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By Sonnet Swire, CNN Three churches located on the same road in Maryland, just outside Washington, DC, were vandalized over the weekend, and authorities are investigating fires set at two of the churches as arson. “These churches are within a few mile radius of each other,” said Pete Piringer, spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Boosted by a new mandate in weekend elections, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Monday with the U.S.’s top diplomat, who delivered condolences over the death of influential former leader Shinzo Abe and reassurances of a strong bilateral alliance. Kishida’s governing Liberal Democratic Party and its junior
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Monday, although Japan’s benchmark rallied, welcoming a landslide parliamentary election victory by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Concerns about global inflation and interruptions to economic activity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic are adversely affecting investor sentiment. The tide may
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Monday, although Japan’s benchmark rallied, welcoming a landslide parliamentary election victory by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Concerns about global inflation and interruptions to economic activity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic are adversely affecting investor sentiment. The tide may
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Amanda Watts and Dakin Andone, CNN Fire crews are working to steer a growing wildfire away from Yosemite National Park’s legendary giant sequoias, taking protective measures like installing a sprinkler system to dampen the ground around one of the park’s most famous trees. While officials say the trees have avoided significant damage
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The Paloma Resort and Sol y Sombra are set to open in Cathedral City on August 4th. Ahead of the opening, the hotel is hosting a job fair on Monday, July 11th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Tuesday, July 12th from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Officials with the hotel say that they
Continue Reading By FOSTER KLUG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An attack on democracy and freedom of speech. A throwback to the political murders of prewar Japan. Terrorism. Public outrage, handwringing and vows of defiance by politicians and on social media are widespread following the daylight assassination by homemade gun of former Prime Minister
Continue Reading By LAURA UNGAR and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States. Scientists say the variant – called BA.2.75 – may be able to spread rapidly and
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed a crowd to the White House lawn Monday to showcase a new law meant to reduce gun violence, celebrating “real progress” after years of inaction. But he also lamented the country remains “awash in weapons of war” — with the 16-day-old law already
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHELLE R. SMITH and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press After members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, their leader called someone on the phone with an urgent message for then-President Donald Trump, another extremist told investigators. While gathered in a private suite at
Continue Reading By MARK STEVENSON and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is visiting Washington on Tuesday to meet with President Joe Biden. The trip comes a month after López Obrador snubbed Biden’s invitation to the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. And the Mexican leader has called
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Darby has formed far out in the Pacific west of southern Mexico, and forecasters said it would head farther out to sea and pose no threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Darby had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph Sunday night. It was centered about 905 miles
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese authorities on Sunday violently dispersed a peaceful protest by hundreds of depositors, who sought in vain to demand their life savings back from banks that have run into a deepening cash crisis. Since April, four rural banks in China’s central Henan province have frozen millions of dollars worth of deposits,
Continue Reading By FOSTER KLUG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An attack on democracy and freedom of speech. A throwback to the political murders of prewar Japan. Terrorism. Public outrage, handwringing and vows of defiance by politicians and on social media are widespread following the daylight assassination by homemade gun of former Prime Minister
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese authorities on Sunday violently dispersed a peaceful protest by hundreds of depositors, who sought in vain to demand their life savings back from banks that have run into a deepening cash crisis. Since April, four rural banks in China’s central Henan province have frozen millions of dollars worth of deposits,
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The shooting sent shudders through low-crime, orderly Japan: A prominent politician was killed by a man emerging from a crowd, wielding a homemade firearm so roughly constructed it was wrapped in tape. The 40-centimeter-long (16-inch) weapon used to kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Después de anunciar que se quiere salir de su trato para comprar Twitter, Elon Musk pasó el fin de semana en Idaho en la Conferencia de Sun Valley. Habló en el escenario, esencialmente extraoficialmente, pero una fuente en la sala le dijo al corresponsal jefe de medios de CNN,
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Drivers throughout Southern California, and here in the Coachella Valley are getting some relief at the pump. Riverside County, along with Los Angeles and Orange Counties have seen a steady drop in gas prices in the past weeks. The average price of gas in Riverside County has dropped for twelve out of thirteen days according
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What a summer it has been for this 29 Palms softball. The All-Star girls squad made up of 13-15 year-olds is undefeated and moving on to Round 3 of the Southern California Softball Championships. The players call themselves “Deuce Nine” and a majority of them have been playing softball together since kindergarten. 29 Palms won
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election Sunday imbued with meaning after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amid uncertainty about how his loss may affect party unity. The Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner
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