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Month: October 2021

Woman found shot in a car in Palm Springs; police investigating her death as a homicide

Update: 11/05/21: Police identified the woman as Dayana Hernandez, 38, of Desert Hot Springs Update 10/26/21: Palm Springs Police confirmed on Tuesday that they are now officially investigating this death as a homicide. Police are asking anyone who witnessed or has information related to this murder to contact Detective Ben Ryan at 760-323-8145. Anyone wishing

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Jurors to decide whether Charlottesville Unite the Right rally organizers prepared for a violent showdown from the start

CNN, WVIR, WCAV, HBO, VICE NEWS, BRENNAN GILMORE, GETTY IMAGES, ALEJANDRO ALVAREZ, NEWS2SHARE, HECTOR E ACALA, SENATE.GOV, INTEGRITY FIRST FOR AMERICA, HEATHER HEYER, FACEBOOK, HBO/Vice News, Alejandro Alvarez/News2Share, Heather Heyer/Facebook By Amir Vera, CNN Four years after White supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, for the “Unite the Right” rally, a civil trial that started Monday

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First steps made in Congress to honor pop superstar Prince

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) โ€” Minnesotaโ€™s Congressional delegation on Monday is introducing a resolution to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to pop superstar Prince, citing his โ€œindelible mark on Minnesota and American culture,โ€ The Associated Press has learned. The medal is one of the nationโ€™s highest civilian honors and

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Sudan’s military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) โ€” Sudanโ€™s military has seized power, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the prime minister and other officials. Thousands of people flooded into the streets to protest Monday’s coup. The Sudan Doctorsโ€™ Committee said security forces opened fire on some of the crowds, and three protesters

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Rise in teen girls with ‘tic-like’ behaviours could be linked to TikTok, doctors say

By Christy Somos, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A rise in teen girls developing โ€œtic-likeโ€ behaviours could be linked to TikTok, along with an increase in anxiety and depression, resulting in symptoms similar to Touretteโ€™s syndrome, doctors say. In a study entitled โ€œRapid Onset Functional Tic-Like

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Uzbekistan’s incumbent leader wins 2nd term in office

By AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA Associated Press TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) โ€” Preliminary results from Uzbekistanโ€™s presidential election show the incumbent leader winning a second five-year term in the tightly controlled Central Asian nation. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received 80.1% of Sundayโ€™s vote, according to the countryโ€™s Central Election Commission. Mirziyoyev took office in 2016 following the death of

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Road-blocking climate protesters resume campaign in London

LONDON (AP) โ€” Environmental protesters pressuring the British government to insulate all homes within a decade have resumed a road-blocking campaign in London ahead of the United Nationsโ€™ annual climate conference. As commuters headed to work on Monday, demonstrators from the Insulate Britain campaign obstructed major roads into the capital’s financial centers. Some demonstrators glued

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Road-blocking climate protesters resume campaign in London

LONDON (AP) โ€” Environmental protesters pressuring the British government to insulate all homes within a decade have resumed a road-blocking campaign in London ahead of the United Nationsโ€™ annual climate conference. As commuters headed to work on Monday, demonstrators from the Insulate Britain campaign obstructed major roads into the capital’s financial centers. Some demonstrators glued

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Tokyo concerned over China-Russia naval drills near Japan

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) โ€” Japan has expressed concern after China and Russia held a joint naval exercise in which 10 of their warships passed through international waterways between its northern and southern islands. The warships did not violate Japanese waters. Japan considers Chinaโ€™s increasingly assertive maritime activities as a regional security

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