By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — From Sunday, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be able to walk into a bar and order a beer, after the federal agency overseeing the research program decided to stop serving alcohol. The National Science Foundation says researchers and
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If you’ve driven through Cathedral City recently on Date Palm Road around the Interstate 10 entrance, you might have seen some of these giant mounds of dirt. The piles all moved to the side of the road during the clean-up in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Hilary. The area was severely impacted by flooding and
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By Steve Almasy, Andi Babineau and Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — The remains of Suzanne Morphew, a Colorado woman who went missing on Mother’s Day 2020 while on a bike ride, have been found, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Morphew, 49, vanished after going cycling in the area of County Road 225 and
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The only postseason experience of Dane Dunning’s career happened three years ago when he started the decisive game of the wild-card round for the White Sox, but got pulled after only four batters. With his Texas Rangers close to securing their own playoff return, Dunning
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT, STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Several of Donald Trump’s rivals stepped up their attacks against him in the second Republican presidential debate, urgently trying to dent the former president’s commanding primary lead during an event that often seemed like an undercard without him. Trump
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — An Australian man who faked his own kidnapping to spend time with his mistress on New Year’s Eve has been ordered to pay back the cost of the police operation to find him. Paul Iera appeared at Wollongong Local Court in New South Wales on Tuesday and was told
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Investigators with Loma Linda University collected 72 water samples from fast food soda fountains in the Eastern Coachella Valley. “We just looked at the water, and we found that there is cultivable coliforms, so coliforms actually grows on plates,” said Ryan Sinclair, one of the study’s authors. Sinclair says coliforms are an indicator of water
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government shutdown would disrupt many services that Americans rely on and squeeze federal workers. Social Security checks would still go out, but other government functions would be severely curtailed if the shutdown comes Sunday. Federal agencies would cease all actions deemed nonessential, and many of
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Letitia James fixated on Donald Trump as she campaigned for New York attorney general, branding the then-president a “con man” and ″carnival barker” and pledging to shine a “bright light into every dark corner of his real estate dealings.” Five years later, James is on the
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, President Joe Biden stood in early 2022 at the literal epicenter of the insurrection and accused Donald Trump of continuing to hold a “dagger” at democracy’s throat. Biden closed out the summer that
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have insisted for months that they have the grounds to launch impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden. On Thursday, they will begin formally making their case to the public and their skeptical colleagues in the Senate. The chairmen of Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways
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Two San Bernardino residents suspected of stealing more than $10,000 worth of fragrances from a Palm Desert business, then leading sheriff’s deputies on a vehicle pursuit were arrested, authorities said today. Deputies responded at 7:43 p.m. Tuesday to a report a grand theft that had just occurred in the 72300 block of Highway 111, according
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer to reach 100 RBIs for the fourth time, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 8-2 on Wednesday night in another step toward their third straight 100-win season. Freeman hit a three-run homer off Justin Lawrence in a four-run
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT, STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Several of Donald Trump’s rivals stepped up their attacks against him in the second Republican presidential debate, urgently trying to dent the former president’s commanding primary lead during an event that often seemed like an undercard without him. Trump
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy privately delivered a message to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell this week: The Senate’s bipartisan bill to keep the government open wouldn’t get a vote in his chamber unless significant changes are made. And then when the speaker appeared before his conference
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The Committee to Relocate Marilyn released a statement reacting to the announcement of a proposed ballot initiative that would permanently keep the “Forever Marilyn” statue on Museum Way in downtown Palm Springs. Last week, the group, “Protect Our Marilyn,” announced its plan to keep the statue in its current location by putting an initiative measure
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump arrives in Michigan Wednesday with a lot more support among blue collar union members than a lot of Republican presidential candidates before him. But his record as president is decidedly anti-union. “I want a future that protects American labor, not foreign labor,” he said at
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump, the front-runner in the GOP presidential primary race, may not have gotten a welcome from union leaders as warm as President Joe Biden did in Michigan when he skipped the second GOP debate and instead addressed current and former union members outside
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Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday in subdued trading on looming worries about China property woes. Trading in shares of heavily indebted Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group was suspended in Hong Kong. That followed media reports that the chairman of Evergrande, Hui Ka Yan, had
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