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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new book about Joe Biden portrays the president as someone whose middle-class upbringing helped foster a resentment of intellectual elitism that shaped his political career and sometimes caused strain with his onetime boss, Harvard-educated Barack Obama. Biden, who spent eight years as Obama’s vice president, told
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Challengers to Georgia’s voting district maps are telling a federal judge that the state is legally required to provide more political opportunities to Black voters. But lawyers for the state say the plaintiffs are trying to impose illegal racial gerrymanders of congressional and legislative districts. Opening statements
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Las autoridades investigan la muerte de un peatón que fue atropellado el viernes a las 5 de la tarde mientras caminaba por el freeway 10 cerca de la calle Golf Center en Indio. El forense lo identifico como Rafael Gómez Gallardo de 50 años. La policía no ha dicho si se había bajado de su
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Una familia está de luto debido a la muerte de su ser querido quien el sábado a la 1 de la tarde circulaba en su motocicleta sobre el freeway 10 en Whitewater donde perdió el control y se impactó con un semais, lamentablemente falleció en la escena, otra persona resultó herida y fue transportada al
Continue ReadingCNN By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House has reported, just as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are increasing. President Joe Biden has tested negative thus far. Jill Biden’s diagnosis comes as a new variant, BA.2.86, has also raised concerns
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Expertos en salud confirman que incrementó la presencia del COVID-19 en el Valle de Coachella. La semana pasada 85 personas dieron positivo al COVID-19 mientras hace dos semanas fueron 107, las buenas noticias son que no reportan fallecimientos. Las autoridades de salud les piden a las personas que se queden en casa cinco días desde
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Una balacera movilizó a la policía que llego al área de las calles Ironwood y Palm Drive en Desert Hot Springs donde encontraron a una persona herida de bala quien de inmediato fue transportada al hospital, mientras que en el lugar arrestaron al presunto pistolero y le decomisaron el arma, además el área estuvo cerrada
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the aid group International Rescue Committee in Ukraine says he is bracing for fewer donations this year because not enough international attention is being placed on Ukraine as Russia’s war risks becoming a protracted conflict. David Miliband said on Tuesday the 19-month war
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After residents voted in favor of ‘Measure B’ in the November 2022 election, the City of Palm Desert is drafting a five district map. Now in a first of its kind opportunity, the city is asking residents to weigh in on the new city council district lines. Palm Desert City Clerk, Anthony Mejia said, “Under
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The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued an Air Quality Alert for the Coachella Valley due to Monday’s gusty winds. The South Coast AQMD says soil moisture, recent rainfall, humidity, forecasted winds and historical data are used to determine if an Air Quality Alert needs to be called. The South Coast AQMD says they
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Hanging on a wall of the Seattle Seahawks’ indoor practice facility is a banner listing the names of the players and coaches responsible for bringing the franchise the only Super Bowl title it owns. Many of the players listed have moved on to other phases
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Burning Man, the desert confab that descended into chaos over the weekend, isn’t quite the scrappy, free-spirited revelry that it once was. For many watching the disarray of Burning Man from afar, the rain and mud that left 70,000 people stranded quickly became a symbol of
Continue ReadingUnited Airlines departures have resumed after being halted nationwide for a brief time Tuesday because of a technology outage. Federal officials said that United crews had been unable to contact airline dispatchers through normal means. “United asked the FAA to pause the airline’s departures nationwide,” the Federal Aviation Administration said on X, the social media
Continue ReadingBy R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility in the Atlanta area that critics call “Cop City.” In the sweeping indictment released Tuesday, Republican Attorney General Chris Carr alleged the
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — La Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) nombró este martes a Montse Tomé como la nueva entrenadora de la selección femenina absoluta de España, luego de que más temprano destituyera del cargo al seleccionador Jorge Vilda. Tomé, originaria de Asturias, es la primera mujer que ocupa este cargo y comenzará a dirigir
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N. Gene Autry Trail between Salvia and Via Escuela is now open after being closed since September 3rd. The road was closed between Salvia and Via Escuela on September 3rd just before 3 p.m. due to a three car crash that left three people dead. Dusty conditions that caused reduced visibility played a factor in
Continue ReadingUnited Airlines flights were halted nationwide on Tuesday because of an “equipment outage,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration. One of several FAA bulletins said that United crews were unable to contact airline dispatchers through normal means. The FAA said the issue was limited to United and its subsidiaries. United did not immediately respond to
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 16 articles of impeachment that are up for consideration during his state Senate trial in Austin. His pleas came after the GOP-led Senate rejected motions by Paxton’s team to dismiss the impeachment case, both in its
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court has found a famous actor guilty of possessing and producing tens of thousands of files of child sex abuse images and sentenced him to a two-year suspended prison sentence. Public broadcaster ORF reported Tuesday that Florian Teichtmeister previously pleaded guilty to collecting and, in some cases, processing files containing
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of participating in an illegal scheme to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia, and he will not appear in court in Atlanta this week. Fulton County
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