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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — An international team of astrophysicists has discovered hundreds of mysterious structures in the center of the Milky Way galaxy. These one-dimensional cosmic threads are hundreds of horizontal or radial filaments — slender, elongated bodies of luminous gas that potentially originated a few million years ago when outflow from Sagittarius
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The city of Desert Hot Springs renamed a street in honor of Desert Hot Springs High School valedictorian Nari Rodriguez. Dozens took part in the 2023 valedictorian street naming ceremony on Friday. Mayor Scott Matas said over 300 students are graduating tonight in desert hot springs but Rodriguez takes the top spot. “I’m very grateful to
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For all you foodies, Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week is officially underway! From Palm Springs to Coachella, several spots kicked off 10 days of diverse menus and deals on Friday night. For Cowboy Cantina in Palm Desert, it was no ordinary day. The new hot spot welcomed its first Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week on
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los requisitos de trabajo en dos programas de la red de seguridad para los estadounidenses de bajos ingresos están a punto de cambiar bajo el paquete de compromiso de techo de la deuda negociado por el presidente Joe Biden y el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Kevin McCarthy. La ampliación
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A bit of high pressure this weekend is aiding in our temperatures warming to the daily average for the date. Enjoy the warmth and weaker winds this weekend because it will be short-lived! The next low-pressure system is set to arrive early next week, bringing cooler air back into the desert. While that does mean
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A man suspected in a series of stabbing and hit-and-run attacks that killed three people and injured three others in two San Francisco Bay Area cities has several felony and misdemeanor convictions, authorities said Friday. Kevin Parkourana, of San Jose, is suspected in the attacks that began Thursday afternoon in
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The pain of defeat from last season’s Women’s Champions League final has lingered at Barcelona. After a perfect domestic season with 30 wins from 30 games and a Champions League campaign in which the team barely broke a sweat, Barcelona arrived in Turin last year as the overwhelming favorite
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More victims have stepped forward following the arrest of a 56-year-old man accused of multiple assaults, including felony sexual assaults. Hakan Isik of Desert Hot Springs was charged with violently attacking five individuals over the past year, and additional victims have now come forward to share their harrowing experiences. News Channel 3 reported the charges
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot, un ciudadano de los Países Bajos preso en un penal de máxima seguridad en el sur de Perú, sería trasladado este viernes a Lima, donde será puesto a disposición de las autoridades de Estados Unidos, que solicitaron su entrega por cargos de fraude y extorsión, dijo a CNN una fuente cercana
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By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 200 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged rail cars. The accident that happened about 220 kilometers (137 miles) southwest of Kolkata, created a chaotic scene of twisted wreckage and desperate rescuers
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden celebrated a “crisis averted” in his inaugural speech to the nation from the Oval Office Friday evening, ready to sign a budget agreement that eliminates the potential for a first-ever government default that would have sent shock waves through the U.S.
Continue Reading MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama now has an official state cookie: the Yellowhammer Cookie. Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday signed legislation naming the confection created by a Montgomery fourth-grader as the official state cookie. Students at Montgomery’s Trinity Presbyterian School came up with the idea of a state cookie. WSFA-TV reports fourth-grader Mary Claire Cook
Continue Reading FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Kendall Diggs had a three-run single in a five-run fourth inning and top-seeded Arkansas never looked back in a 13-6 victory over Santa Clara to begin the Fayetteville Regional on Friday. Arkansas (42-16), ranked third in the coaches poll, rallied to take the lead for good in the fourth. Parker Rowland
Continue Reading By Jimena de la Quintana, CNN (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, will be temporarily transferred to US custody on June 8 to face extortion and fraud charges, Peruvian authorities told CNN. Javier Llaque Moya, the president of Peru’s National Penitentiary Institute, said,
Continue Reading By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia on Friday to combat criminal gangs and migrant smugglers involved in record-setting migration through the perilous Darien Gap. Security officials said the “Shield” campaign is part of an agreement reached with the governments of Colombia
Continue Reading By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia on Friday to combat criminal gangs and migrant smugglers involved in record-setting migration through the perilous Darien Gap. Security officials said the “Shield” campaign is part of an agreement reached with the governments of Colombia
Continue Reading By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia on Friday to combat criminal gangs and migrant smugglers involved in record-setting migration through the perilous Darien Gap. Security officials said the “Shield” campaign is part of an agreement reached with the governments of Colombia
Continue Reading By CARLA BRIDI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Prosecutors in Brazil have blocked a decision to authorize the installment of ziplines at Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Sugarloaf Mountain, claiming they will damage the environment around one of the United Nations world’s heritage sites. The zipline’s four steel lines would run 755
Continue Reading By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Connecticut lawmakers voted Friday to take steps to protect people from the state’s growing bear population. But they stopped far short of a bear hunt and restrictions on people unintentionally feeding the hungry animals. The legislation, which cleared the House of Representatives on a 115-32 vote after being revamped by
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three women who claim Cuba Gooding Jr. sexually abused them — including one upset she never got her day in court when Gooding resolved criminal charges without trial or jail — can testify at a federal civil trial next week to support a woman’s claim that
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