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High temperatures in the 90s graced the Coachella Valley yet again this week. Temperatures will be slow to cool through the evening, into the upper 70s around 8:00 p.m. for Palm Springs. Above-normal temperatures will persist into the weekend, though slowly cooling into early next week. This weekend will begin the next cooldown. Also, the
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wants to do his part to make production sets safer. While promoting his upcoming movie “Red Notice,” Johnson told Variety that he will no longer allow real guns on the set of any of his Seven Bucks film productions after the fatal shooting on the set of
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NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner and reliever Darren O’Day became free agents after the players and New York declined 2022 options. Gardner, the last player on the team from its 2009 World Series title, hit .201 with five homers and 18 RBIs in the first half, then hit .239 with five homers
Continue Reading GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers added a backup quarterback Thursday with reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers on the reserve/COVID-19 list and questions swirling over how the team handled the NFL’s COVID protocols. With Rodgers out at least Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Packers signed veteran Blake Bortles to the practice
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is defying a demand that he stop using federal coronavirus relief money to fund an education grant program that can only go to schools without mask mandates. He is also continuing to give private school vouchers to parents upset their children’s schools require
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A nurse at a county jail in California has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after being accused of walking away from a 24-year-old inmate who collapsed in front of her on a cell floor before she died. Danalee Pascua faces up to four years in prison if convicted of the charge
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — A nurse at a county jail in California has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after being accused of walking away from a 24-year-old inmate who collapsed in front of her on a cell floor before she died. Danalee Pascua faces up to four years in prison if convicted of the charge
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is defying a demand that he stop using federal coronavirus relief money to fund an education grant program that can only go to schools without mask mandates. He is also continuing to give private school vouchers to parents upset their children’s schools require
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say they arrested a man sought after opening fire as he entered a convenience store, killing one person in a vehicle outside and targeting at least one person inside. Lt. Ray Spencer told reporters Thursday the man surrendered after a standoff with officers at a home in
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say they arrested a man sought after opening fire as he entered a convenience store, killing one person in a vehicle outside and targeting at least one person inside. Lt. Ray Spencer told reporters Thursday the man surrendered after a standoff with officers at a home in
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI, TAMMY WEBBER and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Witnesses at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial say the first man shot on the streets of Kenosha was “hyperaggressive,” threatened to kill Rittenhouse and another man who were patrolling with guns, and later lunged for Rittenhouse’s gun in an attempt to take
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Gritos, gente corriendo, miedo e incertidumbre se vivió en una zona turística cerca de Cancún por un tiroteo. Eric Krop, de Whitefish, Montana, habló con CNN desde el interior de Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancún en Puerto Morelos. Describió los momentos en torno al tiroteo relacionado con una presunta banda de narcotraficantes
Continue ReadingCNN, WSB By Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN When former President Donald Trump fired off a letter in September demanding that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger decertify the election, investigators in Georgia were paying attention. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis made clear to her staff she wanted that letter — the original
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Matt Crafton, John Hunter Nemechek, Ben Rhodes and Zane Smith are racing Friday night for the NASCAR Truck Series championship at Phoenix Raceway. Nemechek is the series leader with five wins. He almost missed making the cut after he was wrecked out of last week’s race
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Matt Crafton, John Hunter Nemechek, Ben Rhodes and Zane Smith are racing Friday night for the NASCAR Truck Series championship at Phoenix Raceway. Nemechek is the series leader with five wins. He almost missed making the cut after he was wrecked out of last week’s race
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell is not playing against the Atlanta Hawks because of a sprained right ankle. Mitchell injured the ankle in closing seconds of the first half Tuesday against the Sacramento Kings. He insisted it was nothing serious and finished the game with a season-high 36 points in a 119-113
Continue Reading SIMMS, Texas (AP) — Investigators are seeking the cause of an explosion and fire that tore through a northeast Texas barn, killing three people. The blast happened Tuesday night in Simms, Texas, about 27 miles west of Texarkana. Killed in the blast were 60-year-old Steven Granbery and 55-year-old Cynthia Granbery, the owners of the barn,
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Catcher Buster Posey offered a heartfelt goodbye to baseball following a 12-year career with the Giants during which he won three World Series championships and guided a long list of star pitchers, but also an equally impressive career off the field such as his tireless
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Catcher Buster Posey offered a heartfelt goodbye to baseball following a 12-year career with the Giants during which he won three World Series championships and guided a long list of star pitchers, but also an equally impressive career off the field such as his tireless
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Dynamo have parted ways with coach Tab Ramos after the MLS team finished in last place in the Western Conference with just six wins. The Dynamo decided not to extend Ramos’ contract, which expired at the end of this season. Ramos was appointed head coach in October 2019. Houston’s season
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