Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and people throughout the nation are taking time to remember those who lost their lives serving this country. To help you observe the holiday, we’re previewing several events throughout the Coachella Valley. You can find the full list of events with dates, locations, and times here. People like Susie
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request by opponents to stop Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc. from preparing a planned new copper mine’s site in the Santa Rita Mountains near Tucson. U.S. District Judge James Soto refused to issue a temporary restraining order and dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Tohono O’odham,
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration has renewed a license partially exempting Chevron from sanctions on Venezuela so it can keep operating in the oil-rich, socialist-run nation. The license issued Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department allows the California-based Chevron and other U.S. companies to perform only basic upkeep of
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration has renewed a license partially exempting Chevron from sanctions on Venezuela so it can keep operating in the oil-rich, socialist-run nation. The license issued Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department allows the California-based Chevron and other U.S. companies to perform only basic upkeep of
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making it clear that he will likely defy a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, escalating a standoff with the panel over his and other GOP lawmakers’ testimony. In an 11-page letter
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making it clear that he will likely defy a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, escalating a standoff with the panel over his and other GOP lawmakers’ testimony. In an 11-page letter
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Reinwald Click here for updates on this story WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin (WISN) — Amanda Schomberg said she is still processing seeing a plane fall out of the sky into her next door neighbor’s yard on Friday. “I looked up, the plane came in, took a nose dive into their backyard and crashed,” Schomberg said.
Continue ReadingBy Emily Holwick Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kansas (KMBC) — Surveillance video captured the dramatic rescue of a 4-year-old boy drowning in a pool at a Lawrence apartment complex. KMBC 9 was there as the boy and his mother were reunited with the neighbors credited with saving his life. Alexis Rigney
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Robinson Click here for updates on this story NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida (WESH) — A woman has been arrested for animal cruelty after police say four dogs died in a hot car. According to New Smyrna Beach Police, Tesia White, the 25-year-old owner from Missouri, left the four dogs in her vehicle while
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Dukes Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A young man who has been battling brain cancer for almost a decade had one last wish: to graduate from Boone High School. Thanks to hospice workers and school staff, Thursday his dream came true. Abraham Maldonado was greeted by
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildlife authorities are trying to determine why large numbers of California brown pelicans are being found sick and dying. Hundreds of the pelicans, which are a protected species in the state, have been admitted to wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Southern and Central California since about May 13, the California Department of
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Johnson Click here for updates on this story WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Some of the stores inside Valley West Mall had no idea the mall was facing foreclosure. “We don’t know if we’ll be able to stay here for a long time or what’s going to happen so we’re going to
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macamilarincon (CNN) — Como muchos niños en todo Estados Unidos, Jayden Pérez ya había practicado qué hacer en caso de un tiroteo masivo en su escuela de la pequeña ciudad de Uvalde, Texas. Pero este niño, de solo 10 años, nunca pensó que algo así sucedería. Hasta que este martes ocurrió. Apenas 90 minutos después
Continue ReadingBy Matt Gephardt and Cindy St. Clair Click here for updates on this story LEHI, Utah (KSL) — As he was building a new home in Lehi, Jared Hadley was eager to heed the calls to put in landscaping that uses little or no water. “We saw it as an opportunity to be like, hey,
Continue ReadingBy Pat Reavy Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — Salt Lake police announced Thursday that they have solved a 48-year-old cold case. And the suspect is the same man named a few years ago as being responsible for a 39-year-old cold case homicide in Summit County. James Bednarik, 39,
Continue ReadingBy Pat Reavy Click here for updates on this story TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (KSL) — A man wanted in connection with an armed carjacking was arrested Wednesday after police say he fled from officers in the stolen vehicle and drove over lawns and into oncoming traffic in the process. Xavier Contreras, 29, was booked into the
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN The jury in the trial of Michael Sussmann, the Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer charged by special counsel John Durham as part of his inquiry into the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe, will resume deliberations on Tuesday. Sussmann is charged with one felony count of making a false statement to the
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By Steve Contorno and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Allegations the Florida Department of Health fired an employee because she objected to manipulating coronavirus data were “unsubstantiated,” according to a state inspector general report. The former state data scientist, Rebekah Jones, claimed she was pressured by health department officials to falsify Covid-19 data to hide the extent
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto expressed optimism that “sooner or later, Finland and Sweden will be members of NATO” and said discussions with the Turkish government would continue as Ankara threatens to block the two nations from joining the defensive alliance. In an interview with CNN in Washington, DC, Friday, Haavisto
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, said on Twitter Thursday that billionaires aren’t the bad guys. Musk tweeted that it is “morally wrong & dumb” to use the word billionaire as a pejorative if that person is using their wealth to create products that make “millions of people happy.” He
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