Month: September 2022

Local nonprofit Children’s Playtime Productions surprised with $10,000 Coachella Valley Spotlight grant

September 7, 2022 6:20 PM Marian Bouchot

Local nonprofit Children’s Playtime Productions was surprised with $10,000. It’s all made possible by the Coachella Valley Spotlight grant: a partnership between News Channel 3 and H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation. It recognizes local nonprofits making a difference in the community. Catharine Reed and Mike Stutz from the Berger Foundation and Kent Kay with News Channel 3 surprised

La policía de Memphis busca a un hombre “armado y peligroso” que se cree es responsable de múltiples tiroteos

September 7, 2022 6:14 PM CNN Newsource

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El Departamento de Policía de Memphis (MPD, por sus siglas en inglés) emitió una alerta en busca de un hombre negro de 19 años “armado y peligroso” que se cree es responsable de múltiples tiroteos, según tuits de la cuenta de Twitter del MPD. Se cree que el hombre conducía una

Michigan GOP leaders encourage rule breaking at poll worker training session

September 7, 2022 6:11 PM CNN

CNN, WXMI, KOVR By Bob Ortega, Audrey Ash, Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Drew Griffin, CNN The evening before Michigan’s state primary, Wayne County GOP leaders held a Zoom training session for poll workers and partisan observers — warning them about “bad stuff happening” during the election and encouraging them to ignore local election rules barring cell

Official: Suspect in Canada rampage is dead at his own hand

September 7, 2022 5:55 PM Associated Press

By ROB GILLIES and ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press ROSTHERN, Saskatchewan (AP) — The final suspect in a stabbing rampage that killed 10 people in and around a Canadian Indigenous reserve died of self-inflicted wounds after his car was run off the road by police Wednesday following a three-day manhunt, officials said. Myles Sanderson, 32, was

Restaurants move to stop new California fast food worker law

September 7, 2022 5:48 PM Associated Press

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Restaurant owners moved Wednesday to at least temporarily block a nation-leading new California law giving more power to fast food workers. The owners want the state’s voters to ultimately decide the law’s fate. A coalition calling itself Protect Neighborhood Restaurants filed a referendum request with the

Restaurants move to stop new California fast food worker law

September 7, 2022 5:48 PM Associated Press

Restaurants move to stop new California fast food worker law

September 7, 2022 5:48 PM Associated Press

US: Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians forced to Russia

September 7, 2022 5:48 PM Associated Press

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States says it has evidence that “hundreds of thousands” of Ukrainian citizens have been interrogated, detained and forcibly deported to Russia. Russia immediately dismissed the claim as “fantasy,” calling it the latest invention in a Western disinformation campaign. The charge was made Wednesday

Tahquitz High School becomes an evacuation center as Fairview Fire continues

September 7, 2022 5:47 PM Tatum Larsen

The Fairview Fire is continuing to grow and many who are close to the blaze are being asked to evacuate. Thus far, two people have died and one person has been injured while trying to escape the blaze. Evacuation orders are currently in place for residents south of Cactus Valley Road, north of Minto Way,

R. Kelly ex-manager tells jurors boss never abused minors

September 7, 2022 5:45 PM Associated Press

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s former business manager has testified at the singer’s federal trial in Chicago that he never believed allegations of sexual misconduct that first emerged against his boss in the late 1990s. Taking the stand Wednesday, Derrell McDavid said he came to understand that fending

Incendio de Fairview en Hemet crece a más de 9,000 acres, abren centro de evacuación

September 7, 2022 5:35 PM Marco Revuelta

El incendio forestal mortal ya ha devorado más de 9,000 acres.

California faces another day of grid-straining extreme heat

September 7, 2022 5:34 PM Associated Press

By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miscommunication led utilities to mistakenly cut power to customers in several California cities during unprecedented demand on energy supplies, operators of the state’s electricity grid acknowledged Wednesday while warning the continuing extreme heat could prompt much larger rolling outages. Confusion occurred Tuesday afternoon

El agua escasea. ¿Por qué deberían prestar atención los mercados?

September 7, 2022 5:33 PM CNN Newsource

Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — El mundo tiene una necesidad apremiante de agua. La sequía y el aumento de las temperaturas amenazan con afectar casi cualquier sector de la economía, desde la energía, hasta la agricultura y el transporte de mercancías. Los mercados toman nota. El índice S&P Global Water Index, que sigue

Federal judge rejects Oath Keepers leader’s last-minute effort to delay trial and fire attorneys

September 7, 2022 5:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal judge rejected Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes‘ efforts to fire his two attorneys and delay his weeks-away trial for seditious conspiracy relating to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, telling the leader there was no “legitimate reason” to make the eleventh-hour change. According

Shanahan wants 49ers teammates to have QB Trey Lance’s back

September 7, 2022 5:26 PM Associated Press

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Shanahan knows what the talk will be around the San Francisco 49ers if quarterback Trey Lance struggles in his first season as the starter with Jimmy Garoppolo waiting on the bench. There will be calls from some fans for a change back

Monkeypox cases dropping, but racial disparities growing

September 7, 2022 5:23 PM Associated Press

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it’s optimistic about a decline in monkeypox cases and an uptick in vaccinations against the infectious virus. Tempering the positive news are worsening racial disparities in reported cases. A White House official is promising to ramp up monkeypox vaccination offerings at LGBTQ Pride

Obama to campaign for 2022 candidates, including those for secretary of state

September 7, 2022 5:15 PM CNN Newsource

By Dana Bash, CNN Former President Barack Obama plans to campaign for a variety of candidates this fall as the 2022 midterms approach, a source familiar with his plans tells CNN. He will publicly appear with candidates in congressional and gubernatorial races but will also campaign with candidates for some secretary of state races in

Why finding a special master for the Trump Mar-a-Lago documents won’t be simple

September 7, 2022 5:13 PM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN A federal judge’s move to bring in a special master to review materials seized from former President Donald Trump’s home has opened up an extraordinarily murky, sensitive and high-stakes task of finding an attorney to serve in that role and defining what exactly he or she will

What to watch for in Friday’s proposals for the Mar-a-Lago search special master review

September 7, 2022 5:13 PM CNN

CNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers face a Friday midnight deadline for submitting proposals for how the special master review of the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago — including classified documents — should work. They’ll be filing the briefs even as the Justice Department appeals the order requiring

Why finding a special master for the Trump Mar-a-Lago documents won’t be simple

September 7, 2022 5:13 PM CNN

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN A federal judge’s move to bring in a special master to review materials seized from former President Donald Trump’s home has opened up an extraordinarily murky, sensitive and high-stakes task of finding an attorney to serve in that role and defining what exactly he or she