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By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Elton John transformed the White House South Lawn into a musical lovefest Friday night as he played a farewell gig to honor everyday “heroes” like teachers, nurses and AIDS activists. But as it turns out, the event was also to honor the 75-year-old British songwriter — President
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians who find themselves victims of “cyber flashing” can sue under a new law signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law aims to punish and deter those who send unsolicited sexually explicit messages via text, email, or other electronic means. Recipients have received such unwelcome surprises, often from strangers, through
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Public school advocates who oppose a massive expansion of Arizona’s private school voucher system enacted by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey in July filed enough signatures Friday to block it from taking effect. The law, which extends the program to
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Public school advocates who oppose a massive expansion of Arizona’s private school voucher system enacted by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey in July filed enough signatures Friday to block it from taking effect. The law, which extends the program to
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Public school advocates who oppose a massive expansion of Arizona’s private school voucher system enacted by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey in July filed enough signatures Friday to block it from taking effect. The law, which extends the program to
Continue Reading OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An attempted robbery of an armored car in Oakland on Friday left one suspect dead and two other people injured, including a Brink’s employee, authorities said. Reports of a shooting sent officers to a parking lot outside an auto parts store at about 2 p.m., where they found two people with
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport. Federer bid adieu Friday night with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after a superlative
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Elton John says he has played in some beautiful venues, but the stage in front of the White House on Friday, beneath a massive tent on a perfect autumn night, was “probably the icing on the cake.” President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcomed the
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Depression Talas has unleashed fierce rainfall in parts of Japan, setting off landslides, halting trains and killing a man after he crashed his car into a pond. Police say the man who drove into the pond in central Japan’s Shizuoka prefecture was rushed to a hospital
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Los miembros de la mesa de CVUSD buscan que se amplíe el campus satélite de COD en Mecca.
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Flying Doctors & CV Medical Volunteers will be hosting a free Health Fair for families without insurance. The fair will take place Saturday, Sept. 24 from 8 a.m. PT to 3 p.m. PT. at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal. Attendees can get medical, dental, and vision care as well as enrollment for health insurance.
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Un grupo de manifestantes protagonizó disturbios este viernes frente a las instalaciones del Campo Militar 1-A de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) en la Ciudad de México, según presenció un equipo de CNN que estaba en el lugar. Los incidentes se iniciaron luego de una manifestación
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO, JOHN SEEWER and JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press HOLLAND, Ohio (AP) — Republican J.R. Majewski insisted Friday that he would stay in the race for a competitive northwest Ohio congressional seat after The Associated Press reported earlier this week that he misrepresented key elements of his Air Force service. “I flew into combat
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College of the Desert is trying to build support with community partners while facing a lawsuit from the City of Palm Springs over the school’s West Valley Campus expansion plans. The college is in the drafting phase of their ‘Strategic Master Plan’ that’ll be implemented for the next five years. Students and internal stakeholders also
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Craig Kimbel is out as closer for the major league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers. After months of defending him, manager Dave Roberts said Friday that going forward Kimbrel will be used in different innings and different situations over the final two weeks of the regular season.
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport. Federer bid adieu Friday night with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after a superlative
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN There are few buildings that have more drastically shaped a city’s image than Marina Bay Sands. Just as the Eiffel Tower and Burj Khalifa define the skylines of Paris and Dubai, the soaring three-tower resort, joined across the top by a horizontal “skypark” and the world’s most famous infinity pool, is an
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years, a judge ruled Friday, meaning clinics statewide will have to stop providing the procedures to avoid the filing of criminal charges against doctors and other medical workers. The judge lifted a decades-old injunction that has long
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press CAGUAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — A hurricane expected to transform into a huge post-tropical storm will bring hurricane-strength wind, heavy rain and big waves to Atlantic Canada, meteorologists said Friday in warning that it has the potential to be one of the most severe storms in the
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ritchie, CNN Near a dry, red rock peninsula on Australia’s far western coast, a dusty highway separates two communities with contrasting fortunes tied to an ancient land. One is home to the small but booming city of Karratha, a regional hub scattered with four-wheel drives that was purpose-built in the 1960s to accommodate
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