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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and GARY ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — In 2020, North Carolina seemed the model of an evenly-divided swing state. Then-President Donald Trump barely won, beating Democrat Joe Biden by just over a percentage point. Meanwhile, the state’s Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, won reelection by a relatively comfortable 5 points.
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge who rejected efforts by former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his charges in the Georgia election subversion case to federal court is set to hear arguments Monday from former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark on the same issue. Fulton
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has had an unprecedented wildfire season, exacerbated by extreme heat and dry conditions. In August alone, there were more than 550 fires across the state, and officials say the season is far from over. One of the largest wildfires in Louisiana history continues to
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The City of Desert Hot Springs hosted a fun filled day for the community to celebrate their 60th Anniversary as an incorporated city. Desert Hot Springs was incorporated on September 17, 1963. “Well, over 60 years, one of the highlights would be when we finally got a stop sign,” says Council member Russell Betts. “We didn’t
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature with veto-proof majorities are close to wresting supervision of elections from the governor and the governor’s party — almost always the Democrats for over a century. A bill that could reach Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk later this week
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and United States national security adviser Jake Sullivan met for two days of talks in Malta over the weekend, as the world’s two leading economies seek to stabilize rocky relations and potentially smooth a path for leaders Joe Biden and Xi Jinping
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — September started with a typhoon that ripped through Hong Kong, uprooting trees and flooding the city. It was the first of a slew of extreme weather events that have hit ten countries and territories in just 12 days – the most catastrophic being the floods in Libya,
Continue ReadingIn Coachella, people celebrated Mexican Independence Sunday at the Rancho Las Flores Park. The Annual “Fiestas Patrias” celebrates the cry of independence on September 16, 1810. Even though they celebrated a day late, the community came to party with family, friends, and neighbors. Officials say It reminds the community that the spirit of freedom helps
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has flown 103 military planes toward Taiwan in a new daily high for the activity the island considers harassment. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said it also detected Chinese vessels in the 24 hours from Sunday to early Monday. China’s military regularly sends planes over waters south and west of Taiwan in
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One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash that ended up knocking down a power pole Sunday afternoon in Indio. The crash was initially reported at around 2:30 p.m. on Indio Boulevard, east of Flower. According to the Indio Police Dept., a black pickup truck did a u-turn in front of a Jeep. This caused
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden tuvo una semana bastante mala. Es investigado para un posible juicio político, su hijo fue procesado en Delaware, la inflación parece estar volviendo a subir, el sindicato United Auto Workers se declaró en huelga después de que Biden dijera que no pasaría, y en las tertulias están
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Cuando el sindicato United Auto Workers convocó una huelga la semana pasada contra General Motors, Ford y Stellantis, una de sus demandas se centró en una idea que circulaba en la periferia de los círculos de reforma laboral. Además de pedir un aumento salarial del 36% y una mayor
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team again argued on Sunday that US District Judge Tanya Chutkan should recuse herself from the 2020 election criminal case against him in Washington, DC. Trump has argued this before, and his response Sunday was expected. But the language in Trump’s legal argument used
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The Lakers won five championships in the 1980s, but there will be no three-peat for the HBO series devoted to that run, “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” with the network bringing showtime to an end after two seasons. HBO confirmed that the show’s second-season finale, which
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government said Monday the online dating industry must improve safety standards or be forced to make changes through legislation, responding to research that says three-in-four Australian users suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said popular dating companies such
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says 103 Chinese warplanes flew toward the island in a new daily high in recent times. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said that it detected the planes in the 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. Monday. China’s military regularly sends planes over waters south and west of Taiwan. The island’s Defense Ministry
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Republicans are moving ahead with a plan to temporarily fund the government while beefing up border security – a proposal that is dead on arrival in the Senate and even faces difficulties in the House, raising the likelihood of a government shutdown at the
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, FOX NEWS, HOUSE TV, ABC’S THIS WEEK By Melanie Zanona and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Republicans are moving ahead with a plan to temporarily fund the government while beefing up border security – a proposal that is dead on arrival in the Senate and even faces difficulties in the House,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Sahith Theegala talked all week about the importance of having nearly three dozen family members and friends following him at the Fortinet Championship. Playing with the lead on Sunday, the 25-year-old from California did everything he could to keep his supporters in high spirits. Theegala made
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau Hong Kong (CNN) –– A promotional video by a state-owned railway in China that asked women to refrain from putting on makeup during train journeys has sparked a fierce backlash and a debate about sexism. On Saturday, the clip by China Railway was the most searched, most read and most debated item
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