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Month: June 2021

Statewide Flex Alert issued for Thursday from 5 to 10 p.m. to conserve energy amid grueling heat

With temperatures soaring in Riverside County and beyond, a Flex Alert calling on residents to voluntary cut their power use will be in effect tomorrow evening in hopes of reducing strain on the state’s power grid.    According to the California Independent System Operator, which manages the state’s power grid, the Flex Alert will be in

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Biden Justice Department drops Trump-era criminal probe and lawsuit related to John Bolton’s book

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Justice Department has closed a criminal investigation and dropped a lawsuit related to former Trump national security adviser John Bolton’s book. The Trump-era criminal investigation had scrutinized whether Bolton’s book illegally revealed national security information, while the lawsuit had sought to grab royalties from Bolton

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Eisenhower Health Heart Procedure

Local hospital celebrates 500th milestone of a lifesaving heart procedure

Eisenhower Health is celebrating its 500th procedure of a lifesaving heart procedure: transcatheter aortic valve replacement. It’s a minimally invasive procedure mainly for people who aren’t good candidates for open-heart surgery. Before, medium-risk patients didn’t have an alternative. The director of the transcatheter valve program at Eisenhower Health, Dr. Puneet Khana, was one of the

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Trump-era limits on asylum claims for victims of domestic and gang violence removed

By Geneva Sands, CNN The Justice Department on Wednesday reversed two Trump-era immigration decisions that narrowed who could qualify for asylum, including an opinion that removed some protections for victims of domestic violence and gang violence. The move marks the latest attempt by the Biden administration to distance itself from the immigration policies of President

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Charleston County coroner amends Jamal Sutherland’s manner of death from ‘undetermined’ to ‘homicide’

By Jamiel Lynch, Steve Almasy and Gregory Lemos, CNN The manner of death of Jamal Sutherland, who died earlier this year in a South Carolina jail while being forcibly removed from a cell, has been changed to homicide, the Charleston County coroner confirmed Wednesday. Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal told reporters at a Wednesday news conference

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