On hot Summer days, the Coachella Valley tends to see poor air quality levels. The South Coast Air Quality Management District has three monitoring stations throughout the Coachella Valley to get real-time data on air quality levels. In order to determine air quality levels they have to measure the following. “We measured some pollutants and
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has nominated a career airlift and cargo pilot with key deployments in Afghanistan and Europe to serve as the Air Force’s next top general. In a notice to Congress posted Wednesday, the White House nominated Gen. David W. Allvin to serve as the service’s
Continue ReadingFARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A doctor who says he received the nickname “Hockey Doc” after spending more than two decades providing medical assistance to youth hockey teams in Michigan and Minnesota will stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted patients. Zvi Levran faces 22 counts of third- and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Famed forensic scientist Henry Lee defended his work and reputation Wednesday after a federal judge found him liable last week in a lawsuit for fabricating evidence in a murder trial that sent two innocent men to prison for decades. Ralph “Ricky” Birch and Shawn Henning were convicted in the Dec.
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Famed forensic scientist Henry Lee defended his work and reputation Wednesday after a federal judge found him liable last week in a lawsuit for fabricating evidence in a murder trial that sent two innocent men to prison for decades. Ralph “Ricky” Birch and Shawn Henning were convicted in the Dec.
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El hijo del presidente Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, se declaró inocente este miércoles de dos delitos menores federales por no pagar los impuestos a tiempo, en medio de una escudriñada investigación del Departamento de Justicia sobre sus problemáticas finanzas. La audiencia se llevó a cabo este miércoles en el
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story TAMPA, Florida (WFOR) — Miami Dade Police Director, Freddy Ramirez is recovering at a Tampa Hospital. “He is awake and talking,” according to Stedman Stahl, president of the largest police union, the Police Benevolent Association. On Tuesday the Miami-Dade Police Department provided an update on
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story WETHERSFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — State officials confirmed the presence of West Nile virus in mosquitos trapped in Wethersfield. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station said the mosquitos were trapped on July 17. The results represented the first WNV positive mosquitoes identified in the state by the
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan lambasted President Joe Biden’s border policies, calling it a “Biden border crisis” and describing them as “open border policies” in his opening remarks Wednesday at a hearing where Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is testifying. “I know that today Secretary
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story DEDHAM, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Attorneys for Karen Read, who has alleged a coverup by state and local police as she is charged with killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, unsuccessfully asked for the judge in the case to recuse herself. Read and her
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee educators are pushing back again a ban on the teachings of certain concepts on race, gender and bias in classrooms by filing a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the law. The 52-page lawsuit filed Wednesday not only questions the ban’s constitutionality but also details
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two tax crimes after a deal with federal prosecutors unraveled during a court hearing following the judge’s concerns over the agreement. Hunter Biden was charged last month with two misdemeanor tax
Continue ReadingBy PAUL GESSLER Click here for updates on this story ELLICOTT CITY, Maryland (WJZ) — A genetics service unlocked lifelong questions for an Ellicott City woman in her search for family members. Talking at a table, you would think that Brenna Siperko was hosting longtime friends. “It’s so nice having multiple people to go to
Continue ReadingBy AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The City of Angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede. The tiny arthropod was found just underground by naturalists at a Southern California hiking area — near a freeway, a Starbucks and
Continue ReadingBy AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The City of Angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede. The tiny arthropod was found just underground by naturalists at a Southern California hiking area — near a freeway, a Starbucks and
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Compras frenéticas de municiones, el asesinato a la luz del día de un alcalde y el creciente número de cadáveres dentro de las cárceles de Ecuador indican que la turbulenta crisis de seguridad del país va de mal en peor. El país andino, una nación relativamente pacífica hasta hace unos
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland is offering up to $2,000 for information in connection to the killing of a dog in Baltimore County, according to authorities. Baltimore County officers assigned to the Franklin Precinct were alerted to gunfire in the 4300
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, composed of sculptures of the faces of former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Facts The monument is located on Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum selected the four presidents
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Nevada man is facing charges after he and his two young children were found suffering from the effects of scorching heat in a vehicle in the desert, according to an arrest report. Brian Laugeson’s children – a boy and a girl – were going in and out of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Federal Aviation Administration says it’s giving manufacturers more guidance on safety information that they must disclose when seeking certification of new large planes. The FAA said Wednesday that its proposed policy also tells manufacturers when they must disclose design changes that affect safety analysis already submitted to the agency. The move comes
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