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The builder of a long-delayed resort development in La Quinta updated city leaders this week on his resort project. It was the first such official update he’s given to the city since last summer. Robert Green of the Robert Green Company told city council members he is feverishly working to secure a new batch of
Continue ReadingBy EMILY MAE CZACHOR Click here for updates on this story NEBRASKA (KCNC) — A 13-year-old girl led state troopers on a high-speed car chase through central Nebraska on Monday night, at times topping 100 mph during a pursuit that lasted roughly 15 minutes, authorities said. The driver, a girl from Colorado, was eventually taken
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN The Federal Reserve is seeing progress in its battle to bring down US inflation and remains laser-focused on reaching the Fed’s 2% target — but policy will have to remain restrictive for “some time” to come. That’s the message Thursday from Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard, speaking at the University of
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CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Josh Campbell and Jay Croft, CNN Despite facing involuntary manslaughter charges connected to the “Rust” set shooting death of a cinematographer, Alec Baldwin intends to finish the movie’s production, a source close to the actor told CNN. Meanwhile, the New Mexico prosecutor who is planning to charge Baldwin is gearing up
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS VALERA Click here for updates on this story PARKTON, Maryland (WJZ) — A Baltimore County family is fighting thousands of dollars in fines caused by a neighbor’s complaint against their rooster’s crowing. But, as word has spread about it, the family has been getting support from all over. Jackie and Drew Tanenbaum didn’t
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN Actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie “Rust,” as will the armorer who oversaw all weapons used in the production. Baldwin, who has maintained he was not aware the gun he
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN World Wrestling Entertainment executive chairman Vince McMahon has agreed to another multimillion-dollar legal settlement with a former female employee of the wrestling organization, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited several anonymous sources familiar with the agreement. The Journal reported Thursday that McMahon completed a settlement last month with Rita
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By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. agents in southern Arizona said Thursday they seized up to 440 pounds (about 200 kilograms) of what they suspect is a precursor chemical often used to manufacture the dangerous drug fentanyl, a chilling sign that producers may be moving to manufacture the deadly synthetic opioid on
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. agents in southern Arizona said Thursday they seized up to 440 pounds (about 200 kilograms) of what they suspect is a precursor chemical often used to manufacture the dangerous drug fentanyl, a chilling sign that producers may be moving to manufacture the deadly synthetic opioid on
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Uber drivers don’t always need four wheels, front-facing passenger seats and top speeds over 50 miles an hour just to drive people or deliveries from one place to another in a city. So Uber is working with automakers to create custom-built cars for urban ride- hail and delivery work, Uber
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Representatives from Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) along with Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-25) announced at a press conference in Coachella today new federal funding secured for CVWD’s Valley View Mobile Home Park Water Consolidation Project. The project, which Dr. Ruiz successfully advocated to receive $3.45 million in the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding package, will consolidate nine
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge declined Thursday to dismiss the criminal contempt of Congress charges brought against former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for his failure to comply with a subpoena from the House select committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. In his opinion, US District
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden notches two years in office on Friday. That represents 730 days since his inauguration — and a whole lot of other numbers as well. The story of the first half of Biden’s term, at least by the numbers, is a mixed bag. It includes
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The U.S. union membership rate reached an all-time low last year. That’s despite high-profile unionization campaigns at Starbucks, Amazon and other companies. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday that union members fell to 10.1% of the overall U.S. workforce in 2022. That was down slightly from 10.3% in
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — Authorities have found a woman’s body in a field near the Dallas-area home of a man who has been arrested in the disappearance of a woman who had threatened to tell his wife that he was dating her. The remains were discovered Wednesday evening in Grand Prairie, but have not yet been
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who became a global icon of the left and exemplified a new style of leadership, said Thursday that she would leave office. Just 37 when she became leader, Ardern was praised around the world for her handling of the
Continue Reading By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro has opened the doors to a Holocaust Memorial that honors not only Jewish victims, but also lesser-known groups likewise persecuted by the Nazi regime, including artists, anarchists, masons, Roma people, Jehovah’s Witnesses, gay people and the disabled. Curators hope that the memorial,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A 56-year-old man is facing charges for threatening an employee at the Welfare Office in Greensburg with a sword. According to police, the worker told officers Frankie Aviles was cursing in the lobby when he was told to calm down. That’s
Continue Reading By SALLY HO, ANGELIKI KASTANIS and LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press With hundreds of new movies released each year, many of us depend on the expertise of film critics to help curate our own watching — a thoroughly communal yet deeply personal experience. To honor the supporting role that entertainment journalism can play in this beloved
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The judge in the Palm Springs quadruple murder retrial for Jose Larin Garcia excluded a defense expert’s experiment Thursday. Larin Garcia is accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019. His first trial ended with a deadlocked jury. Defense crime scene re-constructionist remained on the stand for another day of testimony. He has
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