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By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — What do dictionaries, fighter planes, plantains and the Swiss Guard have in common? That’s a serious question, but with a delightfully nonsensical answer: All served as inspiration for national costumes on display during the 2023 Miss Universe pageant’s preliminary competition. (Specifically, those were the looks donned by Miss Great
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The City of Palm Desert celebrates its 50th anniversary with a free event called The Party in the Park. What: The Party in the ParkWhen: Saturday, November 18, 2023, from 3 to 10 p.m.Where: Palm Desert Civic Center Park, 73510 Fred Waring Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92260 Residents near and far will enjoy live music performances
Continue ReadingDELAND, Fla. (AP) — Tanner Jellison and Re-al Mitchell connected for two touchdowns and San Diego ended its season with a 47-20 win over Stetson on Saturday. Jellison was 21-of-27 passing for 219 yards. Jellison caught 12 passes for 90 yards and rushed for another. Isaiah Williams rushed for 145 yards on 25 carries and
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By Tara John, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Waving Israeli flags, with posters of hostages draped on their backs, families of Gaza hostages and thousands of their supporters walked through the foothills of Jerusalem and towards the residence of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government many of them blame for the fate of their loved
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Johnny Washington has been named the Los Angeles Angels’ hitting coach. The Angels on Saturday announced the latest addition to new manager Ron Washington’s coaching staff. Johnny Washington, who isn’t related to his new boss, spent the past two seasons as the Chicago Cubs’ assistant hitting coach. The 39-year-old Los Angeles-area
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A large metal gate at an elementary school in Arizona apparently fell onto and killed a 9-year-old child who was trying to help close it, authorities said. Deputies and paramedics responding to the Centennial Elementary School on Friday afternoon tried to revive the child, who was pronounced dead at a hospital,
Continue ReadingREYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — People in southwest Iceland remained on edge Saturday, waiting to see whether a volcano rumbling under the Reykjanes Peninsula will erupt. Civil protection authorities said that even if it doesn’t, it’s likely to be months before it is safe for residents evacuated from the danger zone to go home. The fishing
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Members of the United Auto Workers union at Ford and Stellantis have ratified their labor deals and by a larger margin of approval than members at General Motors, ending any chance that the auto strikes could resume due to rank-and-file opposition to the deals. The final votes,
Continue ReadingBy KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — The English hockey team that American Adam Johnson played for has retired his No. 47 jersey as part of a memorial game in his honor. The Nottingham Panthers haven’t played since the Oct. 28 game in which Johnson’s neck was cut by the skate of
Continue ReadingBy Kathryn Doorey Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — Honolulu Police have opened a second-degree assault investigation after video of a road rage attack surfaced on social media. Honolulu Police confirmed with KITV4 that no arrest has been made at this time. The incident happened on the H1 westbound, near
Continue ReadingSCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A 5-year-old California boy fatally stabbed his twin brother, authorities said. The twins were fighting Wednesday when one brother grabbed a small kitchen knife and stabbed his sibling in unincorporated Scotts Valley, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. The boy died at the hospital. “We are heartbroken for
Continue ReadingSCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A 5-year-old California boy fatally stabbed his twin brother, authorities said. The twins were fighting Wednesday when one brother grabbed a small kitchen knife and stabbed his sibling in unincorporated Scotts Valley, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. The boy died at the hospital. “We are heartbroken for
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — En 2018, el huracán Florence tenía como objetivo la granja de Campbell Coxe. Días antes la tormenta se había intensificado rápidamente en el Atlántico y, tras eso, el condado de Darlington, en Carolina del Sur, se encontraba en su camino. Coxe tuvo que tomar una decisión rápida: ¿cuál de los cultivos
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Portland Police officers have recovered Christmas decorations recently taken from Bloke Botanical. In a social media post, the bureau said the items were found at SE 105/Harold St. Four stolen trailers were also recovered. Justin Waddell, owner of Bloke – an
Continue ReadingBy Bryant McCray Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Nearly four months after the forceful arrest of a Black man and a Black woman in a Kenosha Applebee’s, the Kenosha Police Department has released body camera video from that night. The Kenosha Police Department denies this incident was a case
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — The Chiefs take on the Eagles at Arrowhead on Monday, and 11-year-old Jaxson Kwasniewski came all the way from Bucks County, Pennsylvania to see the Eagles lose. His family landed at KCI with throngs of people coming home for Thanksgiving.
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has overwhelmingly ratified a new contract with Ford and Stellantis, a pact that, along with similar deals with General Motors, will raise pay across the industry. Ford workers voted 69.3% in favor of the pact, which passed with nearly a 15,000-vote
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press A California man’s family is pleading for his release after they say he was wrongfully arrested in Venezuela and held for tens of thousands of dollars in ransom just days after the Biden administration eased crippling oil sanctions on the socialist-run government. Savoi Wright’s Oct. 24 arrest,
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press A California man’s family is pleading for his release after they say he was wrongfully arrested in Venezuela and held for tens of thousands of dollars in ransom just days after the Biden administration eased crippling oil sanctions on the socialist-run government. Savoi Wright’s Oct. 24 arrest,
Continue Reading By Mike Valerio and Amber Sumpter, CNN (CNN) — One hundred days after the reverberating roar of wildfire moved through West Maui and destroyed centuries of stories in Lahaina, Maui officials confirmed four people are still considered missing from the disaster – an unfinished and plaintive chapter in paradise. A former NASA engineer, a published author, a
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