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Thousands of people gathered in downtown for the 25th annual Palm Springs Veterans Day parade. The parade kicked off with a flyover from the Palm Springs Air Museum. Immediately following the parade, the Palm Springs High School Spirit of the Sands Band performed a post-parade patriotic concert on the corner of Palm Canyon and Amado
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness has been blocked by a second federal court, leaving millions of borrowers to wonder if they’ll get debt relief at all. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman ruled that the program
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department’s plan to withdraw hundreds of square miles in New Mexico from oil and gas production for the next 20 years is expected to result in only a few dozen wells not being drilled on federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — Right-hander Nick Martinez opted out of his contract with the San Diego Padres and became a free agent after going 4-4 with a 3.47 ERA in his return from Japanese baseball. Martinez turned down a $6.5 million player option Thursday, instead triggering a $1.5 million buyout that ended his contract after
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A young woman made two harrowing attempts to escape her vicious pimp — including jumping out a third-story window — before being rescued by a ride-share driver who engaged in a gunfight with the man, prosecutors in Seattle said. Winston Burt, 30, who uses the street name
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A young woman made two harrowing attempts to escape her vicious pimp — including jumping out a third-story window — before being rescued by a ride-share driver who engaged in a gunfight with the man, prosecutors in Seattle said. Winston Burt, 30, who uses the street name
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A young woman made two harrowing attempts to escape her vicious pimp — including jumping out a third-story window — before being rescued by a ride-share driver who engaged in a gunfight with the man, prosecutors in Seattle said. Winston Burt, 30, who uses the street name
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Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — FTX Group anunció este viernes que se declaró en bancarrota en EE.UU. y su CEO dimitió, marcando una impresionante caída para uno de los actores más poderosos en la industria de las criptomonedas. FTX dijo que Sam Bankman-Fried, el fundador de 30 años, permanecerá para ayudar en una
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By Zenebou Sylla and Kiely Westhoff, CNN Three former Pennsylvania police officers each pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 counts of reckless endangerment for their involvement in the death of an 8-year-old girl who was shot after she was leaving a high school football game with her family, according to a spokesperson from the Delaware County
Continue Reading By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A doctor who police say has spent two decades providing medical assistance to youth hockey teams in Michigan and Minnesota has been charged after patients in the Detroit area accused him of sexual assault. Police in Farmington Hills, Michigan, say Zvi Levran was arraigned Friday on multiple criminal sexual conduct
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Members of a Republican Congressional delegation took the stage at this year’s U.N. climate talks Friday to tout the benefits of fossil fuels. Their appearance shortly before President Joe Biden’s speech was a bold move at a meeting that’s all about curbing carbon emissions to
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Chen, CNN For the first time in Disneyland’s 67-year history, there are now characters in wheelchairs represented on an attraction. On Friday morning, two dolls in wheelchairs were unveiled on the theme park’s “It’s a Small World” ride, a project that took more than half a year and involved both Disney creatives and
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN MIAMI (AP) — The Organization of American States has launched an external probe into allegations that Secretary General Luis Almagro may have violated the organization’s code of ethics while carrying on an intimate relationship with a staffer. As a result of Friday’s near unanimous vote, the OAS will seek to hire a
Continue ReadingBy Kailey Galaviz Click here for updates on this story BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) — As part of National Apprenticeship Week at Premier Technology, welding apprentices and students from Blackfoot High School created a retired flag donation box. To celebrate Veteran’s Day, the box was donated to the American Legion Friday morning. Richard Leavitt, Commander of
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Oren Liebermann, CNN During internal conversations about the war in Ukraine, America’s top general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, has in recent weeks led a strong push to seek a diplomatic solution as fighting heads toward a winter lull. But Milley’s position is not widely backed by
Continue Reading ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Searchers probed a flooded basin Friday in a lengthening search for four people believed to have been swept down a wash during the powerful storm that drenched California early this week. The search began Tuesday when 10 people, believed to be homeless, were swept down a flood control wash in Ontario,
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, Manu Raju, Dana Bash and Alex Rogers, CNN Former President Donald Trump is calling up his allies in the Senate, GOP sources tell CNN, and making a suggestion as he seeks to divert blame for — Republicans’ lackluster midterm performance: Take aim at Mitch McConnell. Trump, who is facing a round of
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA says its moon rocket needs only minor repairs after enduring a hurricane and is on track for liftoff next week. A top official said Friday that the wind never exceeded the rocket’s design limits as Hurricane Nicole swept through Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — A veces es útil decir la verdad obvia. Y luego reafirmarla, una y otra vez. Esa es una de las ventajas de la Evaluación Nacional del Clima, cuyo nuevo borrador se publicó esta semana antes del viaje del presidente Joe Biden a la cumbre climática de la ONU en Egipto.
Continue Reading ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge is considering whether to split up the trials of a newlywed couple accused of conspiring to kill her two children and his late wife. An attorney for Chad Daybell asked a judge Thursday that his client be tried separately from Lori Vallow Daybell, EastIdahoNews.com reported. The attorney,
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