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By Niamh Kennedy The two final candidates in the race to become the UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, have both vowed to expand the government’s controversial Rwanda immigration policy. Former finance minister Rishi Sunak announced his plans to tackle illegal immigration in a nearly 5-minute video posted on Twitter Sunday, during
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A person suffered major injuries today when a motorcycle went off State Route 74 and fell down an embankment in the San Jacinto Mountains. The crash occurred around 12:30 p.m. near mile marker 90, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP said the motorcycle came to a rest about 30 feet down the embankment.
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Temperatures across the Coachella Valley are noticeably cooler this weekend and are expected to stay below normal for the upcoming week. Rising humidity will produce muggy conditions over the next several days and increase chances for thunderstorms. A few thunderstorm cells popped up over our local mountains Sunday afternoon, even triggering a Flood Advisory for
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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford threw to receivers in practice Sunday for the first time since Los Angeles’ Super Bowl victory. Stafford had an injection in his throwing elbow early in the offseason to treat an unspecified injury with which he played late last season. He avoided any serious throws during minicamps
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said two people were shot and injured in Coachella early Sunday morning. Deputies from the Thermal Sheriff’s Station were in the area of Las Lunas Avenue and Mesa Court just before 2:00 a.m. when they heard gunshots and were contacted by two victims that were struck by gunfire. A woman
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas say a boat carrying Haitian migrants apparently capsized at sea, and Bahamian security forces recovered the bodies of 17 people and rescued 25 others. It wasn’t clear if there were any people missing after the boat sank early Sunday about seven miles from New Providence. Prime Minister
Continue Reading ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Roughly 2,500 Boeing workers are expected to go strike next month at three plants in the St. Louis area after they voted Sunday to reject a contract offer from the plane maker. The strike is planned to begin Aug.1 at Boeing manufacturing facilities in St. Charles County, St. Louis County
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Roughly 2,500 Boeing workers are expected to go strike next month at three plants in the St. Louis area after they voted Sunday to reject a contract offer from the plane maker. The strike is planned to begin Aug.1 at Boeing manufacturing facilities in St. Charles County, St. Louis County
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the U.S. economy is slowing but pointed to healthy hiring as proof that it is not yet in recession. Yellen spoke on NBC’s “Meet the Press” just before a slew of economic reports will be released this week that
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the U.S. economy is slowing but pointed to healthy hiring as proof that it is not yet in recession. Yellen spoke on NBC’s “Meet the Press” just before a slew of economic reports will be released this week that
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Una mujer de Nueva Jersey fue sentenciada a un año y un día de prisión por su papel en estafar con más de US$ 400.000 a los donantes de GoFundMe, afirmando estar recaudando dinero para un hombre sin hogar. Katelyn McClure se declaró culpable de un cargo de robo por engaño
Continue Reading By NOAH BERGER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press JERSEYDALE, Calif. (AP) — A destructive wildfire near Yosemite National Park burned out of control through tinder-dry forest on Sunday and had grown into one of California’s biggest blazes of the year, forcing thousands of residents to flee remote mountain communities. Some 2,000 firefighters battled the Oak
Continue Reading By NOAH BERGER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press JERSEYDALE, Calif. (AP) — A destructive wildfire near Yosemite National Park burned out of control through tinder-dry forest on Sunday and had grown into one of California’s biggest blazes of the year, forcing thousands of residents to flee remote mountain communities. Some 2,000 firefighters battled the Oak
Continue Reading By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press PROMISED LAND, Pa. (AP) — It’s not exactly flowing with milk and honey — just ask the area’s struggling black bears — but Promised Land offered respite Sunday for city folks in the Northeast trying to escape a nearly weeklong hot spell that only threatened to intensify. Those with the
Continue Reading By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press PROMISED LAND, Pa. (AP) — It’s not exactly flowing with milk and honey — just ask the area’s struggling black bears — but Promised Land offered respite Sunday for city folks in the Northeast trying to escape a nearly weeklong hot spell that only threatened to intensify. Those with the
Continue Reading PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a U.S. marshal and a 19-year-old suspect in a killing have been shot in a mobile home park in an Atlanta suburb. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says both the officer and suspect are expected to recover from the Sunday morning shooting. Investigators say the marshal was helping
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La comisión selecta de la Cámara de Representantes que investiga la insurrección del 6 de enero de 2021 al Capitolio de Estados Unidos concluyó el jueves su primera serie de audiencias en las que escuchó a testigos, incluidos altos exfuncionarios de Trump, trabajadores electorales, quienes participaron en el asalto, y muchos
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN and LINDSEY D. BAHR Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Bob Rafelson, an influential figure in the New Hollywood era of the 1970s who was nominated for two Oscars for “Five Easy Pieces,” has died. He was 89. Rafelson died at his home in Aspen Saturday night surrounded by his family, said his
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN and LINDSEY D. BAHR Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Bob Rafelson, an influential figure in the New Hollywood era of the 1970s who was nominated for two Oscars for “Five Easy Pieces,” has died. He was 89. Rafelson died at his home in Aspen Saturday night surrounded by his family, said his
Continue Reading By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels have been struggling for most of the last two months, and Reid Detmers credits his teammates with staying the course and not getting too frustrated. “We’ve had a couple of rough patches obviously, but everyone in here treats it like another day,”
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