Freeway traffic was slow Tuesday morning following a traffic collision on Interstate 10 west of Washington Street in Palm Desert. Westbound freeway traffic was at a crawl and backed up for two miles to the Jefferson Street Interchange in Indio. Two cars collided in the freeway’s fast lane westbound at 8:02 a.m. Police and medics
Continue ReadingBy KTBS Staff Click here for updates on this story MANY, Louisiana (KTBS) — A $200,000 bond has been set for a Mississippi man accused in the 1984 death of a man whose skeletal remains were found in an abandoned well in Sabine Parish. Sabine District Court Judge Stephen Beasley set bond for Delwin Avard
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Avis Budget investors didn’t really need to try harder to make any money from the stock on Tuesday. The rental car company’s shares more than doubled after Avis Budget reported strong earnings Monday evening that easily topped Wall Street’s forecasts. The stock was up as much as 218%
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CHICAGO (AP) — The United States will play an exhibition against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Dec. 18 at Carson, California, to keep its Major League Soccer-based players fit ahead of January World Cup qualifiers. The match is not on a FIFA international fixture date, which means neither team will have most of its Europe-based players.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The United States will play an exhibition against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Dec. 18 at Carson, California, to keep its Major League Soccer-based players fit ahead of January World Cup qualifiers. The match is not on a FIFA international fixture date, which means neither team will have most of its Europe-based players.
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles TV station says an LA police helicopter recorded images of what appeared to be a human-shaped inflatable toy floating in the sky about two weeks after the second of three airline crew reports of a possible jetpack flier. KNBC-TV reports the helicopter crew made photos and video of
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Elections across the U.S. were testing new Republican restrictions on the ballot. For officials, Tuesday’s elections are a chance to counter a year’s worth of misinformation about voting security and restore faith in democracy for those who still have doubts about last year’s
Continue ReadingSkies cleared out nicely early this morning, and the Futurecast data indicates sunny skies expected into Thursday, with warming conditions. High pressure building in will elevate temps and take us close to 90 by Thursday. There’s still a bit of lingering moisture up in NorCal, but we’ll be dry and sunny in the Southland today
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business When Hertz announced plans to buy 100,000 Teslas last week — the largest-ever single order for electric vehicles — it was hailed as a breakthrough moment for the shift to EVs. But maybe it wasn’t. Or maybe it still is. The “order” was thrown into doubt late Monday by —
Continue Reading THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch health council is advising the government to begin giving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to everybody 60 and older and residents of nursing homes. The council said Tuesday it is seeing indications that COVID-19 protection was waning among older people who have had two shots already. It advises boosters
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge has frozen the assets of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh as he sits in jail being held without bond. Judge Daniel Hall on Tuesday sided with an attorney suing Murdaugh on behalf of the family of a 19-year-old woman killed in a crash
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says the Carolina Panthers have agreed to terms with undrafted free-agent quarterback Josh Love to join their practice squad. The deal is contingent upon Love passing his physical. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says the Carolina Panthers have agreed to terms with undrafted free-agent quarterback Josh Love to join their practice squad. The deal is contingent upon Love passing his physical. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer and songwriter Aimee Mann has written a cast album for a musical that may never happen. She was asked to write songs for a stage version of the novel “Girl, Interrupted.” What emerged became “Queens of the Summer Hotel,” 15 songs created for a
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Opening statements have begun in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot three people during a protest against racial injustice on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year. Rittenhouse was 17 when he traveled from his home in Illinois, just
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Nearly two-thirds of Americans describe the economy as poor in a new poll that comes amid high inflation and supply chain turmoil. The poll, released Monday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, found just 35% of Americans now call the national economy good. That’s down from 45%
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Shoppers are already taking a hit at the grocery store. Soon, even their cheapest meat options will get more expensive. Tyson Foods, Conagra and Kraft Heinz have notified their retail customers in recent weeks that they will raise prices in January for some frozen and refrigerated meats. Products
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — Las elecciones de este martes en diferentes estados y ciudades de Estados Unidos servirán para poner a prueba la presidencia de Joe Biden y el ambiente político en el país de cara a las elecciones legislativas de mitad de mandato, que tendrán lugar el próximo año. La contienda electoral más importante
Continue Reading By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Russia has brought Canada to earth by winning their Billie Jean King Cup tie 3-0 in Prague. Canada’s confidence was boosted the day before when it upset defending champion France, but Russia with all of its players in the top 50 was too strong. Daria Kasatkina eased
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain has urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately as a diplomatic crisis escalates between Gulf Arab states and cash-strapped Lebanon. Bahrain’s foreign ministry on Tuesday ordered all Bahrainis to leave Lebanon “due to the tense situation there, which requires caution,” days after the United Arab Emirates did
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