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By KAZIA DOROS Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, NV (KVVU) — The First Friday Foundation announced the upcoming monthly event will celebrate the “One World Through Art” 19th anniversary of First Friday and commemorate 1 October. First Friday will take place on Oct. 1 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. The
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With the Fall semester underway, College of the Desert campuses are experiencing the return of students who have been eager to revisit in-person learning after more than a year of shutdowns. Currently, students and staff who want to attend face-to-face instruction or other on-campus activities are not required to show proof that they are vaccinated
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By The Associated Press Houston Texans rookie quarterback Davis Mills will make his first career start Thursday night against a Carolina Panthers defense that ranks first in the NFL. Mills made his debut in the second half of a loss to Cleveland last Sunday after Tyrod Taylor was injured. The Panthers are 2-0 for the
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is ramping up deportation flights of migrants to as many as seven a day and talking to Brazil and Chile to possibly repatriate Haitians who previously resided in those countries as they scramble to contain the fallout amid bipartisan criticism. But even as the Department of Homeland Security
Continue ReadingCNN By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is ramping up deportation flights of migrants to as many as seven a day and talking to Brazil and Chile to possibly repatriate Haitians who previously resided in those countries as they scramble to contain the fallout amid bipartisan criticism. But even as the Department of Homeland
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business A US default would be a “catastrophic blow” to America’s economic recovery from Covid-19, setting off a downturn that would rival the Great Recession, Moody’s Analytics warned in a new report. If the US defaults on its debt payments and the impasse drags on, the ensuing recession would wipe out
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By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan congressional talks on overhauling policing practices have ended without an agreement, top bargainers from both parties said Wednesday, marking the collapse of an effort that began after killings of unarmed Black people by officers sparked protests across the U.S. “It was clear that we were not
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PHOENIX (AP) — An April 25 trial has been scheduled in a lawsuit filed over the 2017 death of a man during a struggle with Phoenix police officers who were arresting him outside a community center. The lawsuit alleged officers caused Muhammad Abdul Muhaymin’s death by using unjustified force. Muhaymin was experiencing homeless at the
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr.’s return moved a little closer to reality. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski did not rule out Beckham for Sunday’s game against Chicago, clearing the way for the star wide receiver to make his season debut and play for the first time since undergoing
Continue Reading By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Opening statements in the case of a U.S. Air Force airman charged in the shooting death of a Mennonite woman begin Friday. Mark Gooch faces up to life in prison if he is convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 27-year-old Sasha Krause. She was
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s broadcasting regulators extended the license of Discovery Inc.-owned TVN24 at the last moment Wednesday but also adopted a resolution to pressure the American company to sell its majority stake in the TV news channel, which airs coverage that is critical of Poland’s government. The National Broadcasting Council, known by the
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday that masks will be required inside temples to limit the spread of COVID-19. Church leaders said in a statement that masks will be required temporarily in an effort to keep temples open. The message was the latest in a series
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Sheeler, a former Rocky Mountain News journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his extensive and compassionate reporting on the families of Colorado soldiers killed in the Iraq War and the man tasked with notifying them, has died. Sheeler, who was also an author, was 53. Sheeler died last week
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Three-time Olympian Elizabeth Beisel has taken on a new cause. She will attempt to become the first woman to swim from the Rhode Island mainland to the popular vacation spot Block Island. The 10.4-mile swim is to honor Beisel’s father, who died July 1 after being diagnosed with pancreatic
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Katie Ledecky will be learning a new stroke. The Gator Chomp. Ledecky is moving to the University of Florida to be closer to home and train under Anthony Nesty leading into the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ledecky spent the last five years at Stanford University, where she worked with Greg
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Katie Ledecky will be learning a new stroke. The Gator Chomp. Ledecky is moving to the University of Florida to be closer to home and train under Anthony Nesty leading into the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ledecky spent the last five years at Stanford University, where she worked with Greg
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Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Los resultados en las últimas elecciones primarias en Argentina han causado un terremoto político en el Frente de Todos, la alianza gobernante del presidente Alberto Fernández y la vicepresidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Juntos por el Cambio, la principal fuerza opositora, se impuso en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, en
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled Wednesday that the Fed plans to announce as early as November that it will start withdrawing the extraordinary support it unleashed after the coronavirus paralyzed the economy 18 months ago. Powell said that if the job market maintained its steady
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled Wednesday that the Fed plans to announce as early as November that it will start withdrawing the extraordinary support it unleashed after the coronavirus paralyzed the economy 18 months ago. Powell said that if the job market maintained its steady
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office is investigating an incident caught on cellphone video in which white officers allowed a police dog to repeatedly bite a Black man during an arrest. The video of the arrest Monday in the St. Louis suburb of Woodson Terrace has sparked outrage online and
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