jennette alleges her father, William Jennette, 48, died as a result of “savage beating, suffocation”
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — Este jueves, la oficina del Alto Comisionado para la Paz en Colombia informó a través de un comunicado que se retomarán las conversaciones entre el Gobierno de Iván Duque y el Comité Nacional del Paro, este viernes a las 10 am hora local en la sede principal de la Caja de Compensación
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